title: Specific supersensitivity of smooth muscle to angiotensin II after nephrectomy.
abstract: 1 The dose-response curves for angiotensin, 5-hydroxytryptamine and carbachol were obtained on rat uterus and colon excised 24 h after a bilateral nephrectomy or a sham operation.2 There was a shift to the left in the dose-response curves to angiotensin of organs from nephrectomized animals. Dose-response curves to 5-hydroxytryptamine and carbachol were not affected by nephrectomy.3 The interaction of the two competitive antagonists (1-Asn, 5-Ileu, 8-Ala)-angiotensin II and (1-Asn, 5-Ileu, 8-Ileu)-angiotensin II with angiotensin II receptors was tested in control and nephrectomized organs. There was a decrease of the K(I) values in colon muscle after nephrectomy.4 In conclusion, nephrectomy produces a specific supersensitivity to angiotensin that seems to be due to a change in the structure of angiotensin receptors, at least in colon smooth muscle. This increase in sensitivity may be the result of the elimination of a tropic factor that acts on angiotensin receptor sites.
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D051381:Rats; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011955:Receptors, Drug; D000804:Angiotensin II