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Query: EC:3.6.1.3 (ATPase)
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It was found in experiments on male albino rats that hypophysectomy was accompanied by an increase of potassium (on account of its accumulation in the mitochondria, nuclei and the microsomes) and copper in the liver. At the same time there was an increase in this organ of tha activity of Mg-2+-Na-+-K-+-ATPase and Mg-+-ATPase, and also a rise of ceruloplasmin activity in the blood serum. STH and TTH restored the sodium content to the normal and increased potassium level in the liver of hypophysectomized rats. ACTH and STH increased copper content in the hepatic tissue and normalized the activity of ceruloplasmin in the blood. All the hormones used promoted normalization of ATP-ase activity.
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PMID:[The effect of STH, TTH and ACTH on several aspects of copper, sodium and potassium metabolism in the livers of hypophysectomized white rats]. 16 74

The effect of cortisol, methylprednisolone, and ACTH on (Na+-K+)-ATPase activity in developing cerebral cortex has been measured. Stimulation of (Na+-K+)-ATPase by these agents has been found in whole brain homogenates of kittens as early as age 8 days, and in whole homogenates and light microsomal fractions in young rats at 14 and 28 days. (Na+-K+)-ATPase activity in animals treated with corticosteroids or ACTH for 4 days was found to be 15--30% higher than activity in littermate controls. Brain potassium concentrations was increased in 14-day-old rats treated with methylprednisolone.
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PMID:Effects of adrenocortical steroids and of adrenocorticotrophic hormone on (Na+-K+)-ATPase in immature cerebral cortex. 20 25

Dog and rat adrenal glomerulosa cells and subcellular fractions have been utilized to evaluate the mechanism of angiotensin II- and angiotensin III-induced aldosterone production. The effects of angiotensin, ACTH, and potassium have been compared on cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP in isolated glomerulosa cells and adenylate cyclase activity in subcellular fractions. The effect of angiotensin II has also been assessed on Na+-K+-activated ATPase of plasma membrane enriched fractions of dog and rat adrenals. We have demonstrated no effect of angiotensin II or angiotensin III on either adenylate cyclase, cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP, or Na+-K+-dependent ATPase activity over a wide range of concentrations. Potassium ion in concentrations that stimulate significant aldosterone production was also without effect. The negative effects of angiotensin and potassium were contrasted against a positive correlation between an ACTH-induced effect on aldosterone production, adenylate cyclase, and cyclic AMP accumulation. These studies have served to demonstrate that neither adenylate cyclase, cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP, or Na+-K+-activated ATPase seem to be directly involved in the mechanism of action of angiotensins on aldosterone production in the rat and dog adrenal glomerulosa.
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PMID:An examination of possible mechanisms of angiotensin II-stimulated steroidogenesis. 21 94

Specific receptors for angiotensin II (A II) were demonstrated in membrane fractions and collagenase-dispersed cells from the zona glomerulosa of the rat adrenal gland. The equilibrium association constant (Ka) of the A II binding sites was similar in particulate fractions (2.0 +/- 0.4 (SE) X 10(9) M-1) and intact glomerulosa cells (1.8 +/- 0.3 X 10(9) M-1). Specific binding of [125I]iodo-A II was enhanced by increasing sodium concentration, and in the presence of dithiothreitol, EDTA, and EGTA. Plasma membrane fractions prepared by density gradient centrifugation showed increased binding of [125I]iodo-A II, and were correspondingly enriched in adenylate cyclase and sodium-potassium-dependent ATPase. Steroid production by collagenase-dispersed adrenal glomerulosa cells was highly responsive to A II and ACTH. Significant increases in aldosterone and corticosterone production were elicited by A II concentrations as low as 3 X 10(-11) M, equivalent to normal blood levels of A II in rats (5 X 10(-11) M). The maximum increase in aldosterone production, of 6--7 times the basal value, was obtained at 10(-9) M A II. Dispersed capsular cells were also highly sensitive to ACTH, responding to concentrations down to 3 X 10(-12) M with increased aldosterone production, reaching a maximum aldosterone response of 20-fold above the basal value. The magnitudes of the aldosterone and corticosterone responses to A II in capsular and fasciculata-reticularis cells were commensurate with the distribution of A II receptors, which were 11-fold more concentrated in capsular cells. The ability of A II to evoke aldosterone production at physiological concentrations, and the correspondence between A II binding and steroidogenesis in capsular cells, demonstrate the functional importance of A II receptor sites in the zona glomerulosa of the rat adrenal cortex.
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PMID:Angiotensin II receptors and aldosterone production in rat adrenal glomerulosa cells. 21 98

