title: Synthetic human adrenomedullin and ADM15-52 have potent short-lasting vasodilator activity in the pulmonary vascular bed of the cat.
abstract: Responses to synthetic human adrenomedullin, a novel hypotensive peptide localized in several organ systems, including the lung, and the carboxy terminal 15-52 amino acid fragment of adrenomedullin (ADM15-52) were investigated in the pulmonary vascular bed of the intact-chest cat. Under constant flow conditions when baseline tone in the pulmonary vascular bed was raised to a high steady level, injections of adrenomedullin and ADM15-52 into the perfused lobar artery in doses of 0.1-1 nmol, caused significant dose-related decreases in lobar arterial pressure. Since left atrial pressure was unchanged, the decreases in lobar arterial pressure reflect decreases in pulmonary lobar vascular resistance. Adrenomedullin and ADM15-52 exhibited similar vasodilator activity and were approximately 3-fold more potent than bradykinin in the pulmonary vascular bed of the cat. Pulmonary vasodilator responses to adrenomedullin and ADM15-52 were rapid in onset and lasted for 150-200 sec, depending on the dose of the peptide injected. The present results demonstrate that synthetic human adrenomedullin and ADM15-52 possess potent, short-lasting vasodilator activity in the pulmonary vascular bed of the cat and suggest that amino acids 15-52 in the peptide are important for the expression of vasodilator activity in the pulmonary vascular bed of the cat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans 70112.
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: DeWitt
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wegmann
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Coy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bitar
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kadowitz
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010455:Peptides / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D010455:Peptides; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D053607:Adrenomedullin