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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 257: C588-C595, 1989;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 3 C588-C595, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Release of immunoreactive angiotensin II from neuronal cultures: adrenergic influences

E. M. Richards, K. Hermann, C. Sumners, M. K. Raizada and M. I. Phillips
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.

The effects of adrenergic drugs on the release of immunoreactive angiotensin II (ANG II-ir) from brain cells in culture were examined. In neuronal cultures, basal release of Ang II-ir was 43.65 +/- 7.44 pg/5-min incubation period (n = 14 experiments; 52 individual determinations), and in astrocytic glial cultures, it was 21.76 +/- 5.7 pg (n = 8 experiments; 24 individual determinations) when cells were exposed to buffer alone. Incubation of neuronal cultures with the alpha 2-adrenergic antagonist yohimbine (0.1-50 microM, 5 min) caused concentration-dependent increases in ANG II-ir release above basal levels. Analysis of the released material by high-pressure liquid chromatography revealed that authentic ANG II was present. No increase in the release of ANG II-ir was seen from glial cells. Experiments using neuronal cultures revealed that the yohimbine-induced release of ANG II-ir may be secondary to increased norepinephrine (NE) release. Incubation of neuronal cultures with NE (10 nM-50 microM) caused concentration-dependent increases in the release of ANG II-ir. This effect of NE was not inhibited by the alpha 1-adrenergic blocker prazosin. However, a weaker release of ANG II-ir from neuronal cultures was stimulated by the beta-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol at 100 microM. These data show that ANG II-ir can be released from neuronal but not glial cell cultures by adrenergic receptor-mediated mechanisms.


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