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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on the adreno-corticosteroid and catecholamine secretion of Xenopus laevis were studied in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, the effects of rANF(99-126), from 0.1 to 50 nM, on corticosteroid secretion was investigated using a perifusion system. The basal secretion of aldosterone but not corticosterone was dose dependently decreased. A prolonged perifusion with 1 nM rANF(99-126) alternated ACTH(1-28) stimulation of secretion of both corticosteroids. Only ANF analogues with intact disulfide bridges (rANF(99-126), hANF(99-126), Atriopeptin II, frogANF(21)), and an extract of Xenopus laevis hearts significantly inhibited aldosterone release; the N-terminal (99-109) and the C-terminal ANF(116-126) fragments had no effects. In vitro norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (E) were released but dopamine (D) was not detected. rANF(99-126) at concentrations up to 1 microM affected neither basal nor acetylcholine stimulated catecholamine secretion. In vivo, a single injection of 3 nmol rANF(99-126) per 100 g body weight was given and the serum concentrations of corticosterone, aldosterone, D, NE, and E were determined 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 hr later. Both steroids decreased after 12 hr, whereas the catecholamine concentrations were not significantly changed. ANF is concluded to act on steroidogenic but not chromaffin cells in Xenopus laevis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0016-6480
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
269-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of atrial natriuretic factor on corticosteroid and catecholamine secretion by the adrenals of Xenopus laevis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, The University, Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't