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Endocrinology, Vol 125, 1407-1413, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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Effects of prolonged cyclosporine-A treatment on the morphology and function of rat adrenal cortex

P Rebuffat, A Kasprzak, PG Andreis, G Mazzocchi, G Gottardo, A Coi and GG Nussdorfer
Department of Anatomy, University of Padua, Italy.

The effects of prolonged (30 day) treatment with daily therapeutical doses of cyclosporine A (CSA) (20 mg/kg) on the function and morphology of adrenal cortex were studied in adult male rats. CSA-treated animals developed a notable hypertension, along with a striking rise in PRA, which was not coupled with significant changes in the plasma concentrations of aldosterone and corticosterone (hyperreninemic hypoaldosteronism). Morphometry showed that zona glomerulosa (ZG) and zona fasciculata, and their parenchymal cells were atrophic. Isolated capsular (ZG) and inner (zona fasciculata/reticularis) cells displayed reduced basal and stimulated secretory responses. However, while the response of ZG cells to angiotensin II was almost completely suppressed (96%), basal steroid secretion of isolated cells, as well as the aldosterone and corticosterone response of ZG cells to potassium and ACTH, and corticosterone production of inner cells in response to ACTH were decreased by only about 30-40%. The hypothesis is advanced that CSA exerts a dual effect on rat adrenal cortex: 1) a general inhibitory effect on the growth and steroidogenic capacity of adrenocortical cells, which manifests itself only after very prolonged treatment and may be caused by an impairment of protein synthesis; and 2) an acute effect involving the specific blockade of the angiotensin-II-induced stimulation of the secretory activity of ZG cells.


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