Aldosterone

Intervention2 papers3 findingsPubChem 5839ChEBI 27584MeSH D000450

  • Animals2

Outcomes

3

Cardiomyocyte proliferation

upin cells1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Aldosterone increases cardiomyocyte proliferation in cells.

    “GR disruption also enhances aldosterone-induced proliferation in cardiomyocyte-enriched cultures”

    Cellsin cardiomyocyte-enriched cultures

    Hierarchical and context-dependent GR-MR signalling governs endogenous corticosteroid decoding in the heart · bioRxiv · 11 Sep 2026 · Preprint

Apoptosis

downin mice1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Aldosterone inhibits apoptosis in mice.

    Animalsin naturally aged micecochlea

    Dkk3-Cyp11b2/aldosterone signaling couples ion-homeostatic failure to mitochondrial apoptosis in cochlear aging · Cellular signalling · 24 Aug 2026

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Auditory thresholds

upin mice1Very low certainty

1 study
  1. Aldosterone improves auditory thresholds in mice.

    Animalscochlea

    Dkk3-Cyp11b2/aldosterone signaling couples ion-homeostatic failure to mitochondrial apoptosis in cochlear aging · Cellular signalling · 24 Aug 2026

Funding

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesUS$770.3kNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteUS$752.8k2 grants since 2016

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Acta PhysiologicaAnimals

Klotho deficiency disrupts potassium balance in mice

In Klotho-deficient mice, renal mTORC1 activation suppressed potassium channel ROMK1 to cause hyperkalemia, which rapamycin or Klotho supplementation…In Klotho-deficient mice, renal mTORC1 activation suppressed potassium channel ROMK1 to cause hyperkalemia, which rapamycin or Klotho supplementation reversed.