title: Role of MAPKs in angiotensin II-induced steroidogenesis in rat glomerulosa cells.
abstract: Angiotensin II is one of the most important stimuli of rat adrenal glomerulosa cells, stimulating both steroid secretion and growth. In a previous report, we had shown that Ang II promotes cellular hypertrophy, but not proliferation, in rat adrenal glomerulosa cells maintained in primary culture for 3 days. The inhibition of proliferation and stimulation of hypertrophy induced by Ang II involves both p42/p44(mapk) and p38 MAPK activation. The increase in cell protein content induced by Ang II entails formation of a cortical actin ring and Rac-dependent activation of p42/p44(mapk) and p38 MAPK. The present study summarizes these results and provides evidences that Ang II-induced activation of p42/p44(mapk) and p38 MAPK are implicated in aldosterone secretion by enhancing expression of specific steroidogenic proteins such as StAR and 3beta-HSD.
authors.affiliation: Service of Endocrinology and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculté de Médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4.
authors.forename: Mélissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otis
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gallo-Payet
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013256:Steroids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids; D000804:Angiotensin II; D000450:Aldosterone; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins