Abstract:
:Adrenal origin and ACTH-dependent secretion of endogenous digitalis-like factor(s) (EDLF) was investigated. Twelve normal weight normotensive subjects (normal group) and 10 patients with Addison's disease (Addison group) were subjected to prolonged ACTH stimulation with 1 mg tetracosactin-depot im. Blood sampling was at 0 and 240 min. Digitalis-like reactivity was monitored in plasma extracts (combined organic solvent solid phase method) by digoxin and ouabain radioimmunoassay (RIAD and RIAO, respectively). 3H-ouabain concentration on erythrocytes (OBS) was also determined. Na+, K+-ATPase inhibition by normal plasma extract was tested by measuring Vmax and Km of 86Rb+-transport into human erythrocytes. In the normal group basal median plasma concentrations RIAD (0.07 nmol/l) and RIAO (0.89 nmol/l) increased significantly after ACTH administration (median 0.31 and 1.83, respectively; Wilcoxon, p<0.01). In contrast, in the Addison group no plasma RIAD and RIAO reactivity was detected before or after ACTH administration with minor exceptions. The OBS remained unchanged in the Addison group at 0 and 240 min; in the normal group there was a significant decline at 240 min (Wilcoxon, p<0.05) implying increase in circulating EDLF after ACTH stimulation. In the 86Rb+-transport experiments, 2 nmol/l ouabain or 2 nmol/l plasma-extracted ouabain reactivity both significantly impaired substrate affinity equally increasing Km without affecting Vmax. In men, the adrenals may produce and secrete EDLF, whose secretion appears to be ACTH-dependent.
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J Endocrinol Investjournal_title
Journal of endocrinological investigationauthors
Sophocleous A,Elmatzoglou I,Souvatzoglou Adoi
10.1007/BF03347027keywords:
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2003-07-01 00:00:00pages
668-74issue
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0391-4097issn
1720-8386pii
5598journal_volume
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