Abstract
Agonistic autoantibody to the angiotensin II type I receptor (AT1-AA) is highly associated with preeclampsia by increasing the sensitivity of Ang II during pregnancy in rats, thus leading to a preeclampsia-like syndrome. However, the mechanism underlying this phenomenon remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to observe AT1-AA amplification of Ang II-induced vasoconstriction in rat thoracic aortic rings. It was found that exposure to low concentrations of AT1-AA (0.4 nM) caused a contraction of <5% of the maximal response to 60 mM KCl. In addition, the Ang II-induced contractile response was amplified in the presence of a threshold contraction to AT1-AA, as manifested by a leftward shift of the midpoint of the concentration-response curve with no change in the maximal response. These results showed that preincubation with low AT1-AA could amplify the Ang II dose-response curve, and this amplification could be attenuated markedly by 0.1 µM heptapeptide AFHYESQ. In calcium-free Krebs solution, 10 µM of 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (an IP3 receptor inhibitor) both blocked the AT1-AA base contraction and completely abolished the amplification. Both 5 µM of U-73122 (a phospholipase C inhibitor) and 10 µM of εV1-2 (an εPKC inh...Continue Reading
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