Mineralocorticoid receptor is essential for corticosteroid-induced up-regulation of L-type calcium currents in cultured neonatal cardiomyocytes

Rougier, Jean-Sébastien; Muller, Olivier; Berger, Stefan; Centeno, Gabriel; Schütz, Günther; Firsov, Dmitri; Abriel, Hugues (2008). Mineralocorticoid receptor is essential for corticosteroid-induced up-regulation of L-type calcium currents in cultured neonatal cardiomyocytes. Pflügers Archiv : European journal of physiology, 456(2), pp. 407-12. Berlin: Springer 10.1007/s00424-007-0387-z

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Despite the fact that mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonist drugs such as spironolactone and eplerenone reduce the mortality in heart failure patients, there is, thus far, no unambiguous demonstration of a functional role of MR in cardiac cells. The aim of this work was to investigate the activation pathway(s) mediating corticosteroid-induced up-regulation of cardiac calcium current (ICa). In this study, using neonatal cardiomyocytes from MR or glucocorticoid receptor (GR) knockout (KO) mice, we show that MR is essential for corticosteroid-induced up-regulation of ICa. This study provides the first direct and unequivocal evidence for MR function in the heart.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Ionenkanalkrankheiten
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Ionenkanalkrankheiten

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR)

UniBE Contributor:

Rougier, Jean-Sébastien, Abriel, Hugues

ISSN:

0031-6768

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 15:10

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:21

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s00424-007-0387-z

PubMed ID:

18040710

Web of Science ID:

000254906300014

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/30736

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/30736 (FactScience: 195025)

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