Lack of correlation between changes in cyclic nucleotides and subsequent induction of tyrosine hydroxylase in rat adrenal medulla.
Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol, 1976;293(1):105-8.
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Abstract
Pretreatment of rats with dexamethasone (2.5 mumol/kg, a dose which blocks the release of ACTH from the pituitary gland) abolished the reserpine mediated increase in cAMP and the increase in the cAMP/cGMP ratio in the adrenal medulla. In contrast, the reserpine-mediated induction of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) remained unchanged. Hypophysectomy had a similar effect to dexamethasone treatment. Since changes in cAMP and changes in the cAMP/cGMP ratio are not indispensible prerequisities for the subsequent induction of TH, a causal relationship between the two phenomena seems to be excluded.
MeSH terms
Adrenal Medulla; Animals; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic GMP; Dexamethasone; Enzyme Induction; Hypophysectomy; Male; Nucleotides, Cyclic; Rats; Reserpine; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
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