title: Production of angiotensin II by homogeneous cultures of vascular smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: Production of angiotensin II (Ang II) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR)-derived vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) has now been investigated. A nonpeptide antagonist (CV-11974) of Ang II type 1 receptors inhibited basal DNA synthesis in VSMC from SHR, but it had no effect on cells from Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. Ang II-like immunoreactivity, determined by radioimmunoassay after HPLC, was readily detected in conditioned medium and extracts of SHR-derived VSMC, whereas it was virtually undetectable in VSMC from WKY rats. Isoproterenol increased the amount of Ang II-like immunoreactivity in conditioned medium and extracts of SHR-derived VSMC, whereas the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor delapril significantly reduced the amount of Ang II-like immunoreactivity in conditioned medium and extracts of these cells. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that the abundance of mRNAs encoding angiotensinogen, cathepsin D, and angiotensin-converting enzyme was greater in VSMC from SHR than in cells from WKY rats. The abundance of cathepsin D protein by Western blotting was greater in VSMC from SHR than in cells from WKY rats. Ang I-generating and acid protease activities were detected in VSMC from SHR, but not in cells from WKY rats. These results suggest that SHR-derived VSMC generate Ang II with increases in angiotensinogen, cathepsin D, and angiotensin-converting enzyme, which contribute to the basal growth. Production of Ang II by homogeneous cultures of VSMC is considered as a new mechanism of hypertensive vascular disease.
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000032:analysis; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D002402:Cathepsin D / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020059:Cathepsin E / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D006965:Hyperplasia; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007189:Indans / Q000494:pharmacology; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D044139:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000502:physiology; D012083:Renin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins