ENDOGENOUS INHIBITOR OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME IN THE RAT-HEART
ENDOGENOUS INHIBITOR OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME IN THE RAT-HEART
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(89)92221-3
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发表时间:
1989-03-31
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
YAMAMOTO, K
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作者:
IKEMOTO, F;SONG, GB;YAMAMOTO, K
We have identified a substance in the rat heart which inhibits ACE. This substance was characterized to be a sulfhydryl(SH) protein, the SH moiety being essential for the inhibitory activity. The inhibitory activity disappeared when the extract was boiled, or the ultrafiltrate(mol.wt. < 10,000) was used, or when the extract was pretreated with the SH-blocking agent 5,5''-dithiobis-(2-nitro benzoic acid) at 0.5mM or the SH oxidizing agent diamide at 1mM. This substance was fractionated with Thiopropyl Sepharose affinity chromatography, precipitation with 40% ammonium sulfate saturation and high performance liquid chromatography. The mode of inhibition was competitive. In the presence of 20 .mu.g/ml of this substance, the contraction of rat aortic strips induced by 5 .times. 10-8M ANG I was inhibited by 60%. This endogenous inhibitor of ACE may modulate the activity of ACE in the heart, in response to alterations in the oxidation-reduction balance in the tissue.