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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A circulating substance cross-reacting with antiimidazoline antibodies |
| Creators Name: | Dontenwill, M., Molines, A., Verdun, A., Bricca, G., Laurent, S. and Bousquet, P. |
| Abstract: | It has been shown in various mammal species that clonidine, a well known centrally acting hypotensive agent, acts through the activation of imidazoline receptors (IRs) in the nucleus reticularis lateralis (NRL) of the brainstem. Specific binding sites sensitive to imidazolines and insensitive to catecholamines have been detected in rat and bovine, as well as human brains. An endogenous ligand, other than catecholamines, should exist for these IRs. Such a ligand could play a role in the pathophysiology of human essential hypertension. Therefore, we developed two RIAs with polyclonal and monoclonal anticlonidine antibodies. These antibodies presented specificity spectra similar to that of the IRs: they bound imidazolines and not catecholamines at all. These RIAs were used to detect imidazoline-like immunoreactivity in the human serum. Immunoreactive substance was measured in 26 normotensive subjects' sera, and specificity of interaction between antibodies and sera was verified. None of the known endogenous substances tested so far were able to interact with the two antibodies. Immunoreactivity in 32 essential hypertensive patients' sera proved higher in approximately 30% of cases. Values of immunoreactivity positively correlated with the mean arterial pressure values. This study demonstrates the existence of an "imidazoline-like" immunoreactive substance in the human serum with high levels in some hypertensive patients. |
| Keywords: | Monoclonal Antibodies, Blood Pressure, Cross Reactions, Hypertension, Imidazoles, Radioimmunoassay, Reference Values |
| Source: | Journal of Clinical Investigation |
| ISSN: | 0021-9738 |
| Publisher: | American Society for Clinical Investigation |
| Volume: | 92 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Page Range: | 1068-1072 |
| Date: | August 1993 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI116611 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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