Human γ-melanotropin precursor potentiates corticotropin-induced adrenal steroidogenesis by stimulating mRNA synthesis
- 15 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 204 (1) , 301-305
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2040301
Abstract
Circulating human gamma-melanotropin precursor (76 amino acids) [N-POC(1-76) enhances the corticosterone and aldosterone response to corticotropin by isolated perfused rat adrenal cells [Al-Dujaili, Hope, Estivariz, Lowry & Edwards (1981) Nature (London) 291, 156-159]. Actinomycin D (4 × 10(-6) mol/litre) did not significantly affect corticotropin-induced corticosterone or aldosterone outputs, but completely inhibited the potentiating action of gamma-melanotropin precursor on rat adrenal cells. This suggests that the precursor enhances corticotropin-induced steroidogenesis via an increase in available mRNA produced from DNA transcription.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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