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. 1987 Oct;92(2):257–264. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1987.tb11319.x

Studies on the induction of pharmacological responses to des-Arg9-bradykinin in vitro and in vivo.

J Bouthillier 1, D Deblois 1, F Marceau 1
PMCID: PMC1853641  PMID: 3676593

Abstract

1 The mechanisms by which agents modulate the induction of kinin B1-receptors were investigated by studying the effects of kinins in vitro, by use of the rabbit isolated aorta, and in vivo by measuring the blood pressure of anaesthetized rabbits. 2 The contractile response of the rabbit isolated aorta to kinins increased in a time-dependent manner in vitro. This effect was abolished by continuous exposure to the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (71 microM). 3 Several substances were found to increase specifically the rate of sensitization to des-Arg9-bradykinin (des-Arg9-Bk), when applied continuously in vitro to tissues isolated from normal animals: bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 1 micrograms ml-1), muramyl-dipeptide (MDP; 2 micrograms ml-1), phorbol myristate acetate (PMA; 320 nM), epidermal growth factor (EGF; 100 ng ml-1) and endothelial cell growth factor (150 micrograms ml-1). 4 The protease inhibitors phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride and aprotinin, a non-adjuvant isomer of MDP, rabbit purified leukocyte interferon, fibroblast growth factor and the chemotactic peptide N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (FMLP) did not have this effect. 5 It has been demonstrated that LPS induces B1-receptors in rabbits enabling des-Arg9-Bk to act as a hypotensive agent. In these experiments neutropenia induced by nitrogen mustard, did not prevent the in vivo effect of LPS. MDP (300 micrograms) and PMA (100 micrograms) were also found to induce a state of responsiveness to des-Arg9-Bk in vivo. FMLP (1 mg i.v.) induced a temporary decrease in blood neutrophil counts but had no effect on the induction of responses to des-Arg9-Bk.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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