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KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
卷 77, 期 6, 页码 490-494出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.490
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aldosterone; amiloride; atomic force microscopy; cell stiffness; spironolactone
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [63/17-1, 63/18]
Dietary sodium and potassium contribute to the control of the blood pressure. Endothelial cells are targets for aldosterone, which activates the apically located epithelial sodium channels. The activity of these channels is negatively correlated with the release of nitric oxide (NO) and determines endothelial function. A mediating factor between channel activity and NO release is the mechanical stiffness of the cell's plasma membrane, including the submembranous actin network (the cell's 'shell'). Changes in plasma sodium and potassium, within the physiological range, regulate the viscosity of this shell and thus control the shearstress-dependent activity of the endothelial NO synthase located in the shell's 'pockets' (caveolae). High plasma sodium gelates the shell of the endothelial cell, whereas the shell is fluidized by high potassium. Accordingly, this concept envisages that communications between extracellular ions and intracellular enzymes occur at the plasma membrane barrier, whereas 90% of the total cell mass remains uninvolved in these changes. Endothelial cells are highly sensitive to extracellular sodium and potassium. This sensitivity may serve as a physiological feedback mechanism to regulate local blood flow. It may also have pathophysiological relevance when sodium/potassium homeostasis is disturbed. Kidney International (2010) 77, 490-494; doi: 10.1038/ki.2009.490; published online 6 January 2010
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