title: Adrenotensin: an adrenomedullin gene product contracts pulmonary blood vessels.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of adrenotensin, a newly described product of the ADM gene, on cat pulmonary arterial (PA) rings. Under resting conditions, adrenotensin increased tension of PA rings in a concentration-dependent manner. Although addition of diphenhydramine, ONO-3708, phentolamine, methysergide, atropine, and meclofenamate did not alter the contractile response to adrenotensin, removal of the endothelial cell layer significantly reduced this response. Moreover, precontraction of PA rings with adrenotensin selectively attenuated the pulmonary vasorelaxant response to ADM but not to other vasodilator substances, including isoproterenol, pinacidil, nifedipine, and adenosine. The present data suggest that adrenotensin acts in an endothelium-dependent manner to contract PA rings. Moreover, the present data suggest that adrenotensin may act in a modulatory manner to influence vasorelaxation in response to ADM, a sister proADM product.
authors: Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Gumusel
authors: J K
authors: JK
authors: Chang
authors: Q
authors: Q
authors: Hao
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Hyman
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Lippton
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010455:Peptides; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; C094997:adrenotensin; D053607:Adrenomedullin