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. 1992 Mar 15;282(Pt 3):697–702. doi: 10.1042/bj2820697

Aldosterone antagonists destabilize the mineralocorticosteroid receptor.

B Couette 1, M Lombes 1, E E Baulieu 1, M E Rafestin-Oblin 1
PMCID: PMC1130843  PMID: 1313229

Abstract

To elucidate the mechanism of action of aldosterone antagonists, we studied the interaction of spironolactone with the chick mineralocorticosteroid receptor (MR). Intestinal cytosol contains specific spironolactone-binding sites (Kd approximately 3 nM; max. no. of binding sites approximately 100 fmol/mg of protein) that have been identified as MRs by competition experiments with steroid ligands and with the monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibody H10E that interacts with aldosterone-binding domain of the MR. Binding studies indicate that aldosterone and spironolactone bind to the MR through a common site that encompasses the epitope recognized by H10E. At 4 degrees C, spironolactone dissociates much more rapidly from the cytosol 8-9 S form of MR (t1/2 38 min) than does aldosterone (t1/2 3240 min). A high dissociation rate was also observed for progesterone, a natural aldosterone antagonist (t1/2 84 min). The covalent linkage of the 90 kDa heat shock protein (hsp90) to the ligand-binding subunit of MR with dimethyl pimelimidate did not notably modify the rate of dissociation of spironolactone from the receptor (t1/2 96 min), excluding the possibility that the rapid dissociation rate of the antagonist was related to hsp90 release. The effects of aldosterone and the two anti-mineralocorticosteroids on the 8-9 S heterooligomeric structure of the MR differed strikingly. Using low-salt density-gradient centrifugation analysis, aldosterone-labelled receptors were recovered as 8-9S complexes, whereas 4 S entities were detected after spironolactone and progesterone binding. This indicated that, under the experimental conditions used, aldosterone antagonists facilitate hsp90 release and thus do not stabilize the non-DNA-binding 8-9S form of MR. We propose that the combination of rapid dissociation of the ligand and a weakened hsp90-receptor interaction is involved in the anti-mineralococorticosteroid activity of aldosterone antagonists.

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