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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
The effects on sodium transport of several steroids physiologically secreted or possibly involved in pathological disorders were compared with those of aldosterone in the isolated toad skin. The 18-hydroxylated derivatives of deoxycorticosterone and corticosterone, in contrast to their parent compounds, significantly enhanced sodium transport at a concentration of 50 nmol/l. In the presence of glucose, 18-hydroxydeoxycorticosterone increased transepithelial potential difference, as did aldosterone. The 19-nor derivative of deoxycorticosterone, recently implicated in the aetiology of adrenal regeneration hypertension, stimulated sodium transport, unlike 19-nor-corticosterone and 16-oxo-androstenediol. Insulin significantly increased sodium transport in aldosterone-treated skin and lowered the resistance. The natriferic response to vasopressin was potentiated fivefold by exposure of the skin to aldosterone and was doubled in skin exposed to 19-nor-deoxycorticosterone. We conclude that 18-hydroxylated adrenocortical steroids can play a physiological role in salt retention; furthermore, these steroids, as well as 19-nor-deoxycorticosterone, could be involved in pathological conditions such as low renin hypertension. Caution should be exercised in evaluating mineralocorticoid potency solely in terms of the urinary sodium to potassium ratio.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-0795
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-300
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Stimulation of sodium transport by toad skin incubated with natural derivatives of corticosterone and deoxycorticosterone.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't