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[Changing factors of the activity of angiotensin converting enzyme of renal brush border in rats].

Authors: Michel, B  Grima, M  Welsch, C  Coquard, C  Barthelmebs, M  Imbs, J L 
Citation: Michel B, etal., Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1991 Aug;84(8):1201-4.
RGD ID: 8157606
Pubmed: PMID:1659346   (View Abstract at PubMed)

In the kidney, angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) is present in the vascular endothelial cells and in the brush border of epithelial cells of the proximal tubule. In spite of this well-known distribution of ACE, little is known of its regulation. In order to elucidate the possible mechanisms of control for brush border ACE, the effects of dexamethasone (DM), (40 micrograms s.c. per day, for 7 days) and triiodothyronine (T3) 0.5 mg/kg s.c. per day, for 10 days) were investigated in male Wistar rats. Plasma and brush border ACE activities were measured by fluorimetry in the presence of an artificial substrate Cbz-Phe-His-Leu and brush border ACE was characterized with a binding assay using 3H-ramiprilat, a specific radiolabelled ACE inhibitor. DM elicited a significant decrease in plasma ACE activity (from 0.46 +/- 0.03 to 0.28 +/- 0.02 nmol His-Leu/min/mg protein) but did not alter enzyme activity in the brush border: 47.12 +/- 5.12 nmol His-Leu/min/mg protein (control, n = 6) and 47.78 +/- 5.63 (DM, n = 6). Administering T3 produced a marked increase in the brush border ACE activity (from 42.87 +/- 4.9 to 81.41 +/- 11.7 nmol His-Leu/min/mg protein). Similarly, the maximum number of 3H-ramiprilat-binding sites increased in the brush border, indicating a good correlation between ACE activity and the quantity of 3H-ramiprilat bound. Thus, the variation in tissue ACE activity corresponded to a change in the enzyme concentration.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
response to dexamethasone  IEP 8157606 RGD 
response to thyroid hormone  IEP 8157606triiodothyronineRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ace  (angiotensin I converting enzyme)


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