Jm. Conlon et al., ISOLATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIVITY OF A 2ND BRADYKININ-RELATED PEPTIDE ([ARG(0),TRP(5),LEU(8)] BRADYKININ) FROM TROUT, Peptides, 17(3), 1996, pp. 531-537
Previous work has shown that incubation of heat-denatured plasma from
the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss with porcine pancreatic kallikre
in generates [Lys(0),Trp(5),Leu(8)] bradykinin (trout [Lys(0)]BK). We
have now isolated a second BK-related peptide from kallikrein-treated
trout plasma with the primary structure: Arg-Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Trp-Ser-P
ro-Leu-Arg (trout [Arg(0)]BK). Bolus injections of both trout [Arg(0)]
BK and [Lys(0)]BK (> 100 pmol/kg) into the dorsal aorta of conscious t
rout produced multiphasic effects on arterial blood pressure. An initi
al presser response of short duration (1-2 min) was followed by a fall
in pressure (to below basal values in 11 out of 15 animals) and then
by a sustained rise in pressure lasting up to 60 min. The maximum rise
in pressure produced by trout [Arg(0)] BK (10 nmol/kg) was approximat
ely one-fourth of the maximum rise produced by angiotensin II in the s
ame animals. Intracerebroventricular injections of trout [Arg(0)]BK (5
00 pmol) into conscious trout had no effect on arterial blood pressure
or heart rate. Trout [Arg(0)]BK did not affect the tension of vascula
r rings from trout efferent branchial and caeliacomesenteric arteries
and anterior cardinal vein. Trout des[Arg(9)]BK had no effect on cardi
ovascular parameters, either in vivo or in vitro, indicating that the
C-terminal arginine residue of the peptide is important in interaction
with the trout kinin receptor(s).