20-Hydroxyecdysone activates the protective arm of the RAAS via the MAS receptor

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René Lafont Biophytis, Sorbonne Université – BC9, Paris, France
Sorbonne Université, CNRS -Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (BIOSIPE), Paris, France

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Maria Serova Biophytis, Sorbonne Université – BC9, Paris, France

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Blaise Didry-Barca Biophytis, Sorbonne Université – BC9, Paris, France

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Sophie Raynal Biophytis, Sorbonne Université – BC9, Paris, France

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Laurence Dinan Biophytis, Sorbonne Université – BC9, Paris, France

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Stanislas Veillet Biophytis, Sorbonne Université – BC9, Paris, France

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20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E) is a steroid hormone that plays a key role in insect development through nuclear ecdysteroid receptors (EcR/RXR complex) and at least one membrane GPCR receptor (DopEcR). It also displays numerous pharmacological effects in mammals, where its mechanism of action is still debated, involving either an unidentified GPCR or the estrogen ERβ receptor. The goal of this study was to better understand 20E mechanism of action in mammals. A mouse myoblast cell line (C2C12) and the gene expression of myostatin (a negative regulator of muscle growth) were used as a reporter system of anabolic activity. Experiments using protein-bound 20E established the involvement of a membrane receptor. 20E-like effects were also observed with angiotensin(1–7), the endogenous ligand of MAS. Additionally, the effect on myostatin gene expression was abolished by Mas receptor knock-down using siRNA or pharmacological inhibitors. 17β-Estradiol (E2) also inhibited myostatin gene expression, but protein-bound E2 was inactive, and E2 activity was not abolished by angiotensin(1–7) antagonists. A mechanism involving cooperation between the MAS receptor and a membrane-bound palmitoylated estrogen receptor is proposed. The possibility to activate the MAS receptor with a safe steroid molecule is consistent with the pleiotropic pharmacological effects of ecdysteroids in mammals and, indeed, the proposed mechanism may explain the close similarity between the effects of angiotensin(1–7) and 20E. Our findings open up many possible therapeutic developments involving stimulation of the protective arm of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) with 20E.

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