title: Angiotensin (1-7) reduces the cell volume of swollen cardiac cells and decreases the swelling-dependent chloride current. Implications for cardiac arrhythmias and myocardial ischemia.
abstract: The influence of angiotensin II and angiotensin (1-17) on cell volume and on the activation of ionic channels including the swelling-dependent chloride channel was reviewed. Particular emphasis was given to the influence of the balance between the ACE-angiotensin II and of the ACE2-angiotensin (1-7)-Mas receptor axis on heart cell volume regulation and on the swelling-dependent chloride current. The implications for myocardial ischemia and cardiac arrhythmias are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Medical Sciences Campus, UPR, School of Medicine, PO BOX 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, USA. walmor.de-mello@upr.edu
authors.forename: Walmor C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: De Mello
mesh_terms: D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000378:metabolism*; D000085962:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2; D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000378:metabolism*; D048429:Cell Size; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000378:metabolism; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D000803:Angiotensin I; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; C000705307:ACE2 protein, human; D000085962:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2; C118790:angiotensin I (1-7)