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. 2020 Aug 3;11:1179. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.01179

Table 1.

Angiotensin Receptors heteromerization and its functional consequences.

Receptors Model Effect Reference
AT1R AT1R Monocytes from patients with hypertension Increased Ang II-dependent monocyte activation and adhesiveness AbdAlla et al., 2004
AT1R APJR Transfected CHO-K1 cells Diminished Ang II binding to AT1R Siddiquee et al., 2013
AT1R AT2R Rat fetal fibroblast; human myometrial biopsies Inhibition of inositol phosphate generation AbdAlla et al., 2001
AT1R B2R Transfected HEK293T cells Ang II hypersensitivity AbdAlla et al., 2000
AT1R B2R Primary aortic VSMC Blocked arrestin-dependent internalization of B2R Wilson et al., 2013
AT1R B2R Human placental biopsies Increased calcium signaling and high vascular smooth muscle mechanosensitivity Quitterer et al., 2019
AT1R CB1R Hepatic stellate cells from rats Enhanced calcium and mitogenic response to Ang II Rozenfeld et al., 2011
AT1R CCR2 Transfected HEK293T and subtotal-nephrectomized rat (chronic kidney disease model) Enhanced β-arrestin2 recruitment
Renal injury
Ayoub et al., 2015
AT1R D1R Renal proximal tubule cells of WKY and SHR,
A10 aortic vascular smooth muscle cells
Decreased AT1R induced by D1R stimulation in WKY and SHR and A10 vascular smooth muscle cells
Increased D1R induced by D1R stimulation only in WKY.
D1R-AT1R interaction greater in WKY than in SHR
D1R-AT1R interaction increased in WKY and decreased in SHR after D1R stimulation
Zeng et al., 2003b
AT1R D2R Ethanol-administered rats Attenuated calcium and mitogenic response to Ang II Martinez-Pinilla et al., 2015
AT1R D3R Renal proximal tubule cells of SHR and WKY Decreased D3R induced by Ang II in both strains, being greater in SHR than in WKY
Decreased AT1R in WKY by Ang II
Increased AT1R in SHR by Ang II
Zeng et al., 2003a
AT1R D5R Renal proximal tubule cells of SHR and WKY Negatively regulation of the expression of each receptor.
Decreased D5R expression induced by Ang II in WKY and SHR.
Zeng et al., 2005b
AT1R ETBR Renal proximal tubule cells of SHR and WKY Increased ETBR expression induced by Ang II in WKY cells. No change in SHR cells Zeng et al., 2005a
AT1R FP Primary rat aortic VSMCs Increased binding to AT1R Goupil et al., 2015
AT1R MasR Transfected HEK293T and mesenteric microvessels from wild type and MasR-KO mice Decreased Ang II-induced production of inositol phosphates and mobilization of intracellular calcium Kostenis et al., 2005
AT1R P2Y6R VSMCs from mice P2Y6 promotes Ang II–induced hypertension Nishimura et al., 2016
AT1R SecR Transfected CHO, HEK293T and COS-1 cells Negative allosteric modulatory impact on secretin-stimulated cAMP responses at SecR; Positive allosteric modulatory impact on secretin-stimulated cAMP responses at AT1R Harikumar et al., 2016
AT1R α1DR Aortic tissue from healthy and preeclamptic pregnant rats Higher heterodimerization in preeclamptic rats compared to control group Gonzalez-Hernandez Mde et al., 2010
AT1R α2C-AR Transfected HEK293T cells and mouse superior cervical ganglion neurons Atypical Gs-PKA signaling and norepinephrine hypersecretion Bellot et al., 2015
AT1R β2AR Transfected COS-7 and HEK293T cells Enhancement of β-arrestin coupling to β2AR Toth et al., 2017
AT1R βAR Mouse cardiomyocytes; HUVECs; transfected COS-7 and HEK293T cells Crossinhibition of signaling coupled to each receptor Barki-Harrington et al., 2003
AT2R AT2R Mice model of Alzheimer disease Gαq/11 sequestration and dysfunction AbdAlla et al., 2009
AT2R B2R Transfected
PC-12 cells
Enhancement of NO generation Abadir et al., 2006
AT2R MasR Cultured astrocytes from mice Induced CX3CR1 mRNA expression Leonhardt et al., 2017
AT2R MasR Obese Zucker rat kidney Increased NO generation
Diuretic and natriuretic responses
Patel et al., 2017
MasR B2R Transfected
HEK293T cells
Delayed sequestration of MasR from the plasma membrane
Increased affinity ligand binding of MasR
Cerrato et al., 2016
MrgDR MrgER Transfected
HEK293T cells
Decreased MrgDR internalization
Increased ERK1/2 phosphorylation
Milasta et al., 2006

Ang II, Angiotensin II; APJR, apelin receptor; AT1R, Ang II receptor type 1; AT2R, Ang II receptor type 2; B2R, Bradykinin receptor type 2; cAMP, Cyclic adenosine monophosphate; CHO, Chinese hamster ovary; CX3CR1, CX3C chemokine receptor; D1R, dopamine receptor type 1; D2R, dopamine receptor type 2; D3R, dopamine receptor type 3; D4R, dopamine receptor type 4; D5R, dopamine receptor type 5; ETBR, Endothelin receptor type B; FPR, Prostaglandin F receptor; HEK293T, human embryonic kidney 293T; HUVECs, Human umbilical vein endothelial cells; KO, knockout; MrgDR, Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor member D receptor; MrgER, Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor member E receptor; NO, nitric oxide; P2Y6R, P2Y6 purinergic receptor; PKA, protein kinase A; SecR, secretin receptor; SERCA, sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase; SHR, Spontaneously hypertensive rat; VSMC, Vascular smooth muscle cells; WKY, Wistar Kyoto; α1DR, adrenergic α1D receptor; α2C receptor; α2C-AR, adrenergic; β2AR, adrenergic β2 receptor; βAR, adrenergic β receptor.