Characterization of L-arginine transport in adrenal cells: Effect of ACTH

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Repetto, Esteban M ^a   Pannunzio, Vanesa ^a   Astort, Francisco ^a   Calejman, Camila Martinez ^a   Moreno, Marcos Besio ^a,b   Pignataro, Omar P ^a,b   Cymeryng, Cora B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Nitric oxide; Protein kinase A

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; CD98 ANTIGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM ION;

ADRENAL CELL; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT; UPREGULATION; ZONA FASCICULATA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, BASIC; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS;

EID: 33745873500     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00413.2005     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bassett MH, White PC, and Rainey WE. The regulation of aldosterone synthase expression. Mol Cell Endocrinol 217: 67-74, 2004.
2. Broer A, Wagner CA, Lang F, and Broer S. The heterodimeric amino acid transporter 4F2hc/y+LAT2 mediates arginine efflux in exchange with glutamine. Biochem J 349: 787-795, 2000.
3. Closs EI. Expression, regulation and function of carrier proteins for cationic amino acids. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 11: 99-107, 2002.
4. Closs EI, Simon A, Vékony N, and Rotmann A. Plasma membrane transporters for arginine. J Nutr 134: 2752S-2759S, 2004.
5. Contesse V, Lefebvre H, Lenglet S, Kuhn JM, Delarue C, and Vaudry H. Role of 5-HT in the regulation of the brain-pituitary-adrenal axis: effects of 5-HT on adrenocortical cells. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 78: 967-983, 2000.
6. Cymeryng CB, Dada LA, Colonna C, Mendez CF, and Podesta EJ. Effects of L-arginine in rat adrenal cells: involvement of nitric oxide synthase. Endocrinology 140: 2962-2967, 1999.
7. Cymeryng CB, Dada LA, and Podesta EJ. Effect of nitric oxide on rat adrenal zona fasciculata steroidogenesis. J Endocrinol 158: 197-203, 1998.
8. Cymeryng CB, Lotito SP, Colonna C, Finkielstein C, Pomeraniec Y, Grión N, Gadda L, Maloberti P, and Podestá EJ. Expression of nitric oxide synthases in rat adrenal zona fasciculata cells. Endocrinology 143: 1235-1242, 2002.
9. Dave S, Farrance DP, and Whitehead SA. Evidence that nitric oxide inhibits steroidogenesis in cultured rat granulosa cells. Clin Sci (Lond) 92: 277-284, 1997.
10. Delarue C, Conlon JM, Remy-Jouet I, Fournier A, and Vaudry H. Endothelins as local activators of adrenocortical cells. J Mol Endocrinol 32, 1-7, 2004.
11. Del Punta K, Charreau EH, and Pignataro OP. Nitric oxide inhibits Leydig cell steroidogenesis. Endocrinology 137: 5337-5343, 1996.
12. Devés R and Boyd CAR. Transporters for cationic amino acids in animal cells: discovery, structure, and function. Physiol Rev 78: 487-545, 1998.
13. Dye JF, Vause S, Johnston T, Clark P, Firth JA, D'Souza SW, Sibley CP, and Glazier JD. Characterization of cationic amino acid transporters and expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in human placental microvascular endothelial cells. FASEB J 18: 125-127, 2000.
14. Ehrhart-Bornstein M, Haidan A, Alesci S, and Bornstein SR. Neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in the differential regulation of steroidogenesis in adrenocortical-chromaffin co-cultures. Endocr Res 26: 833-842, 2000.
15. Feige JJ, Vilgrain I, Brand C, Bailly S, and Souchelnitskiy S. Fine tuning of adrenocortical functions by locally produced growth factors. J Endocrinol 158: 7-19, 1998.
16. Gauthier KM, Zhang DX, Edwards EM, Holmes B, and Campbell WB. Angiotensin II dilates bovine adrenal cortical arterioles: role of endothelial nitric oxide. Endocrinology 146: 3319-3324, 2005.
17. Graf P, Forstermann U, and Closs EI. The transport activity of the human cationic amino acid transporter hCAT-1 is downregulated by activation of protein kinase C. Br J Pharmacol 132: 1193-1200, 2001.
18. Hanke CJ, Drewett JG, Myers CR, and Campbell WB. Nitric oxide inhibits aldosterone synthesis by a guanylyl cyclase-independent effect. Endocrinology 139: 4053-4060, 1998.
19. Hanke CJ and Campbell WB. Endothelial cell nitric oxide inhibits aldosterone synthesis in zona glomerulosa cells: modulation by oxygen. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 279: E846-E854, 2000.
20. Hardy TA and May JM. Coordinate regulation of L-arginine uptake and nitric oxide synthase activity in cultured endothelial cells. Free Radic Biol Med 32: 122-131, 2002.
21. Krotova KY, Zharikov SI, and Block ER. Classical isoforms of PKC as regulators of CAT-1 transporter activity in pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 284: L1037-L1044, 2003.
22. Mazzocchi G, Rebuffat P, Gottardo G, Malendowicz LK, and Nussdorfer GG. Galanin stimulates glucocorticoid secretion in rats through a receptor-dependent activation of the adenylate cyclase/protein kinase A-dependent signaling pathway. Peptides 19: 891-895, 1998.
