Abstract:
:The steroid aldosterone plays a major role in the maintenance of total body sodium homeostasis and also contributes to cardiovascular pathophysiology by mediating cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. In addition to classical adrenal production of aldosterone, endogenous tissue production of aldosterone has been observed in various organs; aldosterone biosynthesis in cardiac tissues, however, remains highly controversial. The current study provides a comprehensive evaluation of steroid hormone biosynthethic capabilities in multiple tissues from two distinct rat strains under unstimulated and stimulated conditions. Panels of tissues from Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats were probed for 11 beta-hydroxylase (P45011beta) and aldosterone synthase (P450aldo) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Under unstimulated conditions, cardiac P45011beta and P450aldo were detected only in Wistar rats. Angiotensin II (100 microg/day) stimulated myocardial expression of both enzymes in both strains. Cerebral cortex and mesenteric artery message levels in both strains was reduced by angiotensin II. These data demonstrate the potential for local steroid synthesis in vascular, cardiac, renal, and neuronal tissues, and that biosynthesis of non-adrenal aldosterone may be differentially regulated between strains. This variability may thus resolve in part or whole the current controversy over the existence of non-adrenal steroidogenic systems.
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Mol Cell Endocrinoljournal_title
Molecular and cellular endocrinologyauthors
Rudolph AE,Blasi ER,Delyani JAdoi
10.1016/s0303-7207(00)00258-6keywords:
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2000-07-25 00:00:00pages
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1872-8057pii
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