Authors: Birt Pauline C Zimmerman Ben G
Publish Date: 1995/04/01
Volume: 8, Issue: 4_Pt_1, Pages: 433-436
Abstract
The renin content expressed as nanograms of angiotensin I/hour/milligram of a rabbit intrarenal arterial network IAN was compared to that of renal cortical samples from the same animal Tissues from six rabbits were studied Cortical tissue RC and an IAN with some glomeruli and attached arterioles IAN + glomeruli were prepared from one kidney and an IAN freed of glomeruli IAN − glomeruli was obtained from the opposite kidney These tissues were homogenized and the supernatant incubated at pH 74 and 37°C for 30 to 60 min or 3 to 6 h Angiotensin I was generated in a linear fashion and the values averaged for the two incubation periods were 844 ± 266 121 ± 39 and 32 ± 11 ng/h/mg for RC IAN + glomeruli and IAN − glomeruli respectively A specific renin inhibitor EMD 58265 at 1 × 10−8 mol/L attenuated and at 5 × 10−8 mol/L almost totally abolished angiotensin I production The results indicate that small arteries comprising the IAN contain renin and that the enzymatic activity is most likely due to that protein and not another aspartyl protease Am J Hypertens 19958433436
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