Abstract：
:Recent studies on the control of adrenal zona glomerulosa function and aldosterone secretion have focussed attention on the role of MSH-like peptides. In particular, at low concentrations, alpha-MSH has a specific stimulatory effect on rat adrenal glomerulosa cells. The synthesis of alpha-MSH analogues which have potent and prolonged effects on melanocyte systems offers new methods of examining the specificity of this response. Two peptides were tested in which potential for a beta-turn configuration was stabilised. These were: [Nle4, D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH and the cyclic [Cys4, Cys10]-alpha-MSH. In contrast to their effects on melanocyte systems, only [Cys4, Cys10]-alpha-MSH stimulated glomerulosa cells, and it was equipotent with alpha-MSH, while [Nle4, D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH and shorter fragments had no effect when added alone. [Nle4, D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH, however, augmented the response of cells already maximally stimulated with alpha-MSH and in this respect its actions resembled those of gamma-MSH and related peptides. The augmentation produced by [Nle4, D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH and gamma 3-MSH was not additive when the two peptides were added together with alpha-MSH. The results suggest that the specificity of the alpha-MSH receptors in rat adrenal glomerulosa cells and the peptide structure-function relationships in this system are different from those described for melanocytes.
journal_name
Life Scijournal_title
Life sciencesauthors
Vinson GP,Whitehouse BJ,Bateman A,Hruby VJ,Sawyer TK,Darman PSdoi
10.1016/0024-3205(84)90255-8subject
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1984-08-06 00:00:00pages
603-10issue
6eissn
0024-3205issn
1879-0631pii
0024-3205(84)90255-8journal_volume
35pub_type
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