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Akther J, Nabi AN, Ohno S, Yokogawa T, Nakagawa T, Suzuki F, Ebihara A. Establishing a novel assay system for measuring renin concentration using cost effective recombinant ovine angiotensinogen. Heliyon 2019; 5:e01409. [PMID: 30997427 PMCID: PMC6451169 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Plasma renin can predict future cardiovascular events as well as the prevalence of chronic renal disease in hypertensive subjects. Ovine angiotensinogen (oANG) is a better substrate for measuring renin concentration through activity assay. Recombinant oANG expressed in Escherichia coli cells can be utilized as the substrate while measuring plasma renin. We aim to establish an immunoassay for measuring renin concentration at picomolar level using recombinant oANG. Material and methods Recombinant oANG was expressed in E. coli cells and purified to homogeneity. Various concentrations (0–1.5 pM) of recombinant human renin standard were prepared and incubated with recombinant oANG. Renin activity was determined by angiotensin-I specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results About 4.5 mg of purified recombinant oANG was obtained from 0.5 L of E. coli culture. The Michaelis constant and turnover number of human renin with recombinant oANG were 0.16 μM and 0.51 s−1, respectively. A linear relationship was obtained when renin activity was plotted as a function of renin concentration using recombinant oANG as the renin substrate. Picomolar amounts of renin can be measured from known renin activity using this method. Conclusion This study established a novel assay system for measuring renin at picomolar level using cost effective recombinant oANG.
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- Jobaida Akther
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
- Laboratory of Population Genetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Population Genetics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
- Center for Highly Advanced Integration of Nano and Life Sciences, Gifu University (G-CHAIN), 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Center for Highly Advanced Integration of Nano and Life Sciences, Gifu University (G-CHAIN), 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
- Corresponding author.
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Yamashita S, Shibata N, Boku-Ikeda A, Abe E, Inayama A, Yamaguchi T, Higuma A, Inagaki K, Tsuyuzaki T, Iwamoto S, Ohno S, Yokogawa T, Nishikawa K, Biswas KB, Nabi AHMN, Nakagawa T, Suzuki F, Ebihara A. Escherichia coli-based production of recombinant ovine angiotensinogen and its characterization as a renin substrate. BMC Biotechnol 2016; 16:33. [PMID: 27052373 PMCID: PMC4823841 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-016-0265-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Angiotensinogen (ANG) is a macromolecular precursor of angiotensin, which regulates blood pressure and electrolyte balance. ANG is specifically cleaved by renin, an aspartic protease, to initiate the angiotensin-processing cascade. Ovine ANG (oANG) from sheep plasma has been shown to be a better substrate for human renin, and it has been used in clinical renin assays. To expand the availability of oANG, we aimed to produce milligram levels of recombinant oANG using an Escherichia coli expression system. Results When recombinant oANG was expressed from a T7 promoter in various E. coli strains at 37 °C, it accumulated in the insoluble fraction. However, by expressing oANG at 37 °C from a tac promoter, which has weaker transcriptional activity than a T7 promoter, we significantly elevated the ratio of soluble to insoluble recombinant oANG. Using a novel culturing system and auto-induction culture medium, we purified tac-expressed recombinant oANG to homogeneity, with a yield of 4.0 mg per liter of culture. Based on size-exclusion gel filtration analysis and dynamic light scattering analysis, the resulting purified oANG is a monomer in solution. The circular dichroism spectrum of E. coli-expressed recombinant oANG was similar to that of oANG expressed in CHO cells. Differential scanning fluorimetry showed that both preparations undergo a two-state transition during thermal denaturation, and the melting temperatures of recombinant oANG expressed in E. coli and CHO cells were 49.4 ± 0.16 °C and 51.6 ± 0.19 °C, respectively. The Km values of both oANG preparations were similar; the kcat value of E. coli-expressed recombinant oANG was slightly higher than that of CHO-expressed oANG. Conclusions Recombinant oANG expressed in E. coli functions as a human renin substrate. This study presents an E. coli-based system for the rapid production of milligram quantities of a human renin substrate, which will be useful for both fundamental and clinical studies on renin and hypertension. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12896-016-0265-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Shinji Yamashita
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Graduate School of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Graduate School of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Graduate School of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Graduate School of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Graduate School of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.
