title: Phosphoinositide hydrolysis increase by angiotensin-(1--7) in neonatal rat brain.
abstract: Angiotensin (Ang)-(1-7) is an endogenous peptide hormone of the renin-angiotensin system which exerts diverse biological actions, some of them counterregulate Ang II effects. In the present study potential effect of Ang-(1-7) on phosphoinositide (PI) turnover was evaluated in neonatal rat brain. Cerebral cortex prisms of seven-day-old rats were preloaded with [(3)H]myoinositol, incubated with additions during 30 min and later [(3)H]inositol-phosphates (IPs) accumulation quantified. It was observed that PI hydrolysis enhanced 30% to 60% in the presence of 0.01 nM to 100 nM Ang-(1-7). Neither 10 nM [D-Ala(7)]Ang-(1-7), an Ang-(1-7) specific antagonist, nor 10 nM losartan, an angiotensin II type 1 (AT(1)) receptor antagonist, blocked the effect of 0.1 nM Ang-(1-7) on PI metabolism. The effect of 0.1 nM Ang-(1-7) on PI hydrolysis was not reduced but it was even significantly increased in the simultaneous presence of [D-Ala(7)]Ang-(1-7) or losartan. PI turnover enhancement achieved with 0.1 nM Ang-(1-7) decreased roughly 30% in the presence of 10 nM PD 123319, an angiotensin II type 2 (AT(2)) receptor antagonist. The antagonists alone also enhanced PI turnover. Present findings showing an increase in PI turnover by Ang-(1-7) represent a novel action for this peptide and suggest that it exerts a function in this signaling system in neonatal rat brain, an effect involving, at least partially, angiotensin AT(2) receptors.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biología Celular y Neurociencias Prof. E. De Robertis, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, (1121) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pereyra-Alfonso
authors.forename: Georgina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peña
mesh_terms: D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006868:Hydrolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D019808:Losartan / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011913:Rats, Inbred BB; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D000803:Angiotensin I; C118790:angiotensin I (1-7); D019808:Losartan