title: Different types of receptor interaction of peptide and nonpeptide angiotensin II antagonists revealed by receptor binding and functional studies.
abstract: The pharmacological effects of angiotensin II (AII) are potently inhibited by several peptide and recently synthesized nonpeptide AII receptor antagonists. The interaction of sarcosine1, isoleucine8-AII (sarile), sarcosine1,O-methyltyrosine4-AII (sarmesin), and the nonpeptide AII antagonists 2-n-butyl-4-chloro-5- hydroxymethyl-1-[(2'-(1H-tetrazole-5-yl)biphenyl-4-yl)- methyl]imidazole (DuP 753, Losartan potassium) and its metabolite 2-n-butyl-4-chloro-1-[(2'-(1H-tetrazole-5-yl)biphenyl-4-yl)methyl]imidaz ole - 5-carboxylic acid (EXP3174) with AII binding sites was investigated in radioligand binding and functional studies. Sarile, sarmesin, DuP 753, and EXP3174 inhibited 125I-AII binding to rat lung tissue, with Ki values of 3.5, 16.1, 23.7, and 10.4 nM, respectively. The Hill coefficients of all displacement curves, except for sarile (nH, 1.45), were not significantly different from unity. In functional experiments using rabbit aorta, sarmesin and DuP 753 competitively inhibited the contractile response to AII, with pA2 values of 6.75 and 8.01, respectively. Sarile, in contrast, revealed noncompetitive antagonism, i.e., the maximum contractile force and the slope of the concentration-contractile force curve were significantly and concentration-dependently depressed. The concentration-contractile response curve for AII was shifted to the right in a parallel fashion in the presence of EXP3174 (3 nM to 1 microM); however, the maximum contractile force was significantly decreased, by 24%. The marked noncompetitive antagonism of sarile (3 nM) was reversed in the presence of increasing concentrations of sarmesin (30 nM to 30 microM) or DuP 753 (10 nM to 1 microM), whereas in the presence of increasing concentrations of EXP3174 (3-300 nM) a 25% depression in maximum contractile force persisted. Moreover, the reduction of the maximum contractile force by EXP3174 (10 nM) was concentration-dependently restored in the presence of increasing concentrations of DuP 753 (10 nM to 1 microM), indicating interaction with the same binding site. Whereas sarile (0.3-10 nM) did not affect the 125I-AII binding capacity in radioligand saturation experiments, a 54% reduction of Bmax was observed in the presence of 100 nM EXP3174. The data provide evidence that all antagonists inhibit the functional response to AII by interacting with a common binding site at the receptor. The noncompetitive behavior of sarile seems to be due to slow dissociation from this receptor site. An additional mechanism must be postulated for EXP3174. An allosteric interaction with the receptor, as suggested by the reduction in Bmax, may be, at least in part, responsible for the nonclassical antagonism of this compound.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharma Research, Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH, Biberach, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wienen
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Mauz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Van Meel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Entzeroth
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D001665:Binding Sites; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007700:Kinetics; D019808:Losartan; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D010455:Peptides; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D007093:Imidazoles; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D010455:Peptides; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D013777:Tetrazoles; D000804:Angiotensin II; C040420:angiotensin II, Sar(1)-Me-Tyr(4)-; C014622:angiotensin II, Ile(8)-; C066026:losartan carboxylic acid; D019808:Losartan