title: Renal vasodilatation and microvessel adenylate cyclase stimulation by synthetic parathyroid hormone-like protein fragments.
abstract: The hypercalcemia caused by malignancy factor, also called parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), exhibits most of the biological activities of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in kidney and bone. On the basis of the well-documented vascular action of PTH, we characterized the vasodilator action of human (h) PTHrP-(1-34) on a preparation of the isolated rat kidney, and its activity to stimulate adenylate cyclase in microvessels isolated from rabbit kidney cortex. Injection of sequential cumulative doses of hPTHrP-(1-34) into the isolated kidney preparation produced increasing vasodilatation up to 10(-8) M (EC50 of 3 x 10(-9) M) and decreasing responses thereafter. The maximal effect represented 26% of the reference relaxation induced by papaverine. Single injections of hPTHrP-(1-34) resulted in a greater (over 60%) vasodilatation. These results were reminiscent of the tachyphylaxis that occurs after repeated exposure to the peptide. The (3-34) PTH antagonist inhibited the hPTHrP-induced vasodilatation. Human PTHrP-(1-34) was equipotent with hPTH-(1-34) (EC50 values of 3 x 10(-9) M) but 5-fold less potent than rat (r) PTH-(1-34) in stimulating microvessel adenylate cyclase. GTP enhanced the enzyme responses to the peptides but reduced their potency. Both (3-34) and (7-34) PTH antagonists were inhibitors of hPTHrP- or PTH-stimulated microvascular adenylate cyclase. Synthetic hPTHrP-(1-16) had neither vasodilator nor adenylate cyclase-stimulating activity. This hPTHrP fragment exhibited some inhibitory effect on the hPTHrP-(1-34)-induced stimulation of microvessel adenylate cyclase. These results indicate that hPTHrP possesses PTH-like activity to cause vasorelaxation and to stimulate microvascular adenylate cyclase in the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie Rénale René Leriche, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Musso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plante
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Judes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barthelmebs
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Helwig
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011506:Proteins; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011506:Proteins; C054296:parathyroid hormone-related protein (1-34); C031617:parathyroid hormone (3-34); D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases