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Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Aldosterone, and Its Processing Enzyme CYP11B2 on Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Neurons in Rat Intracardiac Ganglia

Recent interest has focused on the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and its impact on the myocardium and the performance of the heart. However, there is a lack of evidence about MR expression and its endogenous ligand aldosterone synthesis with specific regard to the intrinsic cardiac nervous system....

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Autores principales: Dehe, Lukas, Mousa, Shaaban A., Aboryag, Noureddin, Shaqura, Mohammed, Beyer, Antje, Schäfer, Michael, Treskatsch, Sascha
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087382
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2021.802359
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author Dehe, Lukas
Mousa, Shaaban A.
Aboryag, Noureddin
Shaqura, Mohammed
Beyer, Antje
Schäfer, Michael
Treskatsch, Sascha
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Mousa, Shaaban A.
Aboryag, Noureddin
Shaqura, Mohammed
Beyer, Antje
Schäfer, Michael
Treskatsch, Sascha
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description Recent interest has focused on the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and its impact on the myocardium and the performance of the heart. However, there is a lack of evidence about MR expression and its endogenous ligand aldosterone synthesis with specific regard to the intrinsic cardiac nervous system. Therefore, we looked for evidence of MR and aldosterone in sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons of intracardiac ganglia. Tissue samples from rat heart atria were subjected to conventional reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Western blot, and double immunofluorescence confocal analysis of MR, corticosterone-inactivating enzyme 11β-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase-2 (11β-HSD2), aldosterone, and its processing enzyme CYP11B2 together with the neuronal markers vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). Our results demonstrated MR, 11β-HSD2, and CYP11B2 specific mRNA and protein bands in rat heart atria. Double immunofluorescence labeling revealed coexpression of MR immunoreactivity with VAChT in large diameter parasympathetic principal neurons. In addition, MR immunoreactivity was identified in TH-immunoreactive small intensely fluorescent (SIF) cells and in nearby VAChT- and TH-immunoreactive nerve terminals. Interestingly, the aldosterone and its synthesizing enzyme CYP11B2 and 11β-HSD2 colocalized in MR– immunoreactive neurons of intracardiac ganglia. Overall, this study provides first evidence for the existence of not only local expression of MR, but also of 11β-HSD2 and aldosterone with its processing enzyme CYP11B2 in the neurons of the cardiac autonomic nervous system, suggesting a possible modulatory role of the mineralocorticoid system on the endogenous neuronal activity on heart performance.
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spelling pubmed-87869132022-01-26 Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Aldosterone, and Its Processing Enzyme CYP11B2 on Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Neurons in Rat Intracardiac Ganglia Dehe, Lukas Mousa, Shaaban A. Aboryag, Noureddin Shaqura, Mohammed Beyer, Antje Schäfer, Michael Treskatsch, Sascha Front Neuroanat Neuroanatomy Recent interest has focused on the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and its impact on the myocardium and the performance of the heart. However, there is a lack of evidence about MR expression and its endogenous ligand aldosterone synthesis with specific regard to the intrinsic cardiac nervous system. Therefore, we looked for evidence of MR and aldosterone in sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons of intracardiac ganglia. Tissue samples from rat heart atria were subjected to conventional reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Western blot, and double immunofluorescence confocal analysis of MR, corticosterone-inactivating enzyme 11β-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase-2 (11β-HSD2), aldosterone, and its processing enzyme CYP11B2 together with the neuronal markers vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). Our results demonstrated MR, 11β-HSD2, and CYP11B2 specific mRNA and protein bands in rat heart atria. Double immunofluorescence labeling revealed coexpression of MR immunoreactivity with VAChT in large diameter parasympathetic principal neurons. In addition, MR immunoreactivity was identified in TH-immunoreactive small intensely fluorescent (SIF) cells and in nearby VAChT- and TH-immunoreactive nerve terminals. Interestingly, the aldosterone and its synthesizing enzyme CYP11B2 and 11β-HSD2 colocalized in MR– immunoreactive neurons of intracardiac ganglia. Overall, this study provides first evidence for the existence of not only local expression of MR, but also of 11β-HSD2 and aldosterone with its processing enzyme CYP11B2 in the neurons of the cardiac autonomic nervous system, suggesting a possible modulatory role of the mineralocorticoid system on the endogenous neuronal activity on heart performance. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8786913/ /pubmed/35087382 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2021.802359 Text en Copyright © 2022 Dehe, Mousa, Aboryag, Shaqura, Beyer, Schäfer and Treskatsch. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Neuroanatomy
Dehe, Lukas
Mousa, Shaaban A.
Aboryag, Noureddin
Shaqura, Mohammed
Beyer, Antje
Schäfer, Michael
Treskatsch, Sascha
Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Aldosterone, and Its Processing Enzyme CYP11B2 on Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Neurons in Rat Intracardiac Ganglia
title Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Aldosterone, and Its Processing Enzyme CYP11B2 on Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Neurons in Rat Intracardiac Ganglia
title_full Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Aldosterone, and Its Processing Enzyme CYP11B2 on Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Neurons in Rat Intracardiac Ganglia
title_fullStr Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Aldosterone, and Its Processing Enzyme CYP11B2 on Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Neurons in Rat Intracardiac Ganglia
title_full_unstemmed Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Aldosterone, and Its Processing Enzyme CYP11B2 on Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Neurons in Rat Intracardiac Ganglia
title_short Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptors, Aldosterone, and Its Processing Enzyme CYP11B2 on Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Neurons in Rat Intracardiac Ganglia
title_sort identification of mineralocorticoid receptors, aldosterone, and its processing enzyme cyp11b2 on parasympathetic and sympathetic neurons in rat intracardiac ganglia
topic Neuroanatomy
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8786913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087382
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2021.802359
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