Ghrelin enhances the growth of cultured human adrenal zona glomerulosa cells by exerting MAPK-mediated proliferogenic and antiapoptotic effects

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G MazzocchiG G Nussdorfer

Abstract

Ghrelin is an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), two subtypes of which have been identified and named GHS-R1a and GHS-R1b. Evidence has been provided that ghrelin and its receptors are expressed in the adrenal gland, and we have investigated the possible role of the ghrelin system in the functional regulation of the human adrenal cortex. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction detected the expression of both subtypes of GHS-Rs exclusively in the zona glomerulosa (ZG). Ghrelin did not significantly affect either basal or agonist-stimulated aldosterone secretion from cultured ZG cells. In contrast, ghrelin raised proliferative activity and decreased apoptotic deletion rate of ZG cells, the maximal effective concentration being 10(-8) M. The growth effects of 10(-8) M ghrelin on cultured ZG cells were not affected by either the protein kinase (PK)A and PKC antagonists H-89 and calphostin-C or the mitogen-activated PK (MAPK) p38 antagonist SB-293580, but were abolished by both the tyrosine kinase (TK) and MAPK p42/p44 antagonists tyrphostin-23 (10(-5) M) and PD-98059 (10(-4) M), respectively. Ghrelin (10(-8) M) enhanced TK and MAPK p42/p44 activities of ZG cells. Preincubation with 10(-5)...Continue Reading

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