METABOLISM OF VASOACTIVE PEPTIDES BY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM AND SMOOTH-MUSCLE AMINOPEPTIDASE-M
METABOLISM OF VASOACTIVE PEPTIDES BY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM AND SMOOTH-MUSCLE AMINOPEPTIDASE-M
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-2952(89)90165-2
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发表时间:
1989-01-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
WARD, PE
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作者:
PALMIERI, FE;BAUSBACK, HH;WARD, PE
The cellular localization of vascular plasma membrane aminopeptidase M (AmM; EC 3.4.11.2) was examined in cultured porcine aorta endothelium and smooth muscle cells. AmM was 14-fold higher on smooth muscle (117 .+-. 16 units/mg) than on endothelium (8.4 .+-. 0.2). Proportional to its cellular distribution, AmM hydrolyzed the N-terminus of kallidin to produce bradykinin, and degraded des(Asp1)angiotensin I, angiotensin III, hepta(5-11)substance P and Met5-enkephalin. In contrast, bradykinin, angiotensin II and substance P were resistant to AmM-mediated hydrolysis. Peptide metabolism was optimal at pH 7.0 and was inhibited by o-phenanthroline, bestatin (Ki = 2.2 .+-. 0.1 .mu.M) and amastatin (Ki = 25 .+-. 5 nM). Des(Asp1)angiotensin I and angiotensin III had the highest affinity (lowest Km) for AmM (Km = 2.2 .+-. 0.5 and 2.0 .+-. 0.4 .mu.M respectively), followed by hepta(5-11)substance P (53.9 .+-. 1.7 .mu.M) and Met5-enkephalin (75.7 .+-. 3.5 .mu.M). In contrast, maximal velocities of hydrolysis were higher for Met5-enkephalin (313 .+-. 2 nmol/min/mg) than for hepta(5-11)substance P (109 .+-. 18 nmol/min/mg) or angiotensin III (26.5 .+-. 1.0 nmol/min/mg). As expected for hydrolysis by a common enzyme, AmM-mediated enkephalin degradation was inhibited competitively by angiotensin III (Ki = 0.34 .+-. 0.05 .mu.M), hepta(5-11)substance P (43.7 .+-. 6.3 .mu.M) and kallidin (62 .mu.M). These data suggest that vascular AmM may modulate vasoactive peptide levels in vivo, particularly within the microenvironment of endothelial and smooth muscle cell surface receptors.