Cardiovascular effects of aldosterone: Insight from adult carriers of mineralocorticoid receptor mutations

Brigitte Escoubet, Camille Couffignal, Jean Pierre Laisy, Laurence Mangin, Sylvie Chillon, Cédric Laouénan, Jean Michel Serfaty, Xavier Jeunemaitre, France Mentré, Maria Christina Zennaro

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Abstract

Background-High plasma aldosterone has deleterious cardiovascular effects that are independent of blood pressure, but the role of the mineralocorticoid receptor remains unclear. Renal pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 is a rare autosomaldominant disease caused by NR3C2 loss-of-function mutations, which is characterized by renal salt loss and compensatory high renin and aldo secretion. We aimed to assess the cardiovascular outcomes in adults carrying NR3C2 mutations. Methods and Results-In this case-control study, 39 NR3C2 mutation carriers were compared with sex-and age-paired noncarriers. Patients underwent cardiac and vascular ultrasound, cardiac MRI with gadolinium injection, measurement of pulse wave velocity, extracellular water, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, and autonomous nervous system activity. Mutation carriers showed increased aldo and renin plasma levels (4.5-and 1.6-fold, respectively; P

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)381-390
Number of pages10
JournalCirculation: Cardiovascular Genetics
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Aldosterone
  • Mineralocorticoid
  • Mutation
  • Pseudohypoaldosteronism
  • Receptors
  • Rennin-angiotensin system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Genetics(clinical)
  • Genetics

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