Typical and atypical aspects of renin secretion from juxtaglomerular epithelioid cells
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Molecular Medicine
- Vol. 64 (18) , 829-837
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01725555
Abstract
A survey is given about features of renin synthesis and secretion from juxtaglomerular epithelioid cells that are largely atypical as compared to those of other secretory systems. Renin-producing cells have the capability of reversible metaplastic transformation into vascular smooth muscle cells, their secretory granules are very closely related to lysosomes, and they react paradoxically, i.e. with an inhibition instead of a stimulation of renin secretion, to a rise in intracellular free Ca++. The modes of renin secretion and activation of the enzyme as well as possible mechanisms involved in adjusting the ratio of secreted active to inactive renin to the current needs of the renin-angiotensin system are discussed. Der Artikel enthält einen Überblick über Aspekte der Reninsynthese und -sekretion, die im Vergleich zu den Verhältnissen bei anderen Systemen überwiegend atypisch sind. So besitzen die reninproduzierenden epithelioiden Zellen die Fähigkeit zur reversiblen metaplastischen Transformation in glatte Gefäßmuskelzellen, ihre Sekretgranula weisen einen sehr nahen Verwandtschaftsgrad zu Lysosomen auf, und die Zellen reagieren insofern in paradoxer Weise auf einen Anstieg des intracellulären freien Ca++, als die Reninsekretion dadurch gehemmt statt gesteigert wird. Schließlich wird der Modus der Reninsekretion im Zusammenhang mit der Reninaktivierung sowie möglichen Mechanismen zur Feineinstellung des Verhältnisses von sezerniertem aktivem zu inaktivem Renin in Abhängigkeit von den jeweiligen Erfordernissen des Renin-Angiotensin Systems diskutiert.Keywords
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