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Ectopic Agouti protein overexpression increases stimulated corticosterone production without effect on adenylate cyclase activity in mouse adrenal cells.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Nov 2004
Shevchenko Antonyna Y, Bazhan Nadezhda M, Makarova Elena N, Yakovleva Tatyana V, Karkaeva Nelli R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The antagonism of Agouti protein (AP) and Agouti-related protein on melanocortin receptors suggests an inhibitory role in the regulation of steroidogenesis. However, we have previously demonstrated that ectopic AP overexpression increased restraint-induced corticosterone release and adrenal reactivity to ACTH in mice. A high steroidogenic response to ACTH may be a consequence of a stimulatory AP action...
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