The aims of this study were to elucidate the distribution of angiotensin receptors (AT(1) and AT(2)) in the duodenal wall and to investigate whether AT(2) receptors are involved in the regulation of duodenal mucosal alkaline secretion, which is of importance for the mucosal defense against gastric acid. Immunohistochemistry was used to locate AT(1) and AT(2) receptors in chloralose-anesthetized...

SEXTON, P.M., ZHUO, J. and MENDELSOHN, F.A.O. Localization and Regulation of Renal Receptors for Angiotensin II and Atrial Natriuretic Peptide. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1992, 166 (1), 41-56 The anatomical distribution of receptors for angiotensin II (Ang II) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) within the kidney has been investigated by in vitro autoradiography. Ang II and ANP receptor binding occu...

Recent studies suggest that angiotensin II is released from neuronal tissue in vitro, but the occurrence of this phenomenon in the intact brain has not yet been demonstrated. To characterize the in vivo release of immunoreactive angiotensin II, push-pull cannulas were positioned in the anterior hypothalamus in 47 Sprague-Dawley rats (200-250 g) anesthetized with Inactin (100 mg/kg i.p.). Artifi...

We developed coarse-grained models of spike proteins in SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor to study the endocytosis a whole under physiologically relevant spatial temporal scales. first conducted all-atom explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations recently characterized structures ACE2 proteins. then established using shape-based coarse-graining appr...

Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system has been shown to improve symptoms and prognosis in heart failure. We compared the effects of inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme or blockade of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptors in a model with renin-induced hypertension that is known to exhibit similar changes in sympathetic activation and beta-adrenergic desensitization, as observed in h...

Angiotensin II (AngII) is the biologically active peptide of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Tissue- based, local RAS has been identified in the prostate, testis, epididymis and coagulating glands. Experimental and clinical studies have consistently shown that myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with activation of the systemic RAS with increased concentration of angiotensin peptides in...

Local renin-angiotensin systems exist in various malignant tumor tissues; this suggests that the main effector peptide, angiotensin II, could act as a key factor in tumor growth. The underlying mechanisms for the anti-angiogenic effect of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers need to be further evaluated. The present study was carried out to investigate the anti-angiogenic effect of olmesarta...