Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition (ACEi) ameliorates the development of hypertension and the intrarenal ANG II augmentation in ANG II-infused mice. To determine if these effects are associated with changes in the mouse intrarenal renin-angiotensin system, the expression of angiotensinogen (AGT), renin, ACE, angiotensin type 1 receptor (AT(1)R) mRNA (by quanitative RT-PCR) and prote...

The absorbance difference measured when angiotensin-converting enzyme (EC 3.4.15.1) hydrolyzes the substrate N-[3-(2-furyl)acryloyl]-L-phenylalanylglycylglycine is the basis for measuring its activity. We show this difference to be instrument dependent, and describe a method for deriving it that is applicable to manual or automated procedures.

Accessory cholera enterotoxin (Ace) is a recently identified toxin of Vibrio cholerae. Preliminary studies using crude toxin extracts in animal models indicate that Ace increases transcellular ion transport, which is proposed to contribute to diarrhea in cholera. The lack of purified toxin has hindered elucidation of the mechanism of action of Ace. In this study, ace was cloned and was expresse...

Ageratum conyzoides (Asteraceae) has been widely used in traditional medicine in several countries for the treatment of skin diseases, ulcer wound, diarrhea, fever, pain and inflammation. Leaf extracts from Ageratum conyzoides have been shown anti-inflammatory activity in several in vivo models. However, the mechanism of its action has not been described yet. In this study, we determined the an...

Multiple pathways of angiotensin (Ang) I conversion and their functional role in the canine penile corpus cavernosum were investigated. Biochemical analysis revealed high activities of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) (6.9 +/- 1.7 mU/mg of protein, mean +/- S.E.M., n = 8) and chymase-like enzyme (4.0 +/- 1.4 mU/mg of protein). Functional recording of isometric tension showed that Ang I (3 x ...

Hypertension is one of the most common worldwide diseases in humans. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) plays an important role in regulating blood pressure and hypertension. An evaluation was done on the effect of Alcalase hydrolysis of defatted Jatropha curcas kernel meal on ACE inhibitory activity in the resulting hydrolysate and its purified fractions. Alcalase exhibited broad specificit...

diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial disease. it has recently been shown that an insertion (i)/deletion (d) polymorphism exists in the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ace) gene that can affect the serum ace level. there are three genotypes: dd, di, and ii, with the ace level being highest in dd, intermediate in di, and lowest in ii. in the present investigation, 170 patients with type 2 diabete...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE; EC 3.4.15.1) is a zinc-containing dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase widely distributed in mammalian tissues and is thought to play a critical role in blood pressure regulation. Testis contains a unique, androgen-dependent ACE isozyme of unknown function. We have determined the cDNA sequence for human testicular ACE; it encodes a protein that is identical, from resi...