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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE
卷 1802, 期 12, 页码 1188-1192出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2010.08.005
关键词
Aldosterone; Cortisol; Primary aldosteronism; Essential hypertension; Cardiac failure; Endogenous ouabain
The hormone aldosterone has a well-recognized physiological role in epithelial fluid and electrolyte homeostasis, and more recently defined pathophysiological roles in the cardiovascular system. The term risk factor implies an active role in pathophysiology, with levels lower (e.g. HDL) or higher (e.g. LDL, BP) than normal contributing to an increased likelihood of morbidity and/or mortality. In this regard, primary aldosteronism represents a classic illustration of aldosterone as a cardiovascular risk factor. In this syndrome of (relatively) autonomous aldosterone secretion, the effects of elevated hormone levels are on a range of organs and tissues-the heart, blood vessels and brain, inter alia. In other cardiovascular disorders (e.g. CCF, EH) while an elevation of aldosterone levels is often regarded as a risk factor, it is more correctly a response to the severity of disease (or to treatment intervention), rather than necessarily a risk factor with a primary role in disease progression. An enduring enigma relevant to any discussion of aldosterone as a risk factor is that very high levels of aldosterone in response to chronic sodium deficiency have homeostatic (and protective of cardiovascular) functions, while the considerably lower levels commonly seen in primary aldosteronism are incontrovertibly damaging. A final section of the paper will thus propose a mechanism which might solve this enigma, based on the commonalities-and a single crucial difference-in the factors stimulating the secretion of aldosterone and endogenous ouabain from the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal gland. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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