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Aldosterone regulates cellular turnover and mitogen-activated protein kinase family expression in the neonatal rat kidney

✍ Scribed by Hyung Eun Yim; Kee Hwan Yoo; In Sun Bae; Gi Young Jang; Young Sook Hong; Joo Won Lee

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
536 KB
Volume
219
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9541

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Abstract

Growing evidence indicates that aldosterone is a potent mitogenic signal regulating genes involved in antiapoptosis, cell proliferation and growth. We investigated the role of endogenous aldosterone in renal development, cell proliferation and apoptosis, and mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) family expression. Newborn rats were treated with either spironolactone (200 mg/kg/d) in olive oil or only olive oil for 7 days. TUNEL assay and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) stain were performed on kidney sections. Immunoblots, immunohistochemical (IHC) stain, and reverse transcriptase‐PCR for MAPKs were performed. PCNA‐positive proliferating cells decreased and apoptotic cells increased significantly with spironolactone (P < 0.05). In the spironolactone‐treated group, c‐jun N‐terminal kinase (JNK)‐2 expression increased, whereas extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK)‐2 and p38 expressions decreased in immunoblots (P < 0.05) and IHC stain. ERK‐2 and p38 mRNA expressions increased in the spironolactone‐treated group (P < 0.05). This study demonstrates that aldosterone blockade in the developing kidney decreases cellular proliferation, increases apoptosis, and modulates the expressions of JNK‐2, ERK‐2, and p38. Aldosterone possibly participates in renal development and MAPK family may serve as, in part, the signaling intermediate through the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in the developing kidney. J. Cell. Physiol. 219: 724–733, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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