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Regul Pept ; 156(1-3): 28-33, 2009 Aug 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19445972

ABSTRACT

This study was performed to provide insight into the regulatory role of angiotensin II and arterial pressure on the activity of antioxidant enzymes and oxidative stress generation in the hypertensive kidney from an experimental animal model of renovascular hypertension. Aortic coarcted and sham-operated rats received vehicle, losartan or minoxidil in their drinking water. After 7 d of treatment rats were sacrificed; hypertensive kidneys were excised, and the NAD(P)H oxidase subunits expression, TBARS production, glutathione level and the activity of heme oxygenase-1 and classical antioxidant enzymes, were evaluated. Losartan administration significantly reduced oxidative stress generation decreasing NAD(P)H oxidase expression, independently of the drop in arterial pressure. On the other hand, antioxidant enzymes were regulated by arterial pressure and they were not implicated in kidney protection against oxidative damage. Findings here reported strongly suggest that clinical therapeutics with the Ang II type 1 receptor blocker prevents oxidative stress generation and may attenuate the kidney oxidative damage in the renovascular hypertension. We hypothesize that the pathway followed by the Ang II blocker to achieve this renoprotection, though independent of the primary antioxidant enzymatic system, depends on NAD(P)H oxidase downregulation.


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Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers/pharmacology , Blood Pressure/drug effects , Down-Regulation/drug effects , Kidney/drug effects , Kidney/metabolism , Losartan/pharmacology , NADPH Oxidases/metabolism , Animals , Blotting, Western , Glutathione/metabolism , Heme Oxygenase-1/metabolism , Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism , Hypertension, Renovascular/drug therapy , In Vitro Techniques , Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects , Male , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Rats , Rats, Wistar
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J Pept Sci ; 10(6): 342-9, 2004 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15214439

ABSTRACT

Fasciculins are peptides isolated from mamba (Dendroaspis) venoms which exert their toxic action by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase (AChE). They contain a characteristic triple stranded antiparallel beta-sheet formed by residues 22-27, 34-39 and 48-53. A chimeric peptide named Fas-C, encompassing most of these sequences was synthesized using SPPS/Boc-chemistry and characterized chemically, structurally and functionally. Fas-C has two disulfide bridges, formed sequentially using dual cysteine protection. SDS-PAGE patterns, HPLC profiles and MS proved the peptide identity. Circular dichroism indicated the presence of 13.6% and 41.6% of beta-sheet and beta-turn, respectively, comparable to values observed in the native toxin. An inhibitory effect on eel AChE was displayed by the peptide (Ki71.6 +/- 18.3 microM), although not reaching the affinity level of the parent native toxin (Ki 0.3 nM). It is confirmed that the principal binding region of fasciculin to AChE resides within loop II.


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Cholinesterase Inhibitors/chemistry , Cholinesterase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Elapid Venoms/chemistry , Elapid Venoms/pharmacology , Acetylcholinesterase/chemistry , Amino Acid Sequence , Cholinesterase Inhibitors/chemical synthesis , Chymotrypsin/chemistry , Elapid Venoms/chemical synthesis , Molecular Sequence Data , Peptides/chemical synthesis , Peptides/chemistry , Prolyl Oligopeptidases , Protein Structure, Secondary , Serine Endopeptidases/chemistry
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