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Synthesis of corticosterone in the vascular wall.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7956952     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Extra-adrenal steroid 21-hydroxylation and 11 beta-hydroxylation occur in a variety of human tissues. This study was undertaken to determine whether the rat mesenteric artery produces corticosterone and to demonstrate the CYP11B1 mRNA in the vascular tissue. Isolated rat mesenteric arteries were perfused with Krebs-Ringer solution for 4 h. The perfusate was collected and chromatographed in a reverse-phase HPLC system. The fraction corresponding to synthetic corticosterone was collected and analyzed by mass spectrometry. The concentration of corticosterone in the perfusate from the adrenalectomized rats was measured using radioimmunoassay after separation with the HPLC system. The mass spectra of synthetic corticosterone was identical with corticosterone isolated from the perfusate of the rat mesenteric arteries. The radioactive peak of corticosterone was detected in the perfusate after perfusing the mesenteric artery with Krebs-Ringer solution containing [14C]-pregnenolone. The expression of CYP11B1, 11B2, and 11A mRNA was detected in the mesenteric artery using a RT-PCR. The production of corticosterone in the vascular wall was increased in the adrenalectomized rats compared with that of the controls. This study shows that the rat mesenteric artery produces corticosterone, and the corticosterone synthase is existed in the vasculature.
Authors:
Y Takeda; I Miyamori; T Yoneda; K Iki; H Hatakeyama; I A Blair; F Y Hsieh; R Takeda
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Endocrinology     Volume:  135     ISSN:  0013-7227     ISO Abbreviation:  Endocrinology     Publication Date:  1994 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-12-16     Completed Date:  1994-12-16     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375040     Medline TA:  Endocrinology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2283-6     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Base Sequence
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Corticosterone / blood,  genetics,  metabolism*
DNA, Complementary / analysis,  genetics
Male
Mesenteric Arteries / metabolism*
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Messenger / analysis,  genetics
Radioimmunoassay
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase / analysis,  genetics,  metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA, Complementary; 0/RNA, Messenger; 50-22-6/Corticosterone; EC 1.14.15.4/Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase

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