Entry
Name
Aldosterone synthesis and secretion - Cricetulus griseus (Chinese hamster)
Description
Aldosterone is a steroid hormone synthesized in and secreted from the outer layer of the adrenal cortex, the zona glomerulosa. Aldosterone plays an important role in the regulation of systemic blood pressure through the absorption of sodium and water. Angiotensin II (Ang II), potassium (K+) and adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) are the main extracellular stimuli which regulate aldosterone secretion. These physiological agonists all converge on two major intracellular signaling pathways: calcium (Ca2+) mobilization and an increase in cAMP production. The increase in cytosolic calcium levels activates calcium/calmodulin- dependent protein kinases (CaMK), and the increased cAMP levels stimulate the activity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, or protein kinase A (PKA). The activated CaMK, and possibly PKA, activates transcription factors (NURR1 and NGF1B, CREB) to induce StAR and CYP11B2 expression, the early and late rate- limiting steps in aldosterone biosynthesis, respectively, thereby stimulating aldosterone secretion.
Class
Organismal Systems; Endocrine system
BRITE hierarchy
Pathway map
cge04925 Aldosterone synthesis and secretion
Ortholog table
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Organism
Cricetulus griseus (Chinese hamster) [GN:
cge ]
Gene
100689066 Gnaq; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha [KO:K04634 ]
100689065 Gna11; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-11 [KO:K04635 ]
100760134 Plcb3; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-3 isoform X2 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
100770957 Plcb4; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
100751979 Plcb1; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-1 isoform X2 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
100764450 Itpr1; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 isoform X9 [KO:K04958 ]
100758965 Itpr2; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 2 isoform X2 [KO:K04959 ]
100751775 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3 isoform X3 [KO:K04960 ]
100761582 Creb1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K05870 ]
100754663 Atf2; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04450 ]
100689386 Atf4; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 [KO:K04374 ]
100762192 Creb3l1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1 isoform X2 [KO:K09048 ]
100771872 Creb3l2; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2 isoform X2 [KO:K09048 ]
100766300 Creb3l4; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 4 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
100774488 Creb3l3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
100772940 Creb3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
100764159 Creb5; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 5 [KO:K09047 ]
100767112 Atf6b; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 beta isoform X2 [KO:K09049 ]
100773050 Atf1; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-1 isoform X1 [KO:K09053 ]
100771641 Kcnk3; potassium channel subfamily K member 3 isoform X2 [KO:K04914 ]
100756282 Kcnk9; potassium channel subfamily K member 9 isoform X2 [KO:K04919 ]
100766874 Kcnj5; G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 4 [KO:K04999 ]
100758209 Atp1a3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit alpha-3 isoform X2 [KO:K01539 ] [EC:7.2.2.13 ]
100765669 Atp1b3; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-3 isoform X2 [KO:K01540 ]
100760718 Atp1b1; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-1 [KO:K01540 ]
100757379 Atp1b2; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-2 isoform X2 [KO:K01540 ]
100761932 Cacna1g; voltage-dependent T-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1G isoform X9 [KO:K04854 ]
100762221 Cacna1h; voltage-dependent T-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1H isoform X2 [KO:K04855 ]
100769169 voltage-dependent T-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1I isoform X4 [KO:K04856 ]
100754788 Cacna1c; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C isoform X30 [KO:K04850 ]
100772497 Cacna1d; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D isoform X1 [KO:K04851 ]
100757994 Cacna1f; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F isoform X2 [KO:K04853 ]
100765508 Cacna1s; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1S isoform X5 [KO:K04857 ]
100752394 Orai1; calcium release-activated calcium channel protein 1 isoform X2 [KO:K16056 ]
100757500 Calml4; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: calmodulin-like protein 4 [KO:K02183 ]
100769205 Camk2b; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit beta isoform X2 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
100763272 Camk2g; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit gamma isoform X2 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
100765253 Camk2a; calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit alpha isoform X3 [KO:K04515 ] [EC:2.7.11.17 ]
100689067 Gnas; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha [KO:K04632 ]
100771651 Star; steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, mitochondrial [KO:K16931 ]
100766422 Nr4a2; nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 2 isoform X1 [KO:K08558 ]
100764218 Nr4a1; nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A member 1 isoform X2 [KO:K04465 ]
Compound
C01124 18-Hydroxycorticosterone
C01245 D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Hattangady NG, Olala LO, Bollag WB, Rainey WE
Title
Acute and chronic regulation of aldosterone production.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Bollag WB
Title
Regulation of aldosterone synthesis and secretion.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Spat A, Hunyady L
Title
Control of aldosterone secretion: a model for convergence in cellular signaling pathways.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Boon WC, Coghlan JP, Curnow KM, McDougall JG
Title
Aldosterone secretion: a molecular perspective.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Bassett MH, Suzuki T, Sasano H, White PC, Rainey WE
Title
The orphan nuclear receptors NURR1 and NGFIB regulate adrenal aldosterone production.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Guagliardo NA, Yao J, Hu C, Barrett PQ
Title
Minireview: aldosterone biosynthesis: electrically gated for our protection.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Spat A, Fulop L, Szanda G
Title
The role of mitochondrial Ca(2+) and NAD(P)H in the control of aldosterone secretion.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Spat A, Szanda G
Title
Special features of mitochondrial Ca(2)(+) signalling in adrenal glomerulosa cells.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Tsai LC, Beavo JA
Title
The roles of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) in steroidogenesis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Delcayre C, Silvestre JS
Title
Aldosterone and the heart: towards a physiological function?
Journal
Reference
Authors
Lisurek M, Bernhardt R
Title
Modulation of aldosterone and cortisol synthesis on the molecular level.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Miller WL
Title
Steroid hormone synthesis in mitochondria.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Martinez-Arguelles DB, Papadopoulos V
Title
Mechanisms mediating environmental chemical-induced endocrine disruption in the adrenal gland.
Journal
Related pathway
cge04960 Aldosterone-regulated sodium reabsorption
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