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Submitted on February 10, 2003
Revised on February 10, 2004
Accepted on February 24, 2004

Aldosterone Potentiates Angiotensin II-Induced Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Istvan Mazak MD, Anette Fiebeler MD, Dominik N. Muller PhD, Joon-Keun Park PhD, Erdenechimeg Shagdarsuren PhD, Carsten Lindschau MSc, Ralf Dechend MD, Christiane Viedt MD, Bernhard Pilz MD, Hermann Haller MD, and Friedrich C. Luft MD*

From Medical Faculty of the Charité, Franz Volhard Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum-Berlin and Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany (I.M., A.F., D.N.M., E.S., R.D., B.P., F.C.L.); the Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Hannover University Medical School, Hannover, Germany (J.-K.P., C.L., H.H.); and the Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (C.V.).

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: luft{at}fvk-berlin.de.

Background--In a double-transgenic human renin and human angiotensinogen rat model, we found that mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) blockade ameliorated angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced renal and cardiac damage. How Ang II and aldosterone (Ald) might interact is ill defined.

Methods and Results--We investigated the effects of Ang II (10-7 mol/L) and Ald (10-7 mol/L) on extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) with Western blotting and confocal microscopy. Ang II induced ERK 1/2 and JNK phosphorylation by 2 minutes. Ald achieved the same at 10 minutes. Ang II+Ald had a potentiating effect by 2 minutes. Two oxygen radical scavengers and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antagonist AG1478 reduced Ang II-, Ald-, and combination-induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Preincubating the cells with the MR blocker spironolactone (10-6 mol/L) abolished Ang II-induced ROS generation, EGFR transactivation, and ERK1/2 phosphorylation.

Conclusions--Ald potentiates Ang II-induced ERK-1/2 and JNK phosphorylation. Oxygen radicals, the MR, and the EGFR play a role in early signaling induced by Ang II and Ald in VSMCs. These in vitro data may help explain the effects of MR blockade on Ang II-induced end-organ damage in vivo.


Key words: angiotensin • aldosterone • receptors • kinases • reactive oxygen species




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