title: Purification, structural characterization, and cardiovascular activity of cod bradykinins.
abstract: Incubation of plasma from the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua with trypsin generated two peptides identified as [Trp5,Leu8]bradykinin (cod BK) and [Arg0,Trp5,Leu8]bradykinin (cod [Arg0]BK). Bolus intraarterial injections of synthetic cod [Arg0]BK (0.1-10 nmol/kg) into conscious cod produced an immediate increase in ventral aortic pressure that was of relatively short duration (<5 min) and an increase in heart rate. Cod [Arg0]BK was approximately 10 times more potent than cod BK, and the maximal pressor response produced by the peptide was significantly (P < 0.05) greater. Bolus intra-arterial injections of either mammalian BK or cod des-Arg9,[Arg0]BK, in doses up to 100 nmol/kg, had no effect on pressure or heart rate. The data indicate that the ligand binding properties of the BK receptors in cod are different from those of the mammalian B1- and B2-receptor subtypes. The pressor response to 1 nmol/kg cod [Arg0]BK was reduced (by 51 +/- 6%; P < 0.05) in prasozin-treated fish, whereas in enalapril-treated fish, the response to the peptide was enhanced (by 42 +/- 12%; P < 0.05). The data indicate an involvement of catecholamines but not an activation of the renin-angiotensin system in mediating the vasopressor action of BK in the cod.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoophysiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Platzack
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Conlon
mesh_terms: D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000187:drug effects; D004656:Enalapril / Q000494:pharmacology; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005399:Fishes / Q000097:blood*; D011224:Prazosin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; C101532:bradykinin, Arg(0)-Trp(5)-Leu(8)-; C105187:bradykinin, Trp(5)-Leu(8)-; D004656:Enalapril; D000803:Angiotensin I; D001920:Bradykinin; D011224:Prazosin; D004837:Epinephrine