title: Effects of converting enzyme inhibition on endothelial bradykinin metabolism and endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation.
abstract: The effects of ACE-inhibitors on bradykinin metabolism and bradykinin-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation were studied in isolated coronary arteries and endothelial cells in culture. The results suggest that ACE-inhibitors affect coronary vascular tone by at least two endothelium-dependent and bradykinin-mediated mechanisms: First, ACE-inhibitors decrease endothelial bradykinin degredation which is accompanied by an augmented bradykinin mediated endothelium-dependent relaxation. Second, ACE-inhibitors evoke endothelium-dependent relaxations in coronary arteries stimulated with threshold concentrations of bradykinin, which cannot be attributed to an inhibition of bradykinin degradation. The effect appears to represent a new mechanism which may be based on an interaction of the bradykinin receptor and the angiotensin converting enzyme on the cellular level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, German Heart Institute Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bossaller
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Auch-Schwelk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gräfe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baumgarten
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fleck
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D015773:Enalaprilat / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D007700:Kinetics; D017706:Lisinopril; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D004151:Dipeptides; D002216:Captopril; D017706:Lisinopril; D015773:Enalaprilat; D001920:Bradykinin