Forskolin potentiates adrenocorticotropin-induced cyclic AMP production and steroidogenesis in isolated rat adrenal cells |
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| Authors: | K Moriwaki Y Itoh S Iida K Ichihara |
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| Institution: | The Second Department of Internal Medicine Osaka University Medical School Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan 553 |
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| Abstract: | Forskolin, a unique diterpene which directly activates the adenylate cyclase, stimulated production of both cyclic AMP and corticosterone in isolated rat adrenal cells, in vitro. This agent also potentiated the action of adrenocorticotropin and/or cholera toxin on cyclic AMP production and steroidogenesis at lower concentrations. It augmented both an early (cyclic AMP production) and a late (steroidogenesis) action of the hormone in the adrenal gland. |
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