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Nakagawa T, Akaki J, Satou R, Takaya M, Iwata H, Katsurada A, Nishiuchi K, Ohmura Y, Suzuki F, Nakamura Y. The His-Pro-Phe motif of angiotensinogen is a crucial determinant of the substrate specificity of renin. Biol Chem 2007; 388:237-46. [PMID: 17261087 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2007.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractThe amino acid sequence His-Pro-Phe as N-terminal residues 6–8 of the natural renin substrate, angiotensinogen, is conserved among species. We investigated whether this His-Pro-Phe motif functions as the determinant of the substrate specificity of renin. Mutant angiotensinogens in which the Ile-His-Pro-Phe-His-Leu sequence at positions 5–10 of wild-type angiotensinogen was replaced by either His-Pro-Phe-His-Leu-Leu or Ala-Ile-His-Pro-Phe-His were cleaved by renin at the C-terminal side of residues 9 and 11, respectively, while wild-type angiotensinogen was cleaved at residue 10. A triple Ala substitution for the His-Pro-Phe motif of angiotensinogen prevented its cleavage by renin. In contrast, triple Ala substitution for residues 9–11, including the natural site of cleavage by renin, allowed cleavage between the two Ala residues at positions 10 and 11. Furthermore, the 33-residue C-terminal peptide of human megsin, which carries a naturally occurring His-Pro-Phe sequence, was cleaved by renin at the C-terminal side of the His-Pro-Phe-Leu-Phe sequence. These results indicate that the His-Pro-Phe motif of angiotensinogen is a crucial determinant of the substrate specificity of renin. By binding to a corresponding pocket on renin, the His-Pro-Phe motif may act as a molecular anchor to recruit the scissile peptide bond to a favorable site for catalysis.
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- Tsutomu Nakagawa
- Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
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Métayer S, Dacheux F, Guérin Y, Dacheux JL, Gatti JL. Physiological and enzymatic properties of the ram epididymal soluble form of germinal angiotensin I-converting enzyme. Biol Reprod 2001; 65:1332-9. [PMID: 11673247 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod65.5.1332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The 94-kDa ram epididymal fluid form of the sperm membrane-derived germinal angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) was purified by chromatography, and some of its enzymatic properties were studied. For the artificial substrate furanacryloyl-L-phenylalanylglycylglycine (FAPGG), the enzyme exhibited a Michaelis constant (K(m)) of 0.18 mM and a V(max) of 34 micromoles/(min x mg) and for hippuryl-L-histidyl-L-leucine a K(m) of 2.65 mM and a V(max) of 163 micromoles/(min x mg) under the defined standard conditions (300 mM NaCl and 50 mM Tris; pH 7.5 and 8.3, respectively). The FAPGG hydrolysis was decreased by 82.5% and 67.5% by EDTA and dithioerythritol, respectively, and was totally inhibited by specific ACE inhibitors such as captopril, P-Glu-Trp-Pro-Arg-Pro-Glu-Ile-Pro-Pro, and lisinopril. Optimum activity for FAPGG was with pH 6.0, 50 mM chloride, and 500 microM zinc. Under the various conditions tested, bradykinin, angiotensin (Ang) I, Ang II, and LHRH were competitors for FAPGG. Bradykinin and angiotensin I were the best competitors. The enzyme cleaved Ang I into Ang II, and the optimal conditions were with pH 7.5 and 300 mM chloride. The relationship between the carboxypeptidase activity in seminal plasma and the prediction of fertility of young rams was also studied. These results indicated a correlation between sperm concentration and ACE activity in semen but showed no statistically significant correlation between such activity and fertility of the animal. Finally, we tested the role of ACE in fertilization; no difference in the in vitro fertilization rate was observed in the presence of 10(-4) M captopril.
