PMID: 9553399Apr 29, 1998Paper

Endothelin and arterial hypertension

Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
H Kara-PerzT Kosicka

Abstract

Endothelins (ETs) are peptides of 21 amino acids synthesized and released by variety of cells. Endothelin (now this peptide is called endothelin-1 (ET-1)) was isolated and identified in 1988 by Yanagisawa et al. Following studies revealed two other isoforms of endothelin': Endothelin-2 (ET-2) and endothelin-3 (ET-3). All of them bind to two types of receptors (A and B (ET-A r, ET-Br). ET-A r are responsible for concentration mediating. Two subtypes of ET-B r are known. ET-B1 r mediates vasorelaxation; ET-B2 vasoconstriction. ETs (especially ET-1) have variety of biological actions but the most important are vasoconstrictor and mitogenic action. Through these two mechanism ETs may participate in the pathogenesis and/or in the maintenance of hypertension in both experimental animal models and human essential hypertension. The intravenous infusion of synthetic ET induces a long-lasting elevation of blood pressure in experimental animals and in healthy humans. Number of studies have shown enhanced responses to ET in hypertensive subjects but decreased responses have also been reported. Similarly, plasma levels of ET-1 are either normal or elevated in experimental and human essential hypertension. Numerous investigators have suggest...Continue Reading

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