A novel role for the mineralocorticoid receptor in glucocorticoid driven vascular calcification

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Vascular calcification, which is common in the elderly and in patients with atherosclerosis, diabetes and chronic renal disease, increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is a complex, active and highly regulated cellular process that resembles physiological bone formation. It has previously been established that pharmacological doses of glucocorticoids facilitate arterial calcification. However, the consequences for vascular calcification of endogenous glucocorticoid elevation have yet to be established. Glucocorticoids (cortisol, corticosterone) are released from the adrenal gland, but can also be generated within cells from 11-keto metabolites of glucocorticoids (cortisone, 11-dehydrocorticosterone [11-DHC]) by the enzyme, 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1). In the current study we hypothesized that endogenous glucocorticoids facilitate vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) calcification and investigated the receptor-mediated mechanism underpinning this process. In vitro studies revealed increased phosphate-induced calcification in mouse VSMCs following treatment for 7days with corticosterone (100nM; 7.98 fold; P<0.01), 11-DHC (100nM; 7.14 fold; P<0.05) and dexamethasone (10nM; 7.16 fold; P<0.05), a synthetic glucocorticoid used as a positive control. Inhibition of 11β-HSD isoenzymes by 10μM carbenoxolone reduced the calcification induced by 11-DHC (0.37 fold compared to treatment with 11-DHC alone; P<0.05). The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) antagonist mifepristone (10μM) had no effect on VSMC calcification in response to corticosterone or 11-DHC. In contrast, the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonist eplerenone (10μM) significantly decreased corticosterone- (0.81 fold compared to treatment with corticosterone alone; P<0.01) and 11-DHC-driven (0.64 fold compared to treatment with 11-DHC alone; P<0.01) VSMC calcification, suggesting this glucocorticoid effect is MR-driven and not GR-driven. Neither corticosterone nor 11-DHC altered the mRNA levels of the osteogenic markers PiT-1, Osx and Bmp2. However, DAPI staining of pyknotic nuclei and flow cytometry analysis of surface Annexin V expression showed that corticosterone induced apoptosis in VSMCs. This study suggests that in mouse VSMCs, corticosterone acts through the MR to induce pro-calcification effects, and identifies 11β-HSD-inhibition as a novel potential treatment for vascular calcification.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:86

Enthalten in:

Vascular pharmacology - 86(2016) vom: 06. Nov., Seite 87-93

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhu, Dongxing [VerfasserIn]
Rashdan, Nabil A [VerfasserIn]
Chapman, Karen E [VerfasserIn]
Hadoke, Patrick Wf [VerfasserIn]
MacRae, Vicky E [VerfasserIn]

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11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1
27O7W4T232
320T6RNW1F
6995V82D0B
Corticosterone
EC 1.1.1.146
Eplerenone
Glucocorticoids
Journal Article
Mifepristone
Phosphates
RNA, Messenger
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
Spironolactone
W980KJ009P

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Date Completed 07.07.2017

Date Revised 29.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.vph.2016.04.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM260109177