Distribution of the adrenocortical inner zone antigen

Author:

Ho M M,Barker S,Vinson G P

Abstract

Abstract Previous studies using a mouse monoclonal antibody (IZAb) have identified inner zone-specific antigens (IZAg 1 and 2) in the rat adrenal cortex. The expression of IZAgl is enhanced by dibutyryl-cyclic AMP or ACTH in vitro and by in vivo ACTH treatment. These studies also suggest that IZAg may be involved in steroidogenesis in rat adrenals. Using sensitive detection methods, the distribution of IZAg in adrenals from other species and in other rat tissues was studied. Pig and rabbit adrenals expressed an IZAb-immunoreactive protein with molecular mass identical with that of IZAg1, but no immunoreactivity was detected in bovine, guinea-pig or mouse adrenals. In the rabbit adrenal, as in the rat, IZAb bound only to zonae fasciculata/reticularis cells. However, the whole adrenal cortex in the pig immunoreacted with IZAb. Although immunofluorescence was observed in human adrenal sections, predominantly in the zona reticularis, no significant immunoreactive protein band was detected by immunoblot analysis. Apart from the zonae fasciculata/reticularis in the adrenal gland, an IZAb-immunoreactive protein with a molecular mass of 26 000 Da, corresponding to IZAg1, was also found in rat hepatocytes, renal tubules, ovary (corpus luteum, interstitial cells, theca interna of mature follicles) and Leydig cells. The observations suggest that IZAg may be involved in the processes of biosynthesis, metabolism and/or excretion of steroid hormones. Journal of Endocrinology (1994) 141, 459–466

Publisher

Bioscientifica

Subject

Endocrinology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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