PACAP-(1-38) as neurotransmitter in the porcine adrenal glands.
K Tornøe, J Hannibal, T B Jensen, B Georg, L F Rickelt, M B Andreasen, J Fahrenkrug, J J Holst
Index: Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 279 , E1413-E1425, (2000)
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Abstract
The concentration of pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide [PACAP-(1-38)] in porcine adrenal glands amounted to 14 +/- 3 pmol/g tissue. PACAP immunoreactive (PACAP-IR) fibers innervated adrenal chromaffin cells (often co-localized with choline acetyltransferase). Subcapsular fibers traversed the cortex-innervating endocrine cells and blood vessels [some co-storing mainly calcitonin gene-related peptide but also vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)]. PACAP-IR fibers were demonstrated in the splanchnic nerves, whereas IR adrenal nerve cell bodies were absent. In isolated, vascularly perfused adrenal gland, splanchnic nerve stimulation (16 Hz) and capsaicin (10(-5) M) increased PACAP-(1-38) release (1.6-fold and 6-fold respectively, P = 0.02). PACAP-(1-38) dose-dependently stimulated cortisol (2 x 10(-10) M; 24-fold increase, P = 0.02) and chromogranin A fragment (2 x 10(-9) M; 15-fold increase, P = 0.05) secretion. Both were strongly inhibited by the PAC(1)/VPAC(2) receptor antagonist PACAP-(6-38) (10(-7) M). PACAP-(6-38) also inhibited splanchnic nerve (10 Hz)-induced cortisol secretion but lacked any effect on splanchnic nerve-induced pancreastatin secretion. PACAP-(1-38) (2 x 10(-10) M) decreased vascular resistance from 5.5 +/- 0.6 to 4.6 +/- 0.4 mmHg. min. ml(-1). PACAP-(6-38) had no effect on this response. We conclude that PACAP-(1-38) may play a role in splanchnic nerve-induced adrenal secretion and in afferent reflex pathways.
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