title: Angiotensin-II receptor subtypes in fetal tissue of the rat: autoradiography, guanine nucleotide sensitivity, and association with phosphoinositide hydrolysis.
abstract: Quantitative autoradiography revealed large numbers of angiotensin-II (AT) receptors in the 18-day-old rat embryo. The selective AT-1 antagonist DuP 753 readily competed for AT receptors in liver, lung parenchyma, and choroid plexus, and these receptors are classified as AT-1 receptors. The selective AT-2 displacers CGP 42112 A and/or PD 123177 competed with high affinity with AT bound to most receptors located in skeletal muscle, skin, diaphragm, bronchi, and stomach, and these receptors are classified as AT-2 receptors. The amount of AT-2 receptors in fetal tissue was more than 10-fold higher than that of AT-1 receptors. In skeletal muscle and skin, DuP 753 competed with AT in the presence of 10(-7) M CGP 42112 A, indicating the presence of small numbers of AT-1 receptors. In liver and lung parenchyma, binding to AT-1 receptors was sensitive to guanine nucleotides. AT binding to AT-2 receptors in fetal skin and skeletal muscle was insensitive to guanine nucleotides. AT stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in liver (ED50, 64 nM) and in skin and skeletal muscle (ED50, 62 nM); this was inhibited by DuP 753 (liver IC50, 38 nM; skin and skeletal muscle IC50, 26 nM), but not by PD 123177 in concentrations up to the micromolar range. AT-1 receptors are probably coupled to G-proteins, and their stimulation increases phosphoinositide hydrolysis. AT-2 receptors may not be linked to G-proteins, their stimulation is not associated with phosphoinositide hydrolysis, and the nature of their second messenger system(s) is presently unknown.
authors.affiliation: Section on Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Strömberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Saavedra
mesh_terms: D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000378:metabolism; D019808:Losartan; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D007093:Imidazoles; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011725:Pyridines; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D013777:Tetrazoles; D000804:Angiotensin II; C066253:PD 123177; C060894:CGP 42112A; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D000803:Angiotensin I; D019808:Losartan