title: Method for determination of angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in blood and tissue by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A simplified method for an angiotensin-converting enzyme activity assay in biological samples was developed. Samples were incubated with hippurylhistidylleucine, an artificial substrate of angiotensin-converting enzyme. The reaction was terminated by the addition of metaphosphoric acid and liberated hippuric acid in the supernatant was quantitated directly by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Tissues were homogenized in the presence of Nonidet-P40, a detergent, and the resulting supernatant was used for the assay of tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme activity by high-performance liquid chromatography. The present procedure made it possible to determine angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in whole blood and the total activity in tissues. A comparative study of angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in plasma, kidney and lung of five experimental animals showed a high degree of variation from species to species.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004285:Dogs; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006626:Hippurates / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D006626:Hippurates; D009842:Oligopeptides; C010980:hippuryl-histidyl-leucine; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; C030514:hippuric acid