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Endothelin-1-induced incorporation of cholesterol into rat adrenals
D G Romero1, A Pecci, C P Lantos
1Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
The effect of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on cholesterol uptake by adrenal cortex was evaluated through several experimental approaches: infusion of ET-1 followed by measurement of endogenous cholesterol in excised adrenals; infusion of ET-1 followed by tritiated cholesterol incorporation into adrenal quarters in vitro; coinfusion of ET-1 with tritiated cholesterol-enriched serum and determination of adrenal-associated radioactivity; and tritiated cholesterol incorporation in incubations of adrenal cells. In all cases ET-1 increased cholesterol uptake. Subcellular fractionation showed an ET-1-mediated augmentation in mitochondrial fraction. This increase was mediated by the subpopulation B of adrenal receptors for ET-1. In addition, ET-1 also increased cytochrome P450-SCC (side-chain cleavage) activity.
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