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Review
. 2021 Sep 15:535:111375.
doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111375. Epub 2021 Jun 29.

The invention of aldosterone, how the past resurfaces in pediatric endocrinology

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The invention of aldosterone, how the past resurfaces in pediatric endocrinology

Say Viengchareun et al. Mol Cell Endocrinol. .

Abstract

Sodium and water homeostasis are drastically modified at birth, in mammals, by the transition from aquatic life to terrestrial life. Accumulating evidence during the past ten years underscores the central role for the mineralocorticoid signaling pathway, in the fine regulation of this equilibrium, at this critical period of development. Interestingly, regarding evolution, while the mineralocorticoid receptor is expressed in fish, the appearance of its related ligand, aldosterone, coincides with terrestrial life, as it is first detected in lungfish and amphibian. Thus, aldosterone is likely one of the main hormones regulating the transition from an aquatic environment to an air environment. This review will focus on the different actors of the mineralocorticoid signaling pathway from aldosterone secretion in the adrenal gland, to mineralocorticoid receptor expression in the kidney, summarizing their regulation and roles throughout fetal and neonatal development, in the light of evolution.

Keywords: Aldosterone; Amphibian; Fish; Human; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Neonates.

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