TY - JOUR
T1 - Steroid-producing cells regulate arterial tone of adrenal cortical arteries
AU - Zhang, David X.
AU - Gauthier, Kathryn M.
AU - Falck, J R
AU - Siddam, Anjaiah
AU - Campbell, William B.
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - Adrenal blood flow is coupled to adrenal hormone secretion. ACTH increases adrenal blood flow and stimulates the secretion of aldosterone and cortisol in vivo. However, ACTH does not alter vascular tone of isolated adrenal cortical arteries. Mechanisms underlying this discrepancy remain unsolved. The present study examined the effect of zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells on cortical arterial tone. ZG cells (105 to 107 cells) and ZG cell-conditioned medium relaxed preconstricted adrenal arteries (maximal relaxations = 79 ± 4 and 66 ± 4%, respectively). In adrenal arteries coincubated with a small number of ZG cells (0.5-1 × 106), ACTH (10 -12 to 10-8 M) induced concentration-dependent relaxations (maximal relaxation = 67 ± 4%). Similarly, ACTH (10-8 M) dilated (55 ± 10%) perfused arteries embedded in adrenal cortical slices. ZG cell-dependent relaxations to ACTH were endothelium-independent and inhibited by high extracellular K+ (60 mM); the K+ channel blocker, iberiotoxin (100 nM); the cytochrome P450 inhibitors SKF 525A (10 μM) and miconazole (10 μM); and the epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) antagonist 14,15-EEZE (2 μM). Four EET regioisomers were identified in ZG cell-conditioned media. EET production was stimulated by ACTH. We conclude that ZG cells release EETs and this release is stimulated by ACTH. Interaction of endocrine and vascular cells represents a mechanism for regulating adrenal blood flow and couples steroidogenesis to increased blood flow.
AB - Adrenal blood flow is coupled to adrenal hormone secretion. ACTH increases adrenal blood flow and stimulates the secretion of aldosterone and cortisol in vivo. However, ACTH does not alter vascular tone of isolated adrenal cortical arteries. Mechanisms underlying this discrepancy remain unsolved. The present study examined the effect of zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells on cortical arterial tone. ZG cells (105 to 107 cells) and ZG cell-conditioned medium relaxed preconstricted adrenal arteries (maximal relaxations = 79 ± 4 and 66 ± 4%, respectively). In adrenal arteries coincubated with a small number of ZG cells (0.5-1 × 106), ACTH (10 -12 to 10-8 M) induced concentration-dependent relaxations (maximal relaxation = 67 ± 4%). Similarly, ACTH (10-8 M) dilated (55 ± 10%) perfused arteries embedded in adrenal cortical slices. ZG cell-dependent relaxations to ACTH were endothelium-independent and inhibited by high extracellular K+ (60 mM); the K+ channel blocker, iberiotoxin (100 nM); the cytochrome P450 inhibitors SKF 525A (10 μM) and miconazole (10 μM); and the epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) antagonist 14,15-EEZE (2 μM). Four EET regioisomers were identified in ZG cell-conditioned media. EET production was stimulated by ACTH. We conclude that ZG cells release EETs and this release is stimulated by ACTH. Interaction of endocrine and vascular cells represents a mechanism for regulating adrenal blood flow and couples steroidogenesis to increased blood flow.
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U2 - 10.1210/en.2007-0169
DO - 10.1210/en.2007-0169
M3 - Article
C2 - 17446179
AN - SCOPUS:34547098836
SN - 0013-7227
VL - 148
SP - 3569
EP - 3576
JO - Endocrinology
JF - Endocrinology
IS - 8
ER -