title: Degradation of endothelin-1 by extracts of rat lung, kidney, and liver.
abstract: Degradation of 125I-labeled endothelin-1 (125I-ET-1) when incubated 120 min at 37 degrees C with rat lung, kidney and liver plasma membrane extracts was examined using HPLC. Lung and kidney extracts showed degrading enzyme activity, but none was found in liver extract. EDTA almost abolished degradation of 125I-ET-1 in lung and kidney extracts. Phosphoramidon and SCH 39370, both inhibitors of neutral endopeptidase 24.11 (NEP), markedly inhibited degradation of 125I-ET-I in lung extract and clearly less in kidney extract. Soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI) and elastase inhibitor partly inhibited degradation in lungs and in kidney extract. Leupeptin had no inhibitory effect neither in lung nor in kidney extract. Our results suggest: (1) at least two types of enzymes degrade ET-1 in lung and kidney extracts, namely metallo-proteinases and serine proteinases. (2) The ET-1 degrading effect appears to be different in lungs and kidneys, metallo-proteinases being more important in pulmonary than in renal degradation of ET-1.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Clinical Physiology, Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Sirviö
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saijonmaa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Metsärinne
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fyhrquist
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D016232:Endothelins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D015260:Neprilysin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; D016232:Endothelins; D006020:Glycopeptides; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; C060631:Sch 39370; D004492:Edetic Acid; D000516:alpha-Amylases; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase; D015260:Neprilysin; C008890:phosphoramidon