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- S Métayer
- UMR 6073 INRA-CNRS, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 37380 Monnaie, France
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Ayan S, Roth JA, Freeman MR, Bride SH, Peters CA. Partial ureteral obstruction dysregulates the renal renin-angiotensin system in the fetal sheep kidney. Urology 2001; 58:301-6. [PMID: 11489731 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01156-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate whether partial ureteral obstruction (PUO) in the fetus induces dysregulation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMP1) expression. Previous studies have indicated that renal and urinary tract development depend on an intact renal RAS. Fetal urinary obstruction is distinct from postnatal obstruction. It has been suggested in postnatal animal studies that dysregulation of the RAS, and subsequent increased expression of TGF-beta1 and TIMP1, leads to changes in extracellular matrix composition. METHODS Bilateral PUO was created in 4 fetal sheep. Seven animals (four obstructed and three controls) were killed at birth and their kidneys removed. Semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was used to quantify the levels of renin, angiotensinogen, angiotensin receptor type 1 (AT1 receptor), angiotensin receptor type 2 (AT2 receptor), TGF-beta1, and TIMP1. These messages were normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA. RESULTS All obstructed animals had moderate to severe hydronephrosis with enlarged kidneys (mean weight 22.0 g versus 9.4 g for the control animals; P <0.05). The increase in the levels of renin, angiotensinogen, AT1 receptor, TGF-beta1, and TIMP1 mRNA was significant in the PUO group compared with the control group (P <0.05). AT2 receptor levels did not increase, but the AT1/AT2 mRNA ratio was significantly increased over normal (P <0.005). Also, a significant linear correlation was found between the increased renal weight and increased TGF-beta1 mRNA levels (P <0.005). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that fetal PUO can cause upregulation of the renal RAS and increased expression of TGF-beta1 and TIMP1, which may alter the balance between the generation and degradation of the extracellular matrix. The coordinate increases in renin, angiotensinogen, and AT1 receptor mRNA levels in chronic fetal PUO may represent a maladaptive response that contributes to interstitial fibrosis and prolonged vasoconstriction. RAS components and growth factors, particularly TGF-beta1, may be considered relevant targets in the prevention and treatment of congenital obstructive nephropathy.
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- S Ayan
- Department of Urology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Kushiku K, Yamada H, Shibata K, Tokunaga R, Katsuragi T, Furukawa T. Upregulation of immunoreactive angiotensin II release and angiotensinogen mRNA expression by high-frequency preganglionic stimulation at the canine cardiac sympathetic ganglia. Circ Res 2001; 88:110-6. [PMID: 11139482 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.88.1.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The possible involvement of the local angiotensin system in ganglionic functions was investigated in the canine cardiac sympathetic ganglia. Positive chronotropic responses to preganglionic stellate stimulation at high frequencies, after intravenous administration of pentolinium plus atropine, were inhibited by the nonpeptide angiotensin AT(1) receptor antagonist forasartan or the angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitor captopril, whereas the rate increases elicited by the postganglionic stellate stimulation and norepinephrine given intravenously failed to be inhibited by these antagonists. The levels of endogenous immunoreactive angiotensin II, as determined by radioimmunoassay in the incubation medium of the stellate and inferior cervical ganglia, were increased after the high-frequency preganglionic stimulation of the isolated ganglia. The increment of the peptide was also antagonized by the pretreatment with captopril but not by a chymase inhibitor, chymostatin. The expression of angiotensinogen mRNA was observed in the stellate ganglion, adrenal, liver, and lung but not in the ovary and spleen. The expression of the mRNA in the stellate and inferior cervical ganglia increased after high-frequency preganglionic stimulation of the in vivo dogs for a period of 1 hour. These results indicate that an intrinsic angiotensin I-converting enzyme-dependent angiotensin system exists in the cardiac sympathetic ganglia, which is activated by high-frequency preganglionic stimulation.
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- K Kushiku
- Department of Pharmacology, Laboratory of Biodynamics, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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McKinley MJ, Guzzo-Pernell N, Sinnayah P. Antisense oligonucleotide inhibition of angiotensinogen in the brains of rats and sheep. Methods 2000; 22:219-25. [PMID: 11071817 DOI: 10.1006/meth.2000.1073] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Phosphorothioated antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) that were complementary to various parts of the rat or sheep mRNA encoding angiotensinogen were synthesized by conventional techniques. Their effectiveness as blockers of angiotensinogen synthesis in the brain was tested by bioassay. This involved measuring the effect of centrally administered antisense ODNs on water drinking that occurred in response to intracerebroventricular injection of hog renin. Renin-induced drinking requires brain angiotensinogen for the generation of angiotensin I and then angiotensin II to stimulate thirst. Intracerebroventricular injection of an 18-mer antisense ODN (0.5 microg twice in 24 h) complementary to the 5'-end start codon for rat angiotensinogen mRNA caused a pronounced inhibition of renin-induced drinking. This effect appeared to be specific for this region of the codon because antisense ODNs directed against other regions of rat angiotensinogen mRNA were ineffective, and renin-induced drinking was not inhibited by intracerebroventricular injection of scrambled or mismatched sequences of the effective ODN or by intraperitoneal injection of it. Intracerebroventricular injection of antisense ODN (0.5 microg twice in 24 h) did not inhibit appetite or affect water drinking in response to some other dipsogenic stimuli, thus demonstrating the specificity of its action against renin-induced drinking. By contrast, intracerebroventricular administration of 625 microg of an antisense ODN directed against the corresponding 5'-end start codon region of sheep angiotensinogen mRNA did not inhibit intracerebroventricular renin-induced drinking in sheep. These data show that while intracerebroventricularly administered antisense may be used effectively in rodents, the method is not necessarily applicable in larger mammals.
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- M J McKinley
- Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
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Célérier J, Schmid G, Le Caer JP, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Bur D, Friedlein A, Langen H, Corvol P, Jeunemaitre X. Characterization of a human angiotensinogen cleaved in its reactive center loop by a proteolytic activity from Chinese hamster ovary cells. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:10648-54. [PMID: 10744761 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.14.10648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Angiotensinogen, the renin (E.C. 3.4.23.15) substrate, belongs to the serpins superfamily and has been classified as a noninhibitory serpin. Using mass spectroscopy, angiotensinogen purified from Chinese hamster ovary cell supernatant shows a broad spectrum. The absence of protease inhibitors throughout the purification leads to an angiotensinogen cleaved within the reactive center loop. This cleavage does not affect the Ang I generation because kinetic parameters are similar to the values of the full-length angiotensinogen. Although cleavage is complete, the cleaved angiotensinogen migrates after deglycosylation on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as a doublet differing by 4 kDa. To test whether the circulating angiotensinogen is cleaved in the reactive center loop, it was purified from a pool of human plasma and was shown to be uncleaved. Its migration was obviously slower than of cleaved angiotensinogen but also consisted of two bands pointing to a so far unexplained residual heterogeneity. We then compared the heat-induced polymerization of full-length- and reactive center loop-cleaved angiotensinogens. Both monomers were able to aggregate, revealing a particular behavior of angiotensinogen distinct from that of reactive center loop-cleaved serpins. Lacking the three-dimensional structure of angiotensinogen, we propose and discuss a structural model of the serpin fold within the renin substrate.
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- J Célérier
- INSERM U36-Pathologie Vasculaire et Endocrinologie Rénale, Collège de France-Chaire de Médecine Expérimentale et d'Endocrinologie Rénale 3, rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris, France.
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Gobet R, Park JM, Nguyen HT, Chang B, Cisek LJ, Peters CA. Renal renin-angiotensin system dysregulation caused by partial bladder outlet obstruction in fetal sheep. Kidney Int 1999; 56:1654-61. [PMID: 10571773 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00732.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND To determine whether fetal renal obstruction activates the renal renin-angiotensin system (RAS), an important mediator in normal kidney development and obstructive nephropathy, we used a model of fetal partial bladder outlet obstruction (PBOO). METHODS Total RNA and protein was extracted from kidney of sheep fetuses with partial bladder outlet obstruction created at 95 days gestation, after 2 (N = 6) and 5 weeks of obstruction (term; N = 6), and from normal fetal sheep at various time points between 60 and 135 days of gestation (total N = 19). Relative levels of mRNA for renin, angiotensinogen, type 1 and 2 angiotensin II (Ang II) receptors (AT-1 and AT-2), and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) were assessed by semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Expression levels of AT-2 receptor protein were measured by Western blot analysis. RESULTS Renin mRNA expression was increased (250%) after two weeks of obstruction. In normal fetuses, AT-1 expression was low at 60 to 75 days of gestation and increased toward the end of gestation, whereas AT-2 expression showed a reversed pattern. At 109 days, PBOO caused an increased expression of AT-2 mRNA compared with normals (400%). Correspondingly, AT-2 receptor protein was more abundant in obstructed kidneys. TGF-beta1 mRNA expression was significantly increased in obstructed kidneys at 109 days gestation. CONCLUSIONS These observations confirm the reciprocal developmental regulation of AT-1 and AT-2 receptors' expression, suggesting their functional role in renal development. Partial bladder outlet obstruction produces specific alterations: increased renin expression and altered balance of receptor subtypes, which may induce altered functional and vascular regulation of the obstructed fetal kidney. TGF-beta1, a mediator of Ang II-induced fibrosis, may play a role in inducing and propagating interstitial fibrosis.
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- R Gobet
- Department of Urology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Célérier J, Schmid G, Corvol P, Jeunemaitre X. Role of cysteine residues in human angiotensinogen. Cys232 is required for angiotensinogen-pro major basic protein complex formation. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:34480-7. [PMID: 9852116 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.51.34480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The M235T polymorphism of human angiotensinogen is associated with essential and pregnancy-induced hypertension. A covalent complex is formed between angiotensinogen and the proform of the eosinophil major basic protein (proMBP) during pregnancy. The sequence of human angiotensinogen contains four cysteines. Their function was analyzed. Presence of free cysteines was demonstrated by their alkylation with iodo[14C]acetic acid. A disulfide bond between Cys18 and Cys138 using a fully N-deglycosylated mutant of human angiotensinogen was identified by tryptic digestion and mass spectrometry. We produced angiotensinogen. proMBP complex by co-transfection of COS-7 cells and by co-culturing transfected CHO-K1 cells. Experiments with 8 mutated recombinant angiotensinogen, in which one or more of the four cysteines were replaced by alanine, demonstrated that Cys232 is involved in complex formation and could interact with the M235T variant. The angiotensinogen.proMBP complex was isolated by molecular sieving. Hydrolysis of the complex by human renin was 7 times slower than hydrolysis of monomeric form, whatever the M235T genotype. The complex:monomeric angiotensinogen ratio was greater for Met235 (72%) than for Thr235 (58%) angiotensinogen. These data suggest a new pathophysiological explanation for the genetic association between M235T angiotensinogen polymorphism and pregnancy-induced hypertension.
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- A P Gimenez-Roqueplo
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 36, Collège de France, 3 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
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Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Célérier J, Lucarelli G, Corvol P, Jeunemaitre X. Role of N-glycosylation in human angiotensinogen. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:21232-8. [PMID: 9694881 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.33.21232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human angiotensinogen, the specific substrate of renin, is a heterogeneous glycoprotein constitutively secreted by the liver. Different glycosylation levels may be responsible for its heterogeneity. It contains four putative asparagine-linked glycosylation sites (Asn-X-Ser/Thr). Systematic site-directed mutagenesis (Asn replaced with Gln) of these four sites was undertaken, and 11 (single, double, triple, and quadruple (N-4)) mutants were produced in COS-7 and/or CHO-K1 cells and characterized. All of the sites were N-glycosylated with preferential glycosylation of the Asn14 and the Asn271. The suppression of the Asn14 glycosylation site led to 5 times lower Km and a 10 times lower kcat. Angiotensinogen heterogeneity was much lower for the N-4 mutant protein, which produced a single form at 48 kDa. Pulse-chase experiments showed slight intracellular retention (15%) of the deglycosylated protein after 24 h. Interestingly, the N-4 mutant had a higher catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km = 5.0 versus 1.6 microM-1 . s-1) than the wild-type protein. The thermal stability of the N-4 protein was unaffected by deglycosylation, suggesting that it was correctly folded. This deglycosylated recombinant human angiotensinogen could be of value for x-ray crystallography studies.
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- A P Gimenez-Roqueplo
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 36, Collège de France, 3 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
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Inui Y, Orihashi T, Nakagawa T, Ebihara A, Suzuki F, Nakamura Y. Effects of glycosylation of the residue at position 14 in ovine angiotensinogen on the human renin reaction. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1998; 62:1612-4. [PMID: 9757569 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A mutant angiotensinogen, S14N, in which Ser14 of ovine angiotensinogen was replaced by Asn to form a N-glycosylation site, was produced in CHO cells. The molecular weight was about 3,000 larger than that of wild-type ovine angiotensinogen, indicating that S14N angiotensinogen was glycosylated at Asn14. In the reaction with human renin, the km of mutant angiotensinogen was 3 times increased, but the Vmax was not affected by the mutation.
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- Y Inui
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Japan
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