30 YEARS OF THE MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR : Mineralocorticoid receptor null mice: informing cell-type-specific roles

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The mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) mediates the actions of two important adrenal corticosteroid hormones, aldosterone and cortisol. The cell signalling roles of the MR in vivo have expanded enormously since the cloning of human MR gene 30 years ago and the first MR gene knockout in mice nearly 20 years ago. Complete ablation of the MR revealed important roles postnatally for regulation of kidney epithelial functions, with MR-null mice dying 1-2 weeks postnatally from renal salt wasting and hyperkalaemia, with elevated plasma renin and aldosterone. Generation of tissue-selective MR-deficient mice using Cre recombinase-LoxP gene targeting has made it possible to analyse mice lacking MR only in specific cell types. Targeting renal-specific MR has differentiated roles in specific compartments of the kidney. Ablating MR in neurons of the forebrain reinforced important roles of the MR in response to stress, behaviour and anxiety, but suggested a minimal role in maintaining basal HPA axis tone. Deletion of the MR in macrophages and other cell types of the cardiovascular system clearly defined important roles for the regulation of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology. Knockdown of MR mRNA in vivo using antisense/siRNA approaches, and similarly MR overexpression, has provided useful rodent models to study physiological roles of MR signalling in vivo More recently, targeted mutation of specific domains of the MR such as the DBD has defined genomic vs non-genomic roles in vivo New tissue-selective MR-null models are required to define roles of MR signalling in other regions of the brain, the eye, gastrointestinal tract, lung, skin, breast and gonadal organs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

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2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:234

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The Journal of endocrinology - 234(2017), 1 vom: 25. Juli, Seite T83-T92

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cole, Timothy J [VerfasserIn]
Young, Morag J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aldosterone
Cortisol
Journal Article
Mineralocorticoid receptors
Null mice
Receptors, Mineralocorticoid
Review

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Date Completed 05.09.2017

Date Revised 06.09.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1530/JOE-17-0155

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NLM272310948