title: Coronary vasodilatory response to a novel peptide, adrenomedullin 2.
abstract: 1. Adrenomedullin-2 (AM2) is a novel peptide originally found in a fish and it is structurally related to mammalian AM or fish AM1. Cloning of AM2 cDNA in the mouse, rat and human has been successful. In the present study, the vasodilatory effect of synthetic human AM2 was analysed in isolated artery ring preparations of porcine. 2. Vasodilatory effect of AM2 was the most potent in the coronary artery, followed by the carotid and supramesenteric arteries, but absent in the femoral, pulmonary and renal arteries. 3. The effect of AM2 was equipotent with that of human AM/AM1 in these arteries. 4. AM2-induced relaxation was inhibited by human CGRP (8-37), but not by human AM/AM1 (22-52), suggesting that the vasodilatory response to AM2 is mediated through the CGRP1 receptor. 5. AM2 may share the same receptor (complex) with AM/AM1 for the vasorelaxation. This is the first report of the vasodilatory responses to AM2 in isolated vasculature.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Integrated Research in Science, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan. yutakoba@med.shimane-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Ying-Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gonda
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013552:Swine; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C484330:ADM2 protein, human; D036361:Peptide Hormones; D014665:Vasodilator Agents