Project description:Effects of aldosterone on the transcriptome in distal colon. Expression of genes was studied in distal colon surface cells from aldosterone treated vs. vehicle treated rats.
Project description:Kidney distal convoluted tubules (DCT) are important for regulation of urinary salt excretion. Aldosterone is known to exert long-term effects in this segment, and regulate sodium reabsorption via increasing abundance of the Na+-Cl- cotransporter (NCC) and the epithelial Na channel ENaC. Whether acute effects of aldosterone occur in the DCT and the potential signaling networks remain unknown. Here in this study, we aim to identify the acute aldosterone-mediated signaling (rapid effects) in the DCT.
Project description:Aldosterone excess is involved in cardiac diseases. The mechanisms are still unclears. Mice were treated for 7 days with aldosterone and a whole genome microarray analysis was performed.
Project description:Aldosterone excess is involved in cardiac diseases. The mechanisms are still unclears. Mice were treated for 7 days with aldosterone and a whole genome microarray analysis was performed. Two-group experiment: Untreated mice (Ctrl), mice + aldosterone treatment (Aldo). One comparisons: Ctrl vs Aldo
Project description:Aldosterone is arguably the single most important hormone implicated in the control of blood pressure and extracellular fluid volume in mammals. It acts primarily by increasing the rate of transepithelial sodium transport in the kidney tubules. Several monogenetic defects resulting in hypertension have now been attributed to abnormalities in sodium handling within the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron, where the epithelial sodium channel, ENaC, constitutes the rate-limiting step of sodium transport. To date, the transcription-dependent aldosterone-signaling pathway between receptor and membrane transport effectors, remains incompletely understood. The broad aim of our study is to explore these intracellular signaling pathways that are critical to the functioning of sodium channels. Microarray analysis in an aldosterone-responsive kidney cortical collecting duct cell line (mpkCCDc14), allowed us to identify many potential aldosterone-regulated transcripts. The present study describes the identification, and possible physiological relevance of various aldosterone-regulated transcripts. The results of this study promise to extend our understanding of the molecular basis of aldosterone-regulated sodium transport in kidney epithelia, and provide approaches for regulating this process in disease states such as congestive heart failure and hypertension. Keywords: hormone effect
Project description:The steroid hormone aldosterone plays a role in vascular function and disease. Aldosterone activates the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), a ligand-activated transcription factor. MR have been found to be expressed in vascular cells and vessels. We used microarrays to identify the global programme of gene expression changes in mouse aortas treated with vehicle (DMSO) or aldosterone.
Project description:Murine inner medullary collecting duct cells were treated for 1 hour with vehicle (control) or aldosterone. Total RNA was isolated and used as template to generate the eventual cRNA target. The experiment was repeated a total of three times. Six cRNA samples, three control and three treated, were generated and used in a total of six hybridizations. The mineralocorticoid aldosterone is a major regulator of Na+ and acid-base balance and control of blood pressure. Although the long-term effects of aldosterone have been extensively studied, the early aldosterone-responsive genes remain largely unknown. Using DNA array technology, we have characterized changes in gene expression after 1 h of exposure to aldosterone in a mouse inner medullary collecting duct cell line, mIMCD-3. Results from three independent microarray experiments revealed that the expression of many transcripts was affected by aldosterone treatment. Northern blot analysis confirmed the upregulation of four distinct transcripts identified by the microarray analysis, namely, the serum and glucose-regulated kinase sgk, connective tissue growth factor, period homolog, and preproendothelin. Immunoblot analysis for preproendothelin demonstrated increased protein expression. Following the levels of the four transcripts over time showed that each had a unique pattern of expression, suggesting that the cellular response to aldosterone is complex. The results presented here represent a novel list of early aldosterone-responsive transcripts and provide new avenues for elucidating the mechanism of acute aldosterone action in the kidney.