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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Stimulated neutrophils produced vascular permeability enhancing (VPE) activity in the presence of high molecular weight kininogen (HMWK), which was inhibited mainly by a neutrophil elastase (NE) inhibitor or a bradykinin (BK) B(2)-receptor antagonist. NE (>3 nM) generated VPE activity from kininogens at normal plasma concentrations with the smaller protein being several fold more responsive than the larger protein, through releasing a new VPE peptide (E-kinin), SLMKRPPGFSPFRSSRI. Synthetic E-kinin, SLMKRPPGFSPFRSS and SLMKRPPGFSPFR had VPE and blood pressure lowering activities, which were comparable to the activities of BK and completely inhibited by B(2)-receptor antagonists. Interestingly, E-kinin and SLMKRPPGFSPFRSS did not induce smooth muscle contraction. These results suggest that E-kinin formed in vivo may be processed at the carboxy-terminus to give a peptide that can bind to the B(2)-receptor. The molecular mechanism for neutrophil-associated VPE may be explained by excision of E-kinin from kininogens by NE, followed by further processing of the peptide.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
294
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
423-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Bradykinin, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Capillary Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Kininogen, Low-Molecular-Weight, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Kininogens, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Kinins, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Leukocyte Elastase, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Muscle Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Receptor, Bradykinin B2, pubmed-meshheading:12051729-Receptors, Bradykinin
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Release of a new vascular permeability enhancing peptide from kininogens by human neutrophil elastase.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Neuroscience and Immunology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 2-2-1, Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan. taka@kaiju.medic.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't