Pharmacologic interruption of the renin-angiotensin system.
Pharmacologic interruption of the renin-angiotensin system.
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肾素-血管紧张素系统的药理学中断。
DOI:
10.1146/annurev.pa.19.040179.003015
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发表时间:
1979
影响因子:
12.5
通讯作者:
N. Hollenberg
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作者:
N. Hollenberg
In 1 959, at a symposium on polypeptides that affect smooth muscle and blood vessels, Elliott recounted how, following elucidation of the structure of the decapeptide, angiotensin I, he set out to synthesize the agent and found that the synthetic product had only about I % of the activity of angiotensin II on rat blood pressure despite close chemical resemblance ( l). Elliott's key point in his talk was that the carboxy terminal amino acid, phenylalanine, contained almost equal mixtures of the 0and L-forms. Given the freedom of a symposium setting, he went on to make the daring and perceptive speculation that "the peptide containing o-phenylalanine was acting as a powerful inhibitor of hypertensin in vivo." He pointed out that proof required the unequivocal synthesis of a peptide containing pure o-phenylalanine, and expressed the hope that this would soon be achieved. Unfortunately, that synthesis was never reported and the importance of the carboxy terminal amino acid for the development of angiotensin antagonists was apparently forgotten for over a decade. Given the potential importance of pharmacologic interruption of the renin-angiotensin system in dissecting angiotensin'S role in physiology and pathophysiology, the failure of the discussion that followed the presentations on angiotensin to respond to Elliott's novel suggestion was surprising, and perhaps discouraging. In 1 970 two groups, Khairallah, Bumpus, and their colleagues at Cleve land Clinic Foundation and Marshall, Vine & Needleman in 8t. Louis