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. 1989 Jul;86(13):4978–4981. doi: 10.1073/pnas.86.13.4978

Corticotropin positively regulates its own receptors and cAMP response in cultured bovine adrenal cells.

A Penhoat 1, C Jaillard 1, J M Saez 1
PMCID: PMC297539  PMID: 2544885

Abstract

Bovine fasciculata adrenal cells contain specific high-affinity (KD approximately 2.3 +/- 0.4 x 10(-10) M) and low-capacity (1910 +/- 300 sites per cell) corticotropin (ACTH) receptors. Pretreatment of cells with ACTH, caused in a time-(maximum effect at 48 hr) and dose-(ED50 approximately 10(-11) M, Vmax = 10(-10) to 10(-9) M) dependent manner an increase in ACTH binding. This was due to a 4-fold increase in the number of binding sites without modification of the binding affinity. The same pretreatment also enhanced the cAMP response to further ACTH stimulation in a dose-dependent manner (ED50 approximately 10(-11) M) and to a lesser extent the response to forskolin. However, pretreatment with higher concentrations of ACTH (10(-8) M) reduced the binding and the cAMP response when compared to the effect of 10(-9) M. These ACTH effects, which were mimicked by 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, required de novo protein synthesis. Pretreatment with 10(-13) to 10(-11) M ACTH also enhanced the steroidogenic responsiveness to further hormonal stimulation. However, at higher concentrations the hormone induced an apparent steroidogenic desensitization that was probably related to a depletion of endogenous cholesterol, since cortisol production in the presence of 22-(R)-hydroxycholesterol was increased. Neither angiotensin-II nor atrial natriuretic factor alone modified ACTH receptors, but angiotensin-II partially blocked the stimulatory effect of ACTH. Thus, ACTH is one of the few polypeptide hormones having a positive trophic effect on its own receptors and target-cell responsiveness.

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