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    Adrenomedullary function is severely impaired in 21-hydroxylase-deficient mice.
        
        FASEB J. 13, 1185-1194 (1999)
    
    
    
				Deficiency of 21-hydroxylase (21-OH), one of the most common genetic defects in humans, causes low glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid production by the adrenal cortex, but the effect of this disorder on the adrenomedullary system is unknown. Therefore, we analyzed the development, structure, and function of the adrenal medulla in 21-OH-deficient mice, an animal model resembling human congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Chromaffin cells of 21-OH-deficient mice exhibited ultrastructural features of neuronal transdifferentiation with reduced granules, increased rough endoplasmic reticulum and small neurite outgrowth. Migration of chromaffin cells in the adrenal to form a central medulla was impaired. Expression of phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT) was reduced to 27 +/- 9% (P<0.05), as determined by quantitative TaqMan polymerase chain reaction, and there was a significant reduction of cells staining positive for PNMT in the adrenal medulla of the 21-OH-deficient mice. Adrenal contents of epinephrine were decreased to 30 +/- 2% (P<0. 01) whereas norepinephrine and dopamine levels were reduced to 57 +/- 4% (P<0.01) and 50 +/- 9% (P<0.05), respectively. 21-OH-deficient mice demonstrate severe adrenomedullary dysfunction, with alterations in chromaffin cell migration, development, structure, and catecholamine synthesis. This hitherto unrecognized mechanism may contribute to the frequent clinical, mental, and therapeutic problems encountered in humans with this genetic disease.
			
			
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        Artikel: Journalartikel
    
 
    
        Dokumenttyp
        Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
    
 
     
    
     
     
    
    
        Sprache
        englisch
    
 
    
        Veröffentlichungsjahr
        1999
    
 
     
    
        HGF-Berichtsjahr
        0
    
 
    
    
        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        0892-6638
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1530-6860
    
 
     
     
     
	     
	 
	 
    
        Zeitschrift
        FASEB Journal
    
 
		
    
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	    Band: 13,  
	    Heft: 10,  
	    Seiten: 1185-1194 
	    
	    
	
    
 
  
         
        
            Verlag
            Wiley
        
 
        
            Verlagsort
            Bethesda, Md.
        
 
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Begutachtungsstatus
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institut(e)
        Institute of Pancreatic Islet Research (IPI)
    
 
     
     
     
     
     	
    
        PubMed ID
        10385609
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        1999-12-31