Transgenic mice for the promoter sequence of bovine arginine vasopressin (AVP) gene fused to large SV40 T-antigen coding sequence develop pituitary tumors and insulin-producing pancreatic tumors. In order to establish the cellular composition of the pituitary tumors, histological, immunocytochemical, in situ hybridization, and electron microscopic technics were applied. Pituitary anterior lobe tumors were identified in 10 out of 14 glands examined. In 2 of these cases, intermediate lobe tumors were also found. The anterior lobe tumors contained a variable number of GH immunoreactive cells. In situ hybridization performed in 7 cases revealed a diffuse distribution of GH messenger RNA over all tumor cells. Ultrastructurally, the tumors contained undifferentiated cells with very small secretory granules and rare cells showing some resemblance to somatotrophs. The results indicate that these pituitary tumors are composed of undifferentiated somatotrophs. The presence of a few PRL immunoreactive cells in four tumors and scattered TSH immunoreactive cells in two tumors supports the view that somatotrophs have the potential to produce PRL and TSH. The intermediate lobe tumors were immunoreactive for ACTH and intensely positive for POMC mRNA. In the nontumorous adenohypophyses, no hyperplasia of any cell type was noted. Several GH immunoreactive cells exhibited pleomorphic, giant nuclei and mitoses. In conclusion, the majority of transgenic mice for AVP/large T-antigen develop pituitary tumors originating in and composed of somatotrophs. Less frequently, intermediary lobe tumors were present as well. AVP/SV40 transgenic mice provide a unique experimental model for somatotroph tumors that are neither preceded by, nor associated with somatotroph hyperplasia.
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PMID:Morphology of adenohypophysial tumors in mice transgenic for vasopressin-SV40 hybrid oncogene. 131 26

The adrenal glomerulosa cell is a major site of action of angiotensin II (AII), which binds to AT1 receptors to stimulate phosphoinositide hydrolysis and Ca2+ mobilization, and the subsequent production of aldosterone. All also influences adrenal growth and proliferation and promotes thymidine incorporation in adrenocortical cells. In primary cultures of bovine glomerulosa cells, AII was found to induce the expression of several early growth response genes (c-fos, c-jun, JunB, and Krox 24). This effect of AII was dose-dependent and was blocked by [Sar1,IIe8] AII and the nonpeptide antagonist DuP 753, indicating that it is mediated by the AT1 subtype of the AII receptor. ACTH, which elevates cAMP in glomerulosa cells, was a relatively weak inducer of c-fos expression but was as potent as AII in stimulating the expression of JunB. ACTH did not further enhance the maximal effect of AII on c-fos expression. The role of the AII-induced cytoplasmic Ca2+ increase in generating the c-fos response was suggested by the ability of the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin to induce c-fos expression. However, mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ by the Ca2+ ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin, as well as the stimulation of Ca2+ influx by depolarization with potassium, were less potent stimuli of c-fos expression. Omission of Ca2+ from the extracellular medium, which abolishes the plateau phase of the AII-induced Ca2+ signal without affecting the early increase due to Ca2+ mobilization, enhanced the early phase of the AII-induced c-fos response, indicating that Ca2+ also has an inhibitory effect on the early gene response. Activation of protein kinase C by phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate (PMA) also stimulated c-fos expression, but the combination of PMA and ionomycin did not further increase the c-fos response. Inhibition of protein kinase C by staurosporine, or its depletion by prolonged exposure to PMA, prevented the c-fos response to PMA but only partially inhibited the response to AII, suggesting the involvement of other factors in stimulus-transcription coupling from the AT1 receptor.
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PMID:Stimulation of early gene expression by angiotensin II in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells: roles of calcium and protein kinase C. 133 25

