Aldosterone activates ERK phosphorylation in the nucleus tractus solitarius.
Neuroscience Letters 2023 April 24
Sodium intake effect of aldosterone has attracted much attention. In our recent study, aldosterone can play a nongenomic regulatory role on rapid sodium intake in the NTS (nucleus tractus solitarius) by activating G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER), and it exhibited an obvious time-dependent and concentration-dependent regulation. However, the molecular mechanism how aldosterone regulated sodium intake rapidly, is unclear. To determine the molecular mechanism of rapid sodium intake regulation of aldosterone, rats with a stainless-steel cannula in the NTS were used (n = 6 each subgroup), and were injected different concentrations of aldosterone/G1 (GPER agonist)/G15 (GPER antagonist) at different time points, then detected ERK1/2 protein expression. The results showed that aldosterone/G1 increased the ERK1/2 protein phosphorylation, and presented a time-dependent and concentration-dependent similar to sodium intake; Meanwhile, G15 partially blocked this effect at least. Taken together, we postulate that ERK1/2 protein may influence nongenomic sodium intake regulated by aldosterone at nucleus tractus solitarius level.
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