Item Type: | Article |
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Title: | Nonpeptide AVE 0991 is an angiotensin-(1-7) receptor Mas agonist in the mouse kidney |
Creators Name: | Pinheiro, S.V.B., Simoes e Silva, A.C., Sampaio, W.O., de Paula, R.D., Mendes, E.P., Bontempo, E.D., Pesquero, J.B., Walther, T., Alenina, N., Bader, M., Bleich, M. and Santos, R.A.S. |
Abstract: | It has been described recently that the nonpeptide AVE 0991 (AVE) mimics the effects of angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] in bovine endothelial cells. In this study, we tested the possibility that AVE is an agonist of the Ang-(1-7) receptor Mas, in vitro and in vivo. In water-loaded C57BL/6 mice, AVE (0.58 nmol/g body weight) produced a significant reduction in urinary volume (0.06±0.03 mL/60 min [n=9] versus 0.27±0.05 [n=9]; P<0.01), associated with an increase in urinary osmolality. The Ang-(1-7) antagonist A-779 completely blocked the antidiuretic effect of AVE. As observed previously for Ang-(1-7), the antidiuretic effect of AVE after water load was blunted in Mas-knockout mice (0.37±0.10 mL/60 min [n=9] versus 0.27±0.03 mL/60 min [n=11] AVE-treated mice). In vitro receptor autoradiography in C57BL/6 mice showed that the specific binding of 125I-Ang-(1-7) to mouse kidney slices was displaced by AVE, whereas no effects were observed in the binding of 125I-angiotensin II or 125I-angiotensin IV. Furthermore, AVE displaced the binding of 125I-Ang-(1-7) in Mas-transfected monkey kidney cells (COS) cells (IC50=4. 75×10-8 mol/L) and of rhodamine-Ang-(1-7) in Mas-transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. It also produced NO release in Mas-transfected CHO cells blocked by A-779 but not by angiotensin II type-1 (AT1) and AT2 antagonists. Contrasting with these data, the antidiuretic effect of AVE was totally blocked by AT2 antagonists and partially blocked (≈60%) by AT1 antagonists. The binding data, the results obtained in Mas-knockout mice and in Mas-transfected cells, show that AVE is a Mas receptor agonist. Our data also suggest the involvement of AT2/AT1-related mechanisms, including functional antagonism, oligomerization or cross-talk, in the renal responses to AVE. |
Keywords: | Angiotensin, Angiotensin II, Angiotensin Receptors, Animals, Mice |
Source: | Hypertension |
ISSN: | 0194-911X |
Publisher: | American Heart Association |
Volume: | 44 |
Number: | 4 |
Page Range: | 490-496 |
Date: | 1 October 2004 |
Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1161/01.HYP.0000141438.64887.42 |
PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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