Cm. Boulanger et al., The hemoregulatory peptide N-acetyl-ser-asp-lys-pro impairs angiotensin I-induced contractions in rat aorta, EUR J PHARM, 363(2-3), 1998, pp. 153-156
The hemoregulatory peptide N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (Ac-SDKP)
is degraded by ACE. This study was designed to examine the effect of Ac-SDK
P on the contractions to angiotensin I. Experiments were performed on rat a
ortic rings with endothelium exposed to nitro-L-arginine. Ac-SDKP (10 and 1
00 mu M) significantly augmented angiotensin I ED20 (from 2.0 +/- 0.4 to 4.
2 +/- 1.0 and 5.0 +/- 0.9 nM) and ED50 (from 4.3 +/- 0.7 to 8.6 +/- 1.0 and
10.7 +/- 1.3 nM, respectively), but did not alter its maximal response. Th
e contractions to angiotensin II were not affected by Ac-SDKP. No degradati
on of exogenous Ac-SDKP nor detectable release of endogenous Ac-SDKP were o
bserved in the incubation medium. These results suggest that Ac-SDKP impair
s angiotensin I response by inhibiting ACE and subsequent angiotensin II fo
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