Aldosterone augments endothelin-1-induced cardiac myocyte hypertrophy with the reinforcement of the JNK pathway

FEBS Lett. 2002 Jul 31;524(1-3):123-6. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03017-x.

Abstract

Aldosterone is thought to regulate cardiac work independently of sodium retention, though the mechanisms remain to be known. In the present study, we have demonstrated that aldosterone reinforces endothelin-mediated cardiac hypertrophy with the increase in cell surface area and upregulation of the transcripts characteristic of hypertrophy. We have also shown that aldosterone augments c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation induced by endothelin-1. Taken together, it is suggested that aldosterone modulates cardiac hypertrophy, at least partially, synergistically with extracellular signals that have been shown to be involved in cardiac remodeling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldosterone / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Cardiomegaly / physiopathology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Endothelin-1 / physiology*
  • Enzyme Activation
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Sodium / metabolism

Substances

  • Endothelin-1
  • Aldosterone
  • Sodium
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases