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Marceau F, Bawolak MT, Fortin JP, Morissette G, Roy C, Bachelard H, Gera L, Charest-Morin X. Bifunctional ligands of the bradykinin B 2 and B 1 receptors: An exercise in peptide hormone plasticity. Peptides 2018; 105:37-50. [PMID: 29802875 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2018.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Kinins are the small and fragile hydrophilic peptides related to bradykinin (BK) and derived from circulating kininogens via the action of kallikreins. Kinins bind to the preformed and widely distributed B2 receptor (B2R) and to the inducible B1 receptor (B1R). B2Rs and B1Rs are related G protein coupled receptors that possess natural agonist ligands of nanomolar affinity (BK and Lys BK for B2Rs, Lys-des-Arg9-BK for B1R). Decades of structure-activity exploration have resulted in the production of peptide analogs that are antagonists, one of which is clinically used (the B2R antagonist icatibant), and also non-peptide ligands for both receptor subtypes. The modification of kinin receptor ligands has made them resistant to extracellular or endosomal peptidases and/or produced bifunctional ligands, defined as agonist or antagonist peptide ligands conjugated with a chemical fluorophore (emitting in the whole spectrum, from the infrared to the ultraviolet), a drug-like moiety, an epitope, an isotope chelator/carrier, a cleavable sequence (thus forming a pro-drug) and even a fused protein. Dual molecular targets for specific modified peptides may be a source of side effects or of medically exploitable benefits. Biotechnological protein ligands for either receptor subtype have been produced: they are enhanced green fluorescent protein or the engineered peroxidase APEX2 fused to an agonist kinin sequence at their C-terminal terminus. Antibodies endowed with pharmacological actions (agonist, antagonist) at B2R have been reported, though not monoclonal antibodies. These findings define classes of alternative ligands of the kinin receptor of potential therapeutic and diagnostic value.
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- CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1 V 4G2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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Jean M, Gera L, Charest-Morin X, Marceau F, Bachelard H. In Vivo Effects of Bradykinin B2 Receptor Agonists with Varying Susceptibility to Peptidases. Front Pharmacol 2016; 6:306. [PMID: 26793104 PMCID: PMC4709452 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We reported evidence of bradykinin (BK) regeneration from C-terminal extended BK sequences that behave as peptidase-activated B2 receptor (B2R) agonists. Further to these in vitro studies, we carried out in vivo experiments to verify hemodynamic effects of BK analogs exhibiting variable susceptibility toward vascular and blood plasma peptidases. Rats were anesthetized and instrumented to record blood pressure and heart rate responses to bolus intravenous (i.v.) injection of increasing doses of BK, B-9972 (D-Arg-[Hyp(3),Igl(5),Oic(7),Igl(8)]-BK), BK-Arg, BK-His-Leu or BK-Ala-Pro, in the absence or presence of specific inhibitors. In some experiments, pulsed Doppler flow probes measured hindquarter Doppler shift in response to i.v. injections of kinins. BK caused rapid, transient and dose-related hypotensive effects. These effects were potentiated ∼15-fold by the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, enalaprilat, but extensively inhibited by icatibant (a B2R antagonist) and not influenced by the Arg-carboxypeptidase (CP) inhibitor (Plummer's inhibitor). The hypotensive responses elicited by the peptidase-resistant B2R agonist, B-9972, were not affected by enalaprilat, but were inhibited by icatibant. The hypotensive responses to BK-Arg were abolished by pre-treatment with either the Arg-CP inhibitor or icatibant, pharmacologically evidencing BK regeneration. The hypotensive effects of BK-His-Leu and BK-Ala-Pro, previously reported as ACE-activated substrates, were abolished by icatibant, but not by enalaprilat. In vivo regeneration of BK from these two C-terminally extended analogs with no affinity for the B2R must follow alternative cleavage rules involving unidentified carboxypeptidase(s) when ACE is blocked. The transient hypotensive responses to BK and three tested analogs coincided with concomitant vasodilation (increased Doppler shift signal). Together, these results provide in vivo evidence that interesting hypotensive and vasodilator effects can be extracted from prodrug peptides that behave as peptidase-activated B2R agonists.
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- Mélissa Jean
- Axe Endocrinologie et Néphrologie, Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver CO, USA
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- Axe Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, Québec QC, Canada
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- Axe Maladies Infectieuses et Immunitaires, Centre de recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, Québec QC, Canada
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- Axe Endocrinologie et Néphrologie, Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec QC, Canada
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Gera L, Bawolak MT, Roy C, Lodge R, Marceau F. Design of Fluorescent Bradykinin Analogs: Application to Imaging of B2 Receptor-Mediated Agonist Endocytosis and Trafficking and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2011; 337:33-41. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.110.177147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Bawolak MT, Gera L, Morissette G, Bouthillier J, Stewart JM, Gobeil LA, Lodge R, Adam A, Marceau F. Fluorescent Ligands of the Bradykinin B1 Receptors: Pharmacologic Characterization and Application to the Study of Agonist-Induced Receptor Translocation and Cell Surface Receptor Expression. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2009; 329:159-68. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.108.149724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Bawolak MT, Gera L, Bouthillier J, Stewart JM, Adam A, Marceau F. A fluorescent version of the bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist B-9430: pharmacological characterization and use in live cell imaging. Peptides 2008; 29:1626-30. [PMID: 18565624 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2008] [Revised: 05/07/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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B-9430 (d-Arg-[Hyp3, Igl5, D-Igl7, Oic8]-bradykinin), where Hyp is trans-4-hydroxyproline, Igl is alpha-(2-indanyl)glycine and Oic is (3as, 7as)-octahydroindol-2-yl-carbonyl is a high affinity bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist with effects extended to the B1 receptors at high concentrations. The N-terminus of B-9430 has been extended with d-biotinyl (B-10330) or 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein-epsilon-aminocaproyl (B-10380) to derive fluorescent receptor probes. The pharmacological profile of B-10380 was similar to that of B-9430 with a minor loss of potency (a competitive antagonist of bradykinin at the B2 receptors of the human isolated umbilical vein, pA2 6.83; an insurmountable antagonist at the B2 receptors in the rabbit jugular vein; a weak competitive antagonist of the B1 receptors in the rabbit aorta, pA2 5.95). B-10330 and B-10380 displaced the binding of [3H]bradykinin from rabbit B2 receptors with a potency slightly inferior to that of B-9430 (larger gap at the rat B2 receptor). Treatment with B-10330 and fluorescent streptavidin did not support imaging of recombinant B2 receptors. However, the plasma membrane of HEK 293a cells that transiently expressed recombinant rabbit B2 receptors, but not B1 receptors, was labeled with 5-50 nM B-10380 (epifluorescence microscopy). B-10380 staining was not observed in nontransfected cells and was abolished by co-treating receptor-expressing cells with a nonpeptide antagonist. The N-terminal extension of a potent peptide antagonist of the bradykinin B2 receptor with a fluorophore produced a fluorescent probe suitable for live cell imaging and other applications at the expense of a minor loss of affinity.
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- Marie-Thérèse Bawolak
- Centre de recherche en rhumatologie et immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2
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Structural modification of the highly potent peptide bradykinin B1 receptor antagonist B9958. Int Immunopharmacol 2007; 8:289-92. [PMID: 18182242 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2007] [Accepted: 06/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bradykinin (BK)-related peptides stimulate two major classes of receptors, B1 and B2. The B1 receptor (B1R) plays an important role in various pathophysiological states including chronic inflammation, pain, hypotension, trauma and proliferation of cancer. Therefore, there is interest in the development of highly potent peptide BK B1R antagonists. We previously developed a highly potent and selective BK B1R receptor antagonist, B9958 (Lys-Lys-[Hyp3, CpG5, d-Tic7, CpG8]des-Arg9-BK) (Hyp, trans-4-hydroxyproline; CpG, alpha-cyclopentylglycine; Tic, tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid). We now report on new BK B1R antagonist analogs of B9958 with N-terminal basic residues in the d-configuration, or Lys-, Orn- derivatives (NiK, epsilon-nicotinoyllysine; PzO, 3-pyrazinoylornithine) and/or having hindered unusual amino acids at position 5 (Igl, alpha-(2-indanyl)glycine). These changes were designed to prevent enzyme degradation while keeping an acceptable affinity. However, these new analogs do not show higher B1R antagonist activity than B9958, but its N-terminal acylated derivative with a bulky and hydrophobic 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorocinnamic acid (F5c), B10324, retains a B1R antagonist activity close to that of B9958 and, in addition, has high inhibition in vivo against lung cancer (SCLC, 86 %) and moderate inhibition against prostate cancer (PC3, 43%) xenografts. This class of compounds offers hope for the development of new BK antagonist peptide drugs for lung or prostate cancer.
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El Sayah M, Medeiros R, Fernandes ES, Campos MM, Calixto JB. Mechanisms underlying lipopolysaccharide-induced kinin B1 receptor up-regulation in the pig iris sphincter in vitro. Mol Pharmacol 2006; 69:1701-8. [PMID: 16467189 DOI: 10.1124/mol.105.021097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Kinin B1 receptors are known to be highly induced after inflammatory stimuli in several biological systems. We report that incubation of pig iris sphincter with lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli caused a marked and time-related up-regulation of B1, accompanied by a reduction of B2 receptor-mediated contractile responses. The up-regulation of B1 receptors by lipopolysaccharide stimulation was decreased by the inhibitors of protein synthesis, cycloheximide and actinomycin D, and by dexamethasone and the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inhibitor pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (PDTC). In addition, lipopolysaccharide-induced up-regulation of B1 receptors in the pig iris sphincter was significantly reduced by the p38 inhibitor 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-methylsulfinylphenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl)1H-imidazole (SB203580) and to a lesser extent by the extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) blocker 2'-amino-3'-methoxyflavone (PD98059). Molecular biology experiments demonstrated that in vitro incubation with lipopolysaccharide resulted in a time-dependent and remarkable activation of NF-kappaB and of p38 and ERK1/2 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, in pig iris sphincter preparations. While attempting to verify how MAP kinases are part of the B1 receptor-activated signaling transduction pathways, we observed that PD98059 was able to markedly reduce the contraction induced by B1 receptor activation in lipopolysaccharide-pretreated pig iris sphincter muscle but that this response was only partially decreased by SB203580. Our results extend the previous evidence on the mechanisms underlying the B1 receptor upregulation processes and demonstrate for the first time how this takes place in an ocular tissue, the pig iris sphincter. It is therefore possible to define B1 receptors as therapeutic targets for the treatment of infectious and inflammatory alterations of the eye.
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- Mariem El Sayah
- Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, Trindade, Bloco D, CCB, Postal Box 476, CEP 88049-900, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Morissette G, Marceau F. Molecular identification and pharmacological profile of the bovine kinin B1 receptor. Biol Chem 2006; 387:211-5. [PMID: 16497154 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2006.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractTo support the study of kinin pharmacology in bovine models of cultured endothelial cells (ECs), the Bovine Genome Project was searched for a B1receptor (B1R) gene ortholog (BDKRB1). A contig complementary to an intronless coding nucleotide sequence was found. The sequence was amplified from bovine EC DNA, further cloned into pcDNA3 and expressed in COS-1 cells. The bovine B1R sequence was confirmed and extended. A putative Zn2+-binding motif HEXXH is not present (replaced by HDAWP). The receptor binds [3H]Lys-des-Arg9-bradykinin in a saturable manner (Kd0.36 nM) and exhibits a pharmacological profile similar to that of human B1R.
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- Guillaume Morissette
- Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec City G1V 4G2, Canada
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Gera L, Fortin JP, Adam A, Stewart JM, Marceau F. Discovery of a Dual-Function Peptide That Combines Aminopeptidase N Inhibition and Kinin B1Receptor Antagonism. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 317:300-8. [PMID: 16368899 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.095661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previous analyses support that aminopeptidase N is a major inactivation pathway for high-affinity peptide ligands of the human and rabbit forms of the kinin B(1) receptor (agonists or antagonists). In this study, we found that the high-affinity antagonist B-9958 (Lys-Lys-[Hyp(3), CpG(5), D-Tic(7), CpG(8)]des-Arg(9)-BK; des-Arg(9)-BK, des-arginine(9)-bradykinin) is an aminopeptidase N substrate based on its capacity to compete for the hydrolysis of the chromogenic substrate L-Ala-p-nitroanilide by membranes isolated from human or rabbit arterial smooth muscle cells, its inactivation in the presence of these membranes (radioreceptor assay) and on its intense potentiation by the aminopeptidase N inhibitor amastatin in the rabbit aorta contractility assay (gain of 0.84 units in the pA(2) scale). Analogs of B-9958 in which the N-terminal Lys residue was substituted by D-Lys or D-Arg (B-10352 and B-10356, respectively) showed reduced affinity at the human or rabbit B(1) receptors (1.2-2.8-fold), as estimated by the displacement of [(3)H]Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK binding, but were more potent antagonists of des-Arg(9)-BK-induced contraction of the rabbit aorta than B-9958 in the absence of amastatin; they were not potentiated by the latter inhibitor. Unexpectedly, B-10356 inhibited L-Ala- p-nitroanilide hydrolysis without being inactivated, suggesting that it is an aminopeptidase N inhibitor. This was verified because B-10356 (but not B-10352) potentiated peptides unrelated to kinins but susceptible to aminopeptidase N inactivation (angiotensin III, thrombin receptor hexapeptide agonist). B-10356 inhibits dual molecular targets (aminopeptidase N enzyme K(i), 0.9-2.2 microM; kinin B(1) receptor binding K(i), 0.5-1.5 nM), and this may be an advantage for specific therapeutic applications (e.g., inhibition of angiogenesis).
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- Lajos Gera
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA
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Fortin JP, Gera L, Bouthillier J, Stewart JM, Adam A, Marceau F. Endogenous Aminopeptidase N Decreases the Potency of Peptide Agonists and Antagonists of the Kinin B1Receptors in the Rabbit Aorta. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 314:1169-76. [PMID: 15919764 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.088799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The B(1) receptor for kinins is selectively stimulated by bradykinin-related fragments lacking the C-terminal arginine, des-arginine(9)-bradykinin (des-Arg(9)-BK), and Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK. The latter peptide is the optimal agonist at the human and rabbit receptor. The B(1) receptor is inducible as a function of inflammatory conditions in the vasculature. We studied the effect of endogenously expressed peptidases on the potency of ligands of this receptor in an established bioassay, the rabbit aorta contractility. The potency measured for agonists (EC(50)) or antagonists (pA(2) scale) in this assay was compared with the affinity of each agent determined using [(3)H]Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK binding competition in cultured aortic smooth muscle cells and with the competition K(i) for the hydrolysis of the aminopeptidase chromogenic substrate L-Ala-p-nitroanilide by smooth muscle cell membranes. The contractile potency of the agonist Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK is decreased by in situ metabolism, and aminopeptidase N mediates most of the distortion (inhibited by amastatin but not efficiently by puromycin). At the other end of the spectrum, the fully protected agonist Sar-[D-Phe(8)]des-Arg(9)-BK is not significantly potentiated by peptidase inhibitors. A similar distortion of apparent potency was observed for some peptide antagonists used in the contractility assay, B-10350 (Lys-Lys-[Hyp(3), Igl(5), d-Tic(7), CpG(8)]des-Arg(9)-BK) and Lys-[Leu(8)]des-Arg(9)-BK being intensely potentiated by amastatin treatment and effective L-Ala-p-nitroanilide competitors. N-Protected peptide antagonists or a nonpeptide antagonist of the B(1) receptor were not potentiated by amastatin. The coexpression of aminopeptidase N and the kinin B(1) receptor in rabbit arterial tissue is of interest for the inactivation of the high-affinity agonist Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK and for the design of hydrosoluble antagonist drugs.
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- Jean-Philippe Fortin
- Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Canada
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Leeb-Lundberg LMF, Marceau F, Müller-Esterl W, Pettibone DJ, Zuraw BL. International union of pharmacology. XLV. Classification of the kinin receptor family: from molecular mechanisms to pathophysiological consequences. Pharmacol Rev 2005; 57:27-77. [PMID: 15734727 DOI: 10.1124/pr.57.1.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 723] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Kinins are proinflammatory peptides that mediate numerous vascular and pain responses to tissue injury. Two pharmacologically distinct kinin receptor subtypes have been identified and characterized for these peptides, which are named B1 and B2 and belong to the rhodopsin family of G protein-coupled receptors. The B2 receptor mediates the action of bradykinin (BK) and lysyl-bradykinin (Lys-BK), the first set of bioactive kinins formed in response to injury from kininogen precursors through the actions of plasma and tissue kallikreins, whereas the B(1) receptor mediates the action of des-Arg9-BK and Lys-des-Arg9-BK, the second set of bioactive kinins formed through the actions of carboxypeptidases on BK and Lys-BK, respectively. The B2 receptor is ubiquitous and constitutively expressed, whereas the B1 receptor is expressed at a very low level in healthy tissues but induced following injury by various proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1beta. Both receptors act through G alpha(q) to stimulate phospholipase C beta followed by phosphoinositide hydrolysis and intracellular free Ca2+ mobilization and through G alpha(i) to inhibit adenylate cyclase and stimulate the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. The use of mice lacking each receptor gene and various specific peptidic and nonpeptidic antagonists have implicated both B1 and B2 receptors as potential therapeutic targets in several pathophysiological events related to inflammation such as pain, sepsis, allergic asthma, rhinitis, and edema, as well as diabetes and cancer. This review is a comprehensive presentation of our current understanding of these receptors in terms of molecular and cell biology, physiology, pharmacology, and involvement in human disease and drug development.
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- L M Fredrik Leeb-Lundberg
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC, A12, SE-22184 Lund, Sweden.
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Calixto JB, Medeiros R, Fernandes ES, Ferreira J, Cabrini DA, Campos MM. Kinin B1 receptors: key G-protein-coupled receptors and their role in inflammatory and painful processes. Br J Pharmacol 2004; 143:803-18. [PMID: 15520046 PMCID: PMC1575942 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2004] [Revised: 08/03/2004] [Accepted: 09/10/2004] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Kinins are a family of peptides implicated in several pathophysiological events. Most of their effects are likely mediated by the activation of two G-protein-coupled receptors: B(1) and B(2). Whereas B(2) receptors are constitutive entities, B(1) receptors behave as key inducible molecules that may be upregulated under some special circumstances. In this context, several recent reports have investigated the importance of B(1) receptor activation in certain disease models. Furthermore, research on B(1) receptors in the last years has been mainly focused in determining the mechanisms and pathways involved in the process of induction. This was essentially favoured by the advances obtained in molecular biology studies, as well as in the design of selective and stable peptide and nonpeptide kinin B(1) receptor antagonists. Likewise, development of kinin B(1) receptor knockout mice greatly helped to extend the evidence about the relevance of B(1) receptors during pathological states. In the present review, we attempted to remark the main advances achieved in the last 5 years about the participation of kinin B(1) receptors in painful and inflammatory disorders. We have also aimed to point out some groups of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, arthritis, cancer or neuropathic pain, in which the strategic development of nonpeptidic oral-available and selective B(1) receptor antagonists could have a potential relevant therapeutic interest.
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- João B Calixto
- Department of Pharmacology, Centre of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, Trindade, 88049-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
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Morissette G, Fortin JP, Otis S, Bouthillier J, Marceau F. A Novel Nonpeptide Antagonist of the Kinin B1Receptor: Effects at the Rabbit Receptor. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2004; 311:1121-30. [PMID: 15277582 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.071266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The kinin B1 receptor (B1R) has attracted interest as a potential therapeutic target because this inducible G protein-coupled receptor is involved in sustained inflammation and inflammatory pain production. Compound 11 (2-[(2R)-1-[(3,4-dichlorophenyl) sulfonyl]-3-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoxalin-2-yl]-N-[2-[4-(4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)phenyl]ethyl]acetamide) is a high-affinity nonpeptide antagonist for the human B1R, but it is potent at the rabbit B1R as well: its Ki value for the inhibition of [3H]Lys-des-Arg9-BK (bradykinin) binding to a novel myc-labeled rabbit B1R expressed in COS-1 is 22 pM. In contractility tests (organ bath pharmacology), we found that compound 11 is an apparently surmountable antagonist of des-Arg9-BK- or Lys-des-Arg9-BK-induced contraction of the rabbit isolated aorta (pA2 values of 10.6+/-0.14 and 10.4+/-0.12, respectively). It did not influence contractions induced by angiotensin II in the rabbit aorta or by BK or histamine in the jugular vein, but it suppressed the prostaglandin-mediated relaxant effect of des-Arg9-BK on the rabbit isolated mesenteric artery. Compound 11 (1 nM) inhibited both the phosphorylation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinases induced by Lys-des-Arg9-BK in serum-starved rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells and the agonist-induced translocation of the fusion protein B1R-yellow fluorescent protein expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells. Compound 11 does not importantly modify the expression of myc-B1R over 24 h in HEK 293 cells (no detectable action as "pharmacological chaperone"). The present results support that compound 11 is a potent and highly selective antagonist suitable for further investigations of the role of the kinin B1R in models of inflammation, pain, and sepsis based on the rabbit.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/cytology
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Blotting, Western
- Bradykinin B1 Receptor Antagonists
- COS Cells
- Cell Line
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Epitopes/genetics
- Genes, myc/genetics
- Image Cytometry
- In Vitro Techniques
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Protein Folding
- Quinoxalines/pharmacology
- Rabbits
- Receptor, Bradykinin B1/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Cell Surface/biosynthesis
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/antagonists & inhibitors
- Sulfones/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- Guillaume Morissette
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche, Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 11 Côte-du-Palais, Québec, QC, Canada G1R 2J6
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Marceau F, Fortin JP, Morissette G, Dziadulewicz EK. A non-peptide antagonist unusually selective for the human form of the bradykinin B2 receptor. Int Immunopharmacol 2003; 3:1529-36. [PMID: 12946450 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5769(03)00180-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Analgesic and anti-inflammatory applications for non-peptide bradykinin (BK) B2 receptor antagonists have been documented in rats. However, very large species differences in affinity were also noted within this class of drugs, making the preclinical development of relevant drugs difficult. Bradyzide is a potent antagonist at the rat B2 receptor, but a weak one at the human receptor; a series of analogues in which the diphenylmethyl moiety of this drug has been substituted with dibenzosuberane have been reported to gain potency at the human B2 receptor, with some loss of affinity at the rat receptor. The present experiments have been performed in order to verify that the novel series of dibenzosuberane B2 receptor antagonist optimized for affinity in the human species are effective in the isolated human umbilical vein contractility assay. Bradyzide, its analog compound (S)-14c and the dibenzosuberane compounds (S)-14d and 19c surmountably antagonized BK-induced contraction (pA2 values of 5.42, 6.48, 7.42 and 7.53, respectively). In the rabbit jugular vein contractility assay, the pA2 of compound 19c was smaller than 5. Potency at the recombinant rabbit B2 receptor was generally decreasing in the series of four drugs (Ki in a [3H]BK competition assay to recombinant receptors of 0.78, 0.77, 10.2 and 44.4 nM, respectively); these four compounds did not displace [3H]Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK binding from human B1 receptors expressed by smooth muscle cells. The dibenzosuberane compound 19c, verified to functionally antagonize the vascular B2 receptor, is an example of a drug unusually specific for the human form of the receptor.
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- François Marceau
- Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, 11 Côte-du-Palais, Québec, Québec, Canada G1R 2J6.
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Fortin JP, Gobeil F, Adam A, Regoli D, Marceau F. Do angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors directly stimulate the kinin B1 receptor? Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003; 285:H277-82. [PMID: 12649080 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01124.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It has been recently claimed that the human B1 receptors for kinins bind angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors via a potential zinc-binding domain and are pharmacologically stimulated by these drugs. We verified whether ACE inhibitors stimulate B1 receptors in vitro. The isolated rabbit aorta or mouse stomach responded by negligible contractions to the application of captopril, enalaprilat, or zofenoprilat. The human isolated umbilical vein also failed to respond to enalaprilat. All of these preparations were responsive to the B1 receptor agonists des-Arg9-bradykinin (BK) or Lys-des-Arg9-BK. Furthermore, enalaprilat applied continuously had no significant interaction with the effects of Lys-des-Arg9-BK on the rabbit aorta. Enalaprilat failed to stimulate [3H]arachidonate release, translocate the receptors (confocal microscopy), or stimulate ERK1/2 phosphorylation (immunoblot) in HEK-293 cells stably expressing the rabbit B1 receptor conjugated to yellow fluorescent protein. The phospho-ERK1/2 content of arterial smooth muscle cells of human or rabbit origin was increased by treatment with Lys-des-Arg9-BK but not with enalaprilat. ACE inhibitors do not act as bona fide agonists of the kinin B1 receptors.
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MESH Headings
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/drug effects
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Arachidonic Acid/metabolism
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cell Line
- Enalaprilat/pharmacology
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Kallidin/analogs & derivatives
- Kallidin/pharmacology
- Luminescent Proteins
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Phospholipases A/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Receptor, Bradykinin B1
- Receptors, Bradykinin/drug effects
- Subcellular Fractions/drug effects
- Subcellular Fractions/metabolism
- Translocation, Genetic/drug effects
- Umbilical Veins/drug effects
- Umbilical Veins/metabolism
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- Jean-Philippe Fortin
- Centre de recherche en cancérologie de l'Université Laval, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Canada G1R 2J6.
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Fortin JP, Bouthillier J, Marceau F. High agonist-independent clearance of rabbit kinin B1 receptors in cultured cells. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2003; 284:H1647-54. [PMID: 12521931 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00884.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We hypothesized that the inducible kinin B(1) receptor (B(1)R) is rapidly cleared from cells when its synthesis subsides. The agonist-independent degradation of the rabbit B(1)Rs and related B(2) receptors (B(2)Rs) was investigated. Endocytosis of the B(1)R-yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) conjugate was more intense than that of B(2)R-green fluorescent protein (GFP) based on fluorescence accumulation in HEK 293 cells treated with a lysosomal inhibitor. The cells expressing B(1)R-YFP contained more GFP/YFP-sized degradation product(s) than those expressing B(2)R-GFP (immunoblot, antibodies equally reacting with both fluorescent proteins). The binding site density of B(1)R-YFP decreased in the presence of protein synthesis or maturation inhibitors (anisomycin, brefeldin A), whereas that of B(2)R-GFP remained constant. Wild-type B(1)Rs were also cleared faster than B(2)Rs in rabbit smooth muscle cells treated with metabolic inhibitors. Contractility experiments based on brefeldin A-treated isolated rabbit blood vessels also functionally support that B(1)Rs are more rapidly eliminated than B(2)Rs (decreased maximal effect of agonist over 2 h). The highly regulated B(1)R is rapidly degraded, relative to the constitutive B(2)R.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anisomycin/pharmacology
- Aorta/cytology
- Bradykinin/metabolism
- Bradykinin/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Humans
- Immunoblotting
- Indicators and Reagents/metabolism
- Jugular Veins/cytology
- Kallidin/analogs & derivatives
- Kallidin/metabolism
- Kallidin/pharmacology
- Kidney/cytology
- Luminescent Proteins/genetics
- Muscle Contraction/drug effects
- Muscle Contraction/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Rabbits
- Radioligand Assay
- Receptor, Bradykinin B1
- Receptor, Bradykinin B2
- Receptors, Bradykinin/agonists
- Receptors, Bradykinin/genetics
- Receptors, Bradykinin/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Tritium
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Affiliation(s)
- Jean-Philippe Fortin
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 11 Côte-du-Palais, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada G1R 2J6
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Marceau F, Sabourin T, Houle S, Fortin JP, Petitclerc E, Molinaro G, Adam A. Kinin receptors: functional aspects. Int Immunopharmacol 2002; 2:1729-39. [PMID: 12489786 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5769(02)00189-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Two types of receptors (B1R, B2R) for kinins are defined in mammalian species. Comparative experiments involving recombinant fusion proteins consisting of rabbit B1R or B2R fused to GFP-related proteins are exploited to study the regulation of the response to kinins at the receptor level. The following points will be briefly reviewed and supported by some novel data. (1) The constitutive B2Rs are internalized upon agonist stimulation, but completely recycled to the cell surface; however, B2R destruction can be achieved following limited proteolysis (extracellular trypsin, neutrophil proteases), a plausible down-regulation mechanism in pathology. (2) The inducible B1Rs, stimulated by des-Arg9-kinins, are not phosphorylated nor internalized upon agonist stimulation, but rather undergo a reversible redistribution to caveolae-related rafts. B2Rs are also subjected to this translocation, but only transiently (before endocytosis). (3) Based on the analysis of rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells, B1R induction by cytokines is dependent on nuclear factor KB in rabbit vascular tissue, but exogenous kinins acting on either receptor type do not induce B1R expression.
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- François Marceau
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 11 Côte du Palais, Quebec, Canada GIR 2J6.
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Vauquelin G, Van Liefde I, Birzbier BB, Vanderheyden PML. New insights in insurmountable antagonism. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2002; 16:263-72. [PMID: 12570014 DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-8206.2002.00095.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Antagonists that produce parallel rightward shifts of agonist dose-response curves with no alteration of the maximal response are traditionally classified as surmountable, while insurmountable antagonists also depress the maximal response. Although the longevity of the antagonist-receptor complex is quoted in many studies to explain insurmountable antagonism, slowly interconverting receptor conformations, allosteric binding sites, and receptor internalization have been evoked as alternative explanations. To complicate matters even further, insurmountable antagonism is not only drug-related; it may also depend on the tissue, species and experimental design. For the sake of drug development, it is important to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of insurmountable antagonism. New experimental approaches, such as intact cell studies and the use of computer-assisted simulations based on dynamic receptor models, herald the advent of better insight in the future.
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- G Vauquelin
- Department of Molecular and Biochemical Pharmacology, Free University of Brussels (VUB), Sint-Genesius Rode, Belgium.
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Sabourin T, Morissette G, Bouthillier J, Levesque L, Marceau F. Expression of kinin B(1) receptor in fresh or cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle: role of NF-kappa B. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 283:H227-37. [PMID: 12063295 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00978.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kinin B(1) receptor (B(1)R) expression and the importance of the transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B in this process were evaluated in models based on the rabbit aorta: freshly isolated tissue (postisolation induction) and cultured smooth muscle cells (SMCs). A 3-h incubation of freshly isolated tissues determined a sharp B(1)R mRNA increase (RT-PCR). Coincubation of tissues with a stimulus (interleukin-1 beta, fetal bovine serum, epidermal growth factor, or cycloheximide) further increased mRNA levels. Cultured SMCs possessed a basal population of surface B(1)Rs ([(3)H]Lys-des-Arg(9)-bradykinin binding) that was upregulated by treatments with the same set of stimuli (binding, mRNA, nuclear runon). Pharmacological inhibitors of NF-kappa B (MG-132, BAY 11-7082, dexamethasone) or actinomycin D reduced the postisolation induction of B(1)Rs in fresh aortic tissue (contractility or mRNA) and the cytokine effect on cells (mRNA, binding). NF-kappa B may be a common mediator of various stimuli that increase B(1)R gene transcription in the rabbit aorta, including tissue isolation, but cycloheximide also stabilizes B(1)R mRNA. The SMC models faithfully mimic the in vivo situation with regard to B(1)R regulation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Aorta/cytology
- Aorta/drug effects
- Aorta/metabolism
- Blood Proteins/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Dexamethasone/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Interleukin-1/pharmacology
- Leupeptins/pharmacology
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Nitriles
- Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Organic Chemicals
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rabbits
- Receptor, Bradykinin B1
- Receptors, Bradykinin/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Bradykinin/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sulfones
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
- Up-Regulation/physiology
- Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology
- Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- Thierry Sabourin
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de Recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec Canada G1R 2J6
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Neugebauer W, Blais PA, Hallé S, Filteau C, Regoli D, Gobeil F. Kinin B1 receptor antagonists with multi-enzymatic resistance properties. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2002; 80:287-92. [PMID: 12025963 DOI: 10.1139/y02-053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The kinin B, receptor has been implicated in a variety of pathological states; therefore, potent, selective, and specific antagonists with prolonged duration of action in vivo are needed. Using R-715 (AcLys[D-beta-Nal(7),Ile(8)] desArg9BK) as a template, new peptides containing alpha-MePhe in position 5, Oic in position 2, and AcOrn instead of AcLys at the N-terminal were prepared and tested for their antagonist potency, their selectivity, and their specificity for the kinin B1 receptor. In vitro metabolic stabilities toward aminopeptidase M (from human plasma), aminopeptidase P (from human platelets), and angiotensin-converting enzyme (purified from rabbit lung) were also investigated. The results of this study indicate that the three modifications applied separately are as well tolerated as they are when present conjointly in the template R-715. Indeed, pA2 values of R-715 (ranging from 8.40 to 8.5) do not differ significantly from the analogues R-954 and R-955 (both ranging from 8.4 to 8.6) when measured at kinin B1 receptors from rabbit aortas and human umbilical veins. Moreover, the chemical modifications utilized in the peptides R-954 and R-955 have provided resistance against aminopeptidases M and P, as well as the angiotensin-converting enzyme, unlike the early (e.g., Lys[Leu8]desArg9BK) and more recent (e.g., R-715, B-9858) generations of B, receptor antagonists. Ongoing in vivo assays will validate the assumption that the analogues R-954 and R-955 have a prolonged duration of action.
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Mason GS, Cumberbatch MJ, Hill RG, Rupniak NMJ. The bradykinin B1 receptor antagonist B9858 inhibits a nociceptive spinal reflex in rabbits. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2002; 80:264-8. [PMID: 12025959 DOI: 10.1139/y02-049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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There are two bradykinin receptor subtypes, designated B1 and B2. Whilst both have been implicated in nociception, it is believed that there is a low level of constitutive expression of B1 receptors and that their expression is induced by inflammation or tissue damage. The present study investigated the role of B1 receptors in spinal nociceptive processing using an in vivo electrophysiological assay in decerebrate, spinalized rabbits, a species that shares close B1 receptor homology with the human receptor. Inflammation was induced in the paw by an injection of complete Freund's adjuvant at least 1 h before recording single motor unit activity of the semitendinous/biceps femoris muscle in response to a noxious pinch of the foot. Control animals received an intraplantar injection of saline. The peptide B1 receptor antagonist B9858 was administered i.v. and caused dose-dependent and complete inhibition of the nociceptive spinal reflex (ID50 = 1 mg x kg(-1)). In control animals without paw inflammation, B9858 had no effect. These findings are consistent with other evidence that peptide B1 receptor antagonists inhibit spinal nociceptive reflexes only after induction of B1 receptors by inflammation and support the potential therapeutic utility of B1 receptor antagonists as analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs.
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- Glenn S Mason
- Department of Pharmacology, Neuroscience Research Centre, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, Harlow, Essex, UK
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Sabourin T, Bastien L, Bachvarov DR, Marceau F. Agonist-induced translocation of the kinin B(1) receptor to caveolae-related rafts. Mol Pharmacol 2002; 61:546-53. [PMID: 11854434 DOI: 10.1124/mol.61.3.546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The kallikrein-kinin system, activated during inflammatory conditions and the regulation of specific cardiovascular and renal functions, includes two G protein-coupled receptors for bradykinin (BK)-related peptides. The B(1) receptor (B(1)R) subtype is not believed to undergo agonist-induced phosphorylation and endocytosis. A conjugate made of the rabbit B(1)R fused with the yellow variant of green fluorescent protein (YFP) was expressed in mammalian cells. In COS-1 or human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells, the construction exhibited a nanomolar affinity for the agonist radioligand [(3)H]Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK or the antagonist ligand [(3)H]Lys-[Leu(8)]des-Arg(9)-BK and a pharmacological profile virtually identical to that of wild-type B(1)R. Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK stimulation of HEK 293 cells stably expressing B(1)R-YFP but not stimulation of untransfected cells released [(3)H]arachidonate in a phospholipase A(2) assay. B(1)R-YFP was visualized as a continuous labeling of the plasma membranes in stably transfected HEK 293 cells (confocal microscopy). Addition of Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK (1-100 nM) rapidly concentrated the receptor-associated fluorescence into multiple aggregates that remained associated with the plasma membrane (no significant internalization) and colocalized with caveolin-1. This reaction was slowly reversible upon agonist washing at 37 degrees C and prevented pretreatment with a B(1)R antagonist. beta-Cyclodextrin treatment, which extracts cholesterol from membranes and disrupts caveolae-related rafts, prevented agonist-induced redistribution of B(1)R-YFP but not the PLA(2) activation mediated by this receptor. The agonist radioligand copurified with caveolin-1 to a greater extent than the tritiated antagonist in buoyant fractions of HEK 293 cells treated with the ligands. Agonist-induced cellular translocation of the kinin B(1)R to caveolae-related rafts without endocytosis is a novel variation on the theme of G protein-coupled receptor adaptation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thierry Sabourin
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de Recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Canada
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Miskolzie M, Gera L, Stewart JM, Kotovych G. Correlation of secondary structures of bradykinin B1 receptor antagonists with their activity. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2002; 19:585-93. [PMID: 11843620 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2002.10506765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The secondary structure of a bradykinin B(1)receptor antagonist B-10324 (F5C-Lys-(1)- Lys(0)-Arg(1)-Pro(2)- Hyp(3)-Gly(4)-CpG(5)- Ser(6)-DTic(7)-CpG(8)) was determined by NMR at 800MHz. The conformational data are compared with those obtained previously for two bradykinin B(1) receptor antagonists, namely B-9858 (Lys-(1)- Lys(0)-Arg(1)-Pro(2)- Hyp(3)-Gly(4)-Igl(5)- Ser(6)-DIgl(7)-Oic(8)) and B-10148 (Lys-(1)-Lys(0)-Arg(1)- Pro(2)-Hyp(3)-Gly(4)- Igl(5)-Ser(6)-DF5F(7)- Oic(8)). The abnormal amino acids are: Hyp, trans-4- hydroxyproline; Tic, 1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid; Oic, (2S, 3aS, 7aS)-octahydroindole-2-carboxylic acid; Igl, alpha(2- indanyl)glycine; F5F, 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenylalanine; CpG, alpha- cyclopentylglycine. F5C, pentafluorocinnamoyl, is the N-terminal protecting group and is not involved in the peptide secondary structure. B-10324 contains an N-terminal Pro(2)- CpG(5) distorted type II beta-turn whereas the rest of the peptide is random. A salt bridge is not observed between the carboxylate group at the C-terminal end and the Arg(1) side chain, in contrast to that previously observed for B-9858 and B- 10148. The conformations are correlated with the measured B(1) receptor antagonist activities (J.-F. Larrivée, L. Gera, S. Houle, J. Bouthillier, D. R. Bachvarov, J. M. Stewart and F. Marc au, Br. J. Pharmacol. 131, 885-892 (2000)). The importance of the N-terminal beta-turn is highlighted.
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- Mark Miskolzie
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada
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Sabourin T, Guay K, Houle S, Bouthillier J, Bachvarov DR, Adam A, Marceau F. Absence of ligand-induced regulation of kinin receptor expression in the rabbit. Br J Pharmacol 2001; 133:1154-62. [PMID: 11487527 PMCID: PMC1572864 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2001] [Revised: 04/23/2001] [Accepted: 05/10/2001] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The induction of B(1) receptors (B(1)Rs) and desensitization or down-regulation of B(2) receptors (B(2)Rs) as a consequence of the production of endogenous kinins has been termed the autoregulation hypothesis. The latter was investigated using two models based on the rabbit: kinin stimulation of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and in vivo contact system activation (dextran sulphate intravenous injection, 2 mg kg(-1), 5 h). Rabbit aortic SMCs express a baseline population of B(1)Rs that was up-regulated upon interleukin-1beta treatment ([(3)H]-Lys-des-Arg(9)-BK binding or mRNA concentration evaluated by RT - PCR; 4 or 3 h, respectively). Treatment with B(1)R or B(2)R agonists failed to alter B(1)R expression under the same conditions. Despite consuming endogenous kininogen (assessed using the kinetics of immunoreactive kinin formation in the plasma exposed to glass beads ex vivo) and producing hypotension mediated by B(2)Rs in anaesthetized rabbits, dextran sulphate treatment failed to induce B(1)Rs in conscious animals (RT - PCR in several organs, aortic contractility). By contrast, lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 50 microg kg(-1), 5 h) was an effective B(1)R inducer (kidney, duodenum, aorta) but did not reduce kininogen reserve. We tested the alternate hypothesis that endogenous kinin participate in LPS induction of B(1)Rs. Kinin receptor antagonists (icatibant combined to B-9858, 50 microg kg(-1) of each) failed to prevent or reduce the effect of LPS on B(1)R expression. Dextran sulphate or LPS treatments did not persistently down-regulate vascular B(2)Rs (jugular vein contractility assessed ex vivo). The kinin receptor autoregulation hypothesis is not applicable to primary cell cultures derived from a tissue known to express B(1)Rs in a regulated manner (aorta). The activation of the endogenous kallikrein-kinin system is ineffective to induce B(1)Rs in vivo in an experimental time frame sufficient for B(1)R induction by LPS.
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MESH Headings
- Anesthesia
- Animals
- Aorta/cytology
- Aorta/drug effects
- Aorta/metabolism
- Bradykinin/analogs & derivatives
- Bradykinin/pharmacology
- Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists
- Captopril/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Dextran Sulfate/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Hypotension/chemically induced
- Interleukin-1/pharmacology
- Kininogens/blood
- Kininogens/drug effects
- Ligands
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rabbits
- Receptor, Bradykinin B1
- Receptor, Bradykinin B2
- Receptors, Bradykinin/genetics
- Receptors, Bradykinin/physiology
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Time Factors
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- Thierry Sabourin
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec (Québec), Canada, G1R 2J6
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec (Québec), Canada, G1R 2J6
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec (Québec), Canada, G1R 2J6
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec (Québec), Canada, G1R 2J6
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec (Québec), Canada, G1R 2J6
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada H3C 3J7
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec (Québec), Canada, G1R 2J6
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