59 1 F L FERNANDES-ROSA, S BOULKROUN Genetic basis of 59: 1 R47–R63 Review and others primary aldosteronism Somatic and inherited mutations in primary aldosteronism Fabio Luiz Fernandes-Rosa1,2,3,*, Sheerazed Boulkroun1,2,* and Maria-Christina Zennaro1,2,3 Correspondence should be addressed 1 INSERM, UMRS_970, Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, Paris, France to F L Fernandes-Rosa or 2 University Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France S Boulkroun 3 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Service de Génétique, Email Paris, France fabio.fernandes-rosa@ *(F L Fernandes-Rosa and S Boulkroun contributed equally to this work) inserm.fr or sheerazed.
[email protected] Abstract Primary aldosteronism (PA), the most common form of secondary hypertension, is caused Key Words in the majority of cases by unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) or bilateral f primary aldosteronism adrenal hyperplasia. Over the past few years, somatic mutations in KCNJ5, CACNA1D, f aldosterone-producing ATP1A1 and ATP2B3 have been proven to be associated with APA development, adenoma representing more than 50% of sporadic APA. The identification of these mutations has f familial allowed the development of a model for APA involving modification on the intracellular hyperaldosteronism ionic equilibrium and regulation of cell membrane potential, leading to autonomous f somatic mutations aldosterone overproduction. Furthermore, somatic CTNNB1 mutations have also been f germline mutations identified in APA, but the link between these mutations and APA development remains f potassium channels unknown. The sequence of events responsible for APA formation is not completely f calcium channels understood, in particular, whether a single hit or a double hit is responsible for both f ATPase Journal of Molecular Endocrinology aldosterone overproduction and cell proliferation.