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Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | A connection between extracellular matrix and hormonal signals during the development of the human fetal adrenal gland
Autores: | Chamoux,E.; Otis,M.; Gallo-Payet,N.
Data: | 2005-10-01
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Adrenal gland; Development; Human fetus; Extracellular matrix; Angiotensin II; Adrenocorticotropin.
Resumo: | The human adrenal cortex, involved in adaptive responses to stress, body homeostasis and secondary sexual characters, emerges from a tightly regulated development of a zone-specific secretion pattern during fetal life. Its development during fetal life is critical for the well being of pregnancy, the initiation of delivery, and even for an adequate adaptation to extra-uterine life. As early as from the sixth week of pregnancy, the fetal adrenal gland is characterized by a highly proliferative zone at the periphery, a concentric migration accompanied by cell differentiation (cortisol secretion) and apoptosis in the central androgen-secreting fetal zone. After birth, a strong reorganization occurs in the adrenal gland so that it better fulfills the newborn's needs, with aldosterone production in the external zona glomerulosa, cortisol secretion in the zona fasciculata and androgens in the central zona reticularis. In addition to the major hormonal stimuli provided by angiotensin II and adrenocorticotropin, we have tested for some years the hypotheses that such plasticity may be under the control of the extracellular matrix. A growing number of data have been harvested during the last years, in particular about extracellular matrix expression and its putative role in the development of the human adrenal cortex. Laminin, collagen and fibronectin have been shown to play important roles not only in the plasticity of the adrenal cortex, but also in cell responsiveness to hormones, thus clarifying some of the unexplained observations that used to feed controversies.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005001000006
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-879X2005001000006
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.38 n.10 2005
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess