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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
Angiotensin IV (Ang IV) is a metabolite of the potent vasoconstrictor angiotensin II (Ang II). Because specific binding sites for this peptide have been reported in numerous tissues including the brain, it has been suggested that a specific Ang IV receptor (AT4) might exist. Bolus injection of Ang IV in brain ventricles has been implicated in learning, memory, and localized vasodilatation. However, the functions of Ang IV in a physiological context are still unknown. In this study, we generated a transgenic (TG) mouse model that chronically releases Ang IV peptide specifically in the brain. TG mice were found to be hypertensive by the tail-cuff method as compared with control littermates. Treatment with the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor captopril had no effect on blood pressure, but surprisingly treatment with the Ang II AT1 receptor antagonist candesartan normalized the blood pressure despite the fact that the levels of Ang IV in the brains of TG mice were only 4-fold elevated over the normal endogenous level of Ang peptides. Calcium mobilization assays performed on cultured CHO cells chronically transfected with the AT1 receptor confirm that low-dose Ang IV can mobilize calcium via the AT1 receptor only in the presence of Ang II, consistent with an allosteric mechanism. These results suggest that chronic elevation of Ang IV in the brain can induce hypertension that can be treated with angiotensin II AT1 receptor antagonists.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1524-4571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1451-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15117826-1-Sarcosine-8-Isoleucine Angiotensin II, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Allosteric Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Angiotensin II, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Benzimidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Cricetulus, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Genes, Synthetic, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Globins, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Protein Sorting Signals, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Renin, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Renin-Angiotensin System, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Tetrazoles, pubmed-meshheading:15117826-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic production of angiotensin IV in the brain leads to hypertension that is reversible with an angiotensin II AT1 receptor antagonist.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratories of Molecular Biochemistry of Hypertension, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't