title: Urodilatin: binding properties and stimulation of cGMP generation in rat kidney cells.
abstract: Urodilatin (URO) [ANP-(95-126)] is an analogue of atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-ANP) [ANP-(99-126)] that was first isolated from human urine. In rat mesangial cells, URO competed with high affinity for non-guanylate cyclase-coupled ANPR-C receptors [concentration at which 50% labeled ligand is displaced (IC50) approximately 70 pM], but with lesser affinity to the guanylate cyclase-linked ANPR-A receptors (IC50 approximately 800 pM). alpha-ANP bound to both receptors with similar affinity [dissociation constant (Kd) approximately 150 pM]. In papillary collecting duct homogenates, which possess only ANPR-A receptors, the apparent Kd value averaged 229 pM for alpha-ANP and 2.7 nM for URO. Intravenous URO was at least as potent and effective as alpha-ANP in inducing diuresis and natriuresis in anesthetized rats, but URO was approximately 10-fold less potent in stimulating guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate generation in mesangial and inner medullary collecting duct cells. We conclude that URO has a lesser affinity than alpha-ANP for guanylate cyclase-coupled ANP receptors in the kidney and that the relative natriuretic potency of URO in vivo cannot be directly attributed to its binding characteristics with ANPR-A receptors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saxenhofer
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Fitzgibbon
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C056452:Ularitide; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D006152:Cyclic GMP