Angiotensin II AT1 receptors in rat superior cervical ganglia: characterization and stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis. |
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Authors: | C Str?mberg K Tsutsumi M Viswanathan J M Saavedra |
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Institution: | Section on Pharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. |
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Abstract: | Angiotensin II receptor number was higher in superior cervical ganglia of 2-week-old when compared to 8-week-old rats. In both young and adult rats, specific binding of 125I]Sar1]angiotensin II was displaced competitively by the AT1-receptor antagonist DuP 753 but not by the AT2-receptor competitor PD 123177. In ganglia from adult rats, DuP 753 competed with an IC50 of 113 nM. The stable guanine nucleotide GTP gamma S inhibited binding of 125I]Sar1]angiotensin II in young and adult rats by approximately 50% with IC50 values of 105 and 120 nM, respectively, suggesting that the angiotensin receptor is G-protein linked. Angiotensin II at a dose of 1 microM stimulated inositol phosphate formation 58% over control values in superior cervical ganglia from 8-week-old rats. This effect was totally blocked by 10 microM DuP 753 but not by 10 microM PD 123177. Our findings demonstrate that rat superior cervical ganglia contain AT1-type angiotensin receptors that are probably G-protein linked, and their stimulation results in increased inositol phospholipid metabolism. |
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