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Bovine zona glomerulosa cells, on the first day of culture, produce aldosterone as their major steroid with no detectable cortisol secretion. Continuous incubation with ACTH had no effect on aldosterone production nor on aldosterone synthase activity. This treatment resulted in a dose and time dependent rise in 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity, in parallel with an increase in cytochrome P-450(17 alpha) (CYP17) protein and mRNA. We have previously shown that TGF beta 1 is a potent inhibitor of differentiated functions of bovine fasciculata-reticularis cells and that CYP17 and AII receptors are the major targets explaining this effect. The present study examined whether 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity in glomerulosa cells could be regulated by angiotensin II (AII) and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF beta 1). AII inhibits the induction of CYP17 by ACTH in a dose dependent manner. TGF beta 1 also blocks almost completely the stimulatory effect of ACTH. In order to suppress the endogenous action of TGF beta 1, incubations were performed with an anti-TGF beta antibody. This specific antibody induces the expression of CYP17 resulting in increased activity and mRNA levels. These results show that AII is able to modulate the expression of CYP17 in adrenal glomerulosa cells following ACTH stimulation. Furthermore, TGF beta 1 exerts an autocrine effect on the differentiation of glomerulosa cells through a regulatory loop repressing CYP17 activity.
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