Endothelin regulation of neuropeptide release from nerve endings of the posterior pituitary.
AUTOR(ES)
Ritz, M F
RESUMO
We have investigated the role of endothelin (ET) in the stimulus-secretion coupling mechanism in the posterior pituitary. We report that isolated nerve endings contain immunoreactive endothelin, the level of which is regulated by homeostatic mechanisms involved in control of water balance. ET-1 and ET-3 potentiate vasopressin release induced by depolarization through interaction with specific receptors of the ETA subtype and this response is antagonized by sarafotoxin S6b. The second messenger for this effect, however, remains unknown since the potentiation of depolarization-induced vasopressin release occurs in the absence of an increase in cellular calcium.
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