Using medium with a low ionic strength, a low concentration of Ca2+ and Mg2+ and devoid of K+, we have measured Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in the homogenates of rat islets preincubated for 3 min with several hormones in the presence of 3.3 mmol glucose/l. Insulin secretion was also measured in islets incubated for 5 min under identical experimental conditions. Islets preincubated with glucose (3.3 mmol/l) and glucagon (1.4 mumol/l) plus theophylline (10 mmol/l), ACTH (0.11 nmol/l), bovine GH (0.46 mumol/l), prolactin (0.2 mumol/l) or tri-iodothyronine (1.0 nmol/l) have significantly lower Ca(2+)-ATPase activity than those preincubated with only 3.3 mmol glucose/l. All these hormones increased the release of insulin significantly. Dexamethasone (0.1 mumol/l) and somatostatin (1.2 mumol/l) enhanced the Ca(2+)-ATPase activity while adrenaline (10 mumol/l) did not produce any significant effect on the activity of the enzyme. These hormones decreased the release of insulin significantly. These results demonstrated that islet Ca(2+)-ATPase activity was modulated by the hormones tested. Their inhibitory or enhancing effect seemed to be related to their effect on insulin secretion; i.e. those which stimulated the secretion of insulin inhibited the activity of the enzyme and vice versa. Hence, their effect on insulin secretion may be due, in part, to their effect on enzyme activity and consequently on the concentration of cytosolic Ca2+. These results reinforce the assumption that Ca(2+)-ATPase activity participates in the physiological regulation of insulin secretion, being one of the cellular targets for several agents which affect this process.
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PMID:Correlation between Ca(2+)-ATPase activity of rat islet cells and insulin secretion. 135 67

ACTH, hydrocortisone and cyclic nucleotides levels, beta-receptors sensitivity, lipid peroxidation (LPO), antioxidant system, hemodynamics were investigated in 93 coronary patients without myocardial infarction in the presence of cardiac arrhythmia and after its correction. The clinical and laboratory findings indicate that it is primarily LPO activation and LPO products excessive accumulation in the blood that are responsible for arrhythmia emergence. Experimental data support these results by showing possibility of cardiac arrhythmia onset due to LPO products which raise the density of Na-Ca channels and inhibit the activity of Ca-dependent ATPase.
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PMID:[Pathogenetic characteristics of the development of arrhythmia in patients with ischemic heart disease]. 170 40

The effect of chronic high plasma corticosteroids' concentration upon renal function was studied in rats bearing a transplantable pituitary mammotropic tumor which produces large quantities of ACTH and prolactin (MtTF4S). Kidney splanchnomegaly and degenerative changes of renal cortex, particularly in proximal tubules, as well as cytolysis and appearance of vacuoles were noticed in tumor bearing rats. (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activity in renal plasma membranes decreased 67% in rats with a tumor secreting ACTH and prolactin, and 64% in rats with a tumor secreting growth hormone and prolactin when compared with controls. After adrenalectomy of MtTF4S rats, kidney weight as well as plasma concentrations of urea, sodium, chloride and phosphate ions were normalized indicating the involvement of adrenal glands in the development of disturbances in renal function.
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PMID:Kidney damage in rats bearing an adrenocorticotropin and prolactin secreting tumor. 196 5

Sections of primary lung carcinomas, lung metastases, mesotheliomas, and lung metastases of some rare mesenchymal tumors were incubated with different cytokeratin (CK), vimentin, desmin, and tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) antibodies and with antibodies reactive with different hormones (ACTH, PTH, alpha-HCG, Calcitonin CT), CEA, carcinoma-associated antigen (CA1), secretory component (SC), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), alpha-1-antitrypsin (alpha-1-AT), lysozyme (lyso), and S-100 protein (S 100). CK antibodies derived from a 49 kD (reactive with simple epithelia [SE]) and a 67 kD CK polypeptide fraction (reaction with complex epithelia [CE] were useful differentiation markers for the four major groups of lung carcinomas. In one half of small cell carcinomas a positive reaction with NSE antibodies was found. S 100 and SC were good markers for papillary and bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinomas, whereas CEA was less important because of its reactivity with different types of lung carcinomas. To discern clear cell carcinomas of lung and renal origin a positive reaction with vimentin antibodies (some renal but not lung types) and with CA1 (no renal but all lung types) seemed to be useful. All hormone antibodies were of no importance as markers for difficult differential diagnosis, because positive reactivities were found in cases from every major carcinoma group. In addition, a Ca2+-activated adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) was found in mesotheliomas but not in papillary adenocarcinomas.
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PMID:Immunohistochemical and histochemical markers of primary lung cancer, lung metastases, and pleural mesotheliomas. 243 80


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