title: Angiotensin-converting enzyme in the rabbit stomach wall. Identification in the membrane fraction by affinity purification.
abstract: To examine the potential role of angiotensin-converting enzyme as a physiological regulator of neuropeptide activity in the alimentary tract, we purified and partially characterized this enzyme from the crude membrane fraction of rabbit gastric muscles. A single-step purification from detergent-solubilized gastric membranes by affinity chromatography, using lisinopril-Sepharose, yielded an electrophoretically homogeneous peptidase composed of 180-kilodalton polypeptide. The purified enzyme represented approximately 2% of [Leu5]enkephalin-degrading activity of the original membrane preparation, and 275-fold purification was achieved. The gastric angiotensin-converting enzyme hydrolyzed synthetic substrates specific to the lung enzyme. It hydrolyzed angiotensin I and several other bioactive peptides, by removing their carboxyl-terminal dipeptides. The activity was completely inhibited with 10(-6) mol/L captopril. The hydrolysis of enkephalin was enhanced twofold by addition of 0.3 mol/L NACl to the assay buffer. These properties were comparable with those reported for the rabbit lung enzyme. Therefore, it was concluded that rabbit gastric muscle tissue contains membrane-bound angiotensin-converting enzyme. The results suggest a role for this enzyme as a local inactivator of bioactive peptides in the stomach wall.
authors.affiliation: Center for Ulcer Research and Education, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002712:Chlorides / Q000494:pharmacology; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000201:enzymology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D013270:Stomach / Q000201:enzymology*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A