23. Mehebik N, Jaubert AM, Sabourault D, Giudicelli Y, and Ribière C. Leptin-induced nitric oxide production in white adipocytes is mediated through PKA and MAP kinase activation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 289: C379-C387, 2005.
24. Nishikawa T, Sasano H, Omura M, and Suematsu S. Regulation of expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein by ACTH in bovine adrenal fasciculata cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 223: 12-18, 1996.
25. Niwano K, Arai M, Tomaru K, Uchiyama T, Ohyama Y, and Kurabayashi M. Transcriptional stimulation of the eNOS gene by the stable prostacyclin analogue beraprost is mediated through cAMP-responsive element in vascular endothelial cells. Circ Res 93: 523-530, 2003.
26. Olson LM, Jones-Burton CM, and Jablonka-Shariff A. Nitric oxide decreases estradiol synthesis of rat luteinized ovarian cells: possible role for nitric oxide in functional luteal regression. Endocrinology 137: 3531-3539, 1996.
27. Rae PA, Gutmann NS, Tsao J, and Schimmer BP. Mutations in cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and corticotropin (ACTH)-sensitive adenylate cyclase affect adrenal steroidogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 76: 1896-1900, 1979.
28. Riquelme RA, Sanchez G, Liberona L, Sanhueza EM, Giussani DA, Blanco CE, Hanson MA, and Llanos AJ. Nitric oxide plays a role in the regulation of adrenal blood flow and adrenocorticomedullary functions in the llama fetus. J Physiol 544: 267-276, 2002.
29. Rotoli BM, Bussolati O, Sala R, Barilli A, Talarico E, Gazzola GC, and Dall'Asta V. INFγ stimulates arginine transport through system y+L in human monocytes. FEBS Lett 571: 177-181, 2004.
30. Russo I, Doronzo G, Mattiello L, De Salve A, Trovati M, and Anfossi G. The activity of constitutive nitric oxide synthase is increased by the pathway cAMP/cAMP-activated protein kinase in human platelets. New insights into the antiaggregating effects of cAMP-elevating agents. Thromb Res 114: 265-273, 2004.
31. Schimmer BP. Adrenocortical Y1 cells. Methods Enzymol 52: 570-574, 1979.
32. Schimmer BP. The 1994 Upjohn Award Lecture. Molecular and genetic approaches to the study of signal transduction in the adrenal cortex. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 73: 1097-1107, 1995.
33. 33a. Signorello MG, Pascale R, and Leoncini G. Transport of L-arginine and nitric oxide formation in human platelets. Eur J Biochem 270; 2005-2012, 2003.
34. Slezak J, Buchwalow IB, Schulze W, Karczewski P, Wallukat G, Samoilova VE, Krause EG, Neumann J, and Haller H. Cellular control of nitric oxide synthase expression and activity in rat cardiomyocytes. Antioxid Redox Signal 6: 345-352, 2004.
35. 34a. Thomas M, Keramides M, Monchaux E, and Feige JJ. Role of adrenocorticotropic hormone in the development and maintenance of the adrenal cortical vasculature. Microsc Res Tech 61: 247-251, 2003.
36. Van Voorhis BJ, Dunn MS, Snyder GD, and Weiner CP. Nitric oxide: an autocrine regulator of human granulosa-luteal cells steroidogenesis. Endocrinology 135: 1799-1806, 1994.
37. Verrey F, Closs EI, Wagner CA, Palacin M, Endou H, and Kanai Y. CATs and HATs: the SLC7 family of amino acid transporters. Pflügers Arch 447: 532-542, 2003.
38. Verri T, Dimitri C, Treglia S, Storelli F, De Micheli S, Ulianich L, Vito P, Marsigliante S, Storelli C, and Di Jeso B. Multiple pathways for cationic amino acid transport in rat thyroid epithelial cell line PC13. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 288: C290-C303, 2005.
39. 37a. Wagner CA, Lang F, and Broer S. Function and structure of heterodimeric amino acid transporters. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 281: C1077-C1093, 2001.
40. Waterman MR. Biochemical diversity of cAMP-dependent transcription of steroid hydroxylase genes in the adrenal cortex. J Biol Chem 269: 27783-27786, 1994.
41. Yasumura Y, Buonassisi V, and Sato G. Clonal analysis of differentiated function in animal cell cultures. I. Possible correlated maintenance of differentiated function and the diploid karyotype. Cancer Res 26: 529-535, 1966.
42. Zani BG and Bohlen HG. Transport of extracellular L-arginine via cationic amino acid transporter is required during in vivo endothelial nitric oxide production. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 289: H1381-H1390, 2005.
43. Zhang DX, Gauthier KM, and Campbell WB. Characterization of vasoconstrictor responses in small bovine adrenal cortical arteries in vitro. Endocrinology 145: 1571-1578, 2004.
44. Zhang DX, Gauthier KM, and Campbell WB. Mechanisms of histamine-induced relaxation in bovine small adrenal artieries. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 289: E1058-E1063, 2005.