KEGG   PATHWAY: map04925
Entry
map04925                    Pathway                                
Name
Aldosterone synthesis and secretion
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
Pathway map
map04925  Aldosterone synthesis and secretion
map04925

Other DBs
GO: 0035932
Reference
  Authors
Hattangady NG, Olala LO, Bollag WB, Rainey WE
  Title
Acute and chronic regulation of aldosterone production.
  Journal
Mol Cell Endocrinol 350:151-62 (2012)
DOI:10.1016/j.mce.2011.07.034
Reference
  Authors
Bollag WB
  Title
Regulation of aldosterone synthesis and secretion.
  Journal
Compr Physiol 4:1017-55 (2014)
DOI:10.1002/cphy.c130037
Reference
  Authors
Spat A, Hunyady L
  Title
Control of aldosterone secretion: a model for convergence in cellular signaling pathways.
  Journal
Physiol Rev 84:489-539 (2004)
DOI:10.1152/physrev.00030.2003
Reference
  Authors
Boon WC, Coghlan JP, Curnow KM, McDougall JG
  Title
Aldosterone secretion: a molecular perspective.
  Journal
Trends Endocrinol Metab 8:346-54 (1997)
DOI:10.1016/S1043-2760(97)00136-7
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
Mol Endocrinol 18:279-90 (2004)
DOI:10.1210/me.2003-0005
Reference
  Authors
Guagliardo NA, Yao J, Hu C, Barrett PQ
  Title
Minireview: aldosterone biosynthesis: electrically gated for our protection.
  Journal
Endocrinology 153:3579-86 (2012)
DOI:10.1210/en.2012-1339
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
Cell Calcium 52:64-72 (2012)
DOI:10.1016/j.ceca.2012.01.009
Reference
  Authors
Spat A, Szanda G
  Title
Special features of mitochondrial Ca(2)(+) signalling in adrenal glomerulosa cells.
  Journal
Pflugers Arch 464:43-50 (2012)
DOI:10.1007/s00424-012-1086-y
Reference
  Authors
Tsai LC, Beavo JA
  Title
The roles of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) in steroidogenesis.
  Journal
Curr Opin Pharmacol 11:670-5 (2011)
DOI:10.1016/j.coph.2011.09.003
Reference
  Authors
Delcayre C, Silvestre JS
  Title
Aldosterone and the heart: towards a physiological function?
  Journal
Cardiovasc Res 43:7-12 (1999)
DOI:10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00088-7
Reference
  Authors
Lisurek M, Bernhardt R
  Title
Modulation of aldosterone and cortisol synthesis on the molecular level.
  Journal
Mol Cell Endocrinol 215:149-59 (2004)
DOI:10.1016/j.mce.2003.11.008
Reference
  Authors
Miller WL
  Title
Steroid hormone synthesis in mitochondria.
  Journal
Mol Cell Endocrinol 379:62-73 (2013)
DOI:10.1016/j.mce.2013.04.014
Reference
  Authors
Martinez-Arguelles DB, Papadopoulos V
  Title
Mechanisms mediating environmental chemical-induced endocrine disruption in the adrenal gland.
  Journal
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 6:29 (2015)
DOI:10.3389/fendo.2015.00029
Related
pathway
map00140  Steroid hormone biosynthesis
map00590  Arachidonic acid metabolism
map04020  Calcium signaling pathway
map04022  cGMP-PKG signaling pathway
map04024  cAMP signaling pathway
map04614  Renin-angiotensin system
map04960  Aldosterone-regulated sodium reabsorption
KO pathway
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