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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
The regulation of aldosterone synthesis by endogenous nitric oxide (NO) was examined in cultured cells of the adrenal cortex. Endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) was detected by Western blot in cultured adrenal endothelial cells (ECs) but not in zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells or adrenal fibroblasts. Neither inducible (iNOS) nor neuronal NOS (nNOS) isoforms were detected in the cells. Only ECs had NOS activity and converted [3H]L-arginine to [3H]L-citrulline. Angiotensin II (ANG II, 100 nM) increased EC production of nitrate/nitrite by 2.4-fold. Coincubation with ECs or treatment with DETA nonoate increased the fluorescence of ZG cells loaded with an NO-sensitive dye, diaminofluorescein 2 diacetate (DAF-2 DA). DETA nonoate inhibited ANG II (1 nM) and potassium (10 mM) -stimulated aldosterone release in a concentration-related manner. This inhibitory effect of NO was enhanced >10-fold by decreasing the oxygen concentration from 21 to 8%. Coincubation of EC and ZG cells in 8% oxygen inhibited ANG II-induced aldosterone release, and inhibition was reversed by blockade of NOS. These findings indicate that adrenal EC-derived NO inhibits aldosterone release by cultured ZG cells and that the sensitivity to NO inhibition is increased at low oxygen concentrations.
adrenal cortex; angiotensin II; potassium; fibroblasts; nitric oxide synthase
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