Papel da interação parácrina entre astrócitos e pinealócitos na mediação do efeito potenciador da angiotensina II sobre a síntese de melatonina induzida pela estimulação noradrenérgica na glândula pineal de ratos. / Paracrine interaction between glial cells and pinealocytes determines the potentiating effects of angiotensin II on noradrenaline-stimulated melatonin synthesis on the rat pineal gland.

AUTOR(ES)

Sabrina Heloisa José dos Santos Moriconi

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

We have previously demonstrated that Angiotensin II (Ang II) potentiates the noradrenaline-stimulated (Nor+) melatonin synthesis in the rat pineal gland [Baltatu et al.,J. Neurochem.(2002)80, 328-334]. The aim of the present paper was to study the possible paracrine interactions between glial cells and pinealocytes in the rat pineal gland. To accomplish this aim, after standard pineal cell dissociation we studied the two cellular types separated in different cell cultures, either of glial pineal cells or pinealocytes. First, we showed, using freshly dissociated pineal cells, that Losartan is able to reduce Nor+ induced melatonin synthesis, similarly to what happens with pineal glands culture. Noradrenaline stimulation is able to induce melatonin synthesis in glial cell-free pinealocytes cell culture, what is not blocked by Losartan. In this condition, Ang II is able to potentiated the Nor+ induced melatonin synthesis, an AngII effect that is blocked by Losartan. Moreover, Ang II stimulated pinealocytes show an increase in Ca2+ current as evaluated by confocal microscopy. On the other hand, pinealocytes-free glial cells cultures when stimulated by noradrenaline release Ang II in the culture medium. Taking into account the above results it is possible to speculate that in the intact pineal gland noradrenaline released by sympathetic terminals stimulated pinealocytes inducing the well know process of melatonin synthesis at the same time that stimulate glial cells that release AngII that acting through AT1 receptors in pinealocytes potentiate melatonin synthesis by the inducing an increase in the intracellular Ca2+ pool and tyrosine phosphorylation of JAK/STAT complex.

ASSUNTO(S)

astrócitos glândula pineal pinealócitos angiotensin ii astrocytes melatonin pineal gland paracrine interaction interação parácrina melatonina pinealocytes angiotensina ii

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