THE ISO‐RENIN ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEMS IN EXTRARENAL TISSUE
THE ISO‐RENIN ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEMS IN EXTRARENAL TISSUE
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肾外组织中的异肾素血管紧张素系统
DOI:
10.1111/j.1440-1681.1976.tb00596.x
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发表时间:
1976
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
H. Fischer
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作者:
Detlev Ganten;J. S. Hutchinson;P. Schelling;U. Ganten;H. Fischer
Angiotensin is produced by the action of a specific enzyme on a protein substrate called angiotensinogen. The enzyme which is synthetized in the kidney and released into the blood is called renin (E.C. 3.4.4.15). Research on the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been centred almost exclusively around the kidney. The triple action of angiotensin, the effector peptide of the system, on (1) vasoconstriction, (2) aldosterone secretion and (3) sodium reabsorption, is the basis for the classical role of the kidney RAS in blood pressure regulation. Angiotensin can also be generated by enzymes of extrarenal origin. These enzymes will be called tissue iso-renins in this review and we shall focus the main interest on the iso-renin angiotensin systems (iso-RAS) in extrarenal tissue. The term renin will be used in this article with reference to enzyme arising from the kidney, to the plasma enzyme and to the clinically important classical RAS. The term iso-renin will be used when referring to a renin-like enzyme having its source in extrarenal organs. Similarly the term iso-RAS will refer to extrarenal tissues as opposed to the classical RAS in the kidney and plasma (Fig. 1). We believe that the term iso-renin can be justified, because the extrarenal enzymes form angiotensin as does kidney renin, but iso-renins differ biochemically from kidney renin and they are synthesized independently of the kidney. In the future it may be advantageous, however, to adopt a more systematic nomenclature in analogy to the kininogenase system and call the kidney enzyme angiotensinogenase instead of renin ; the angiotensin forming enzymes in extrarenal tissues would then have to be designated brain angiotensinogenase, adrenal angiotensinogenase etc. It is not intended to give a complete review of the existing literature in this field, which may be obtained from recent publications (Page & McCubbin, 1968; Gross, 1971 ; Ganten, 1972; Ganten et al. 1973; Skeggs et al., 1974). We rather wish to present new aspects of the tissue iso-renin angiotensin system as a local cellular enzymatic system. A local role of angiotensin within the kidney has been postulated (Thurau, 1974). The secretion of renin into the blood and its clinical role has been investigated more extensively,