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Review
. 2022 Jan;474(1):5-19.
doi: 10.1007/s00424-021-02596-1. Epub 2021 Jun 26.

Role of natriuretic peptides in the cardiovascular-adipose communication: a tale of two organs

Natalia Lucía Rukavina Mikusic  1 , Nicolás Martín Kouyoumdzian  2 , Ana María Puyó  3 , Belisario Enrique Fernández  4 , Marcelo Roberto Choi  3   2   4
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Review

Role of natriuretic peptides in the cardiovascular-adipose communication: a tale of two organs

Natalia Lucía Rukavina Mikusic et al. Pflugers Arch. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

Natriuretic peptides have long been known for their cardiovascular function. However, a growing body of evidence emphasizes the role of natriuretic peptides in the energy metabolism of several substrates in humans and animals, thus interrelating the heart, as an endocrine organ, with various insulin-sensitive tissues and organs such as adipose tissue, muscle skeletal, and liver. Adipose tissue dysfunction is associated with altered regulation of the natriuretic peptide system, also indicated as a natriuretic disability. Evidence points to a contribution of this natriuretic disability to the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiometabolic complications; although the causal relationship is not fully understood at present. However, targeting the natriuretic peptide pathway may improve metabolic health in obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. This review will focus on the current literature on the metabolic functions of natriuretic peptides with emphasis on lipid metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Natriuretic peptide system alterations could be proposed as one of the linking mechanisms between adipose tissue dysfunction and cardiovascular disease.

Keywords: Adipose tissue; Insulin resistance; Natriuretic peptides; Obesity.

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