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. 1988 Nov;85(21):8251–8255. doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.21.8251

Evidence for extracellular, but not intracellular, generation of angiotensin II in the rat adrenal zona glomerulosa.

H Urata 1, M C Khosla 1, F M Bumpus 1, A Husain 1
PMCID: PMC282407  PMID: 2847156

Abstract

Based on the observation that high levels of renin and angiotensin II (Ang II) are found in the adrenal zona glomerulosa (ZG), it has been postulated that Ang II is formed intracellularly by the renin-converting enzyme cascade in this tissue. To test this hypothesis, we examined renin-angiotensin system components in subcellular fractions of the rat adrenal ZG. Renin activity and immunoreactive-Ang II (IR-Ang II) were observed in vesicular fractions but were not colocalized. In addition, angiotensinogen, angiotensin I, and converting enzyme were not observed in the renin or IR-Ang II-containing vesicular fractions. These data do not support the hypothesis that Ang II is formed intracellularly within the renin-containing vesicles of the ZG. Rather, since modulatable renin release from adrenal ZG slices was observed and renin activity was found in dense vesicular fractions (33-39% sucrose), it is likely that Ang II formation in the ZG is extracellular and initiated by the release of vesicular renin. Receptor-mediated endocytosis and subsequent degradation of Ang II in ZG lysosomes have been shown by others. The presence of IR-Ang II in light vesicular fractions (15% sucrose) and the finding of a high correlation between ZG IR-Ang II and Ang II receptor levels suggest that the primary occurrence of this peptide in the ZG is by receptor-mediated endocytosis. In ZG lysosomal fractions 125I-labeled Ang II was degraded to 125I-labeled des-[Phe8]Ang II. Since Ang II antibodies do not recognize des-[Phe8]Ang II, these findings explain why IR-Ang II in the ZG is due predominantly to Ang II and not to its C-terminal immunoreactive fragments.

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