Vascular remodeling is the result of a close interplay of changes in vascular tone and structure. In this review, the role of angiotension-converting enzyme (ACE) and the impact of ACE inhibition on vascular remodeling processes during vascular injury and restenosis, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and aneurysm formation are discussed. The role of ACE and angiotensin II (Ang II) in neointimal th...

An easy and efficient method to obtain Schiff bases of [2-(2-substituted-phenyl)-3-(4-{1-[2-(1Htetrazol-5-yl)-biphenyl-4-ylmethyl])-1H benzoimidazol-2-yl}-phenyl)thiazolidin-4-one] using different aromatic aldehydes. Reaction mixture of Schiff base (0.01 mol) and mercaptoacetic acid (0.05 mol) dissolved in dioxane (50 ml), anhydrous zinc chloride (0.008 mol) was added and refluxed for 12 hrs. T...

The inhibitory effects of nifedipine on renal vasoconstrictor response to angiotensin II, norepinephrine, or renal nerve stimulation were tested in anesthetized dogs. Intrarenal infusions of nifedipine (0.3, 1, and 3 fig/nun) dose-dependently suppressed the renal vasoconstriction induced by intrarenal injections of angiotension II (0.03, 0.05, and 0.1 Mg) or norepinephrine (0.3-1 fig) but not t...

We studied postclamp renal artery pressure and renin release in eight conscious dogs with one-kidney Goldblatt hypertension. On normal sodium intake, intrarenal blockade of angiotensin II with Sar1-Ala8-angiotension II (P-113, saralasin acetate) markedly decreased postclamp renal artery pressure and increased renin release during the first 5 days after renal artery constriction. We found that 1...

Conscious rabbits infused intravenously (i.v.) with isotonic saline at 1.5 to 1.8 ml/min for 24 hours had greater pressor responses to norepinephrine (NE) than did normal control rabbits. Infusion of the angiotension II (ANG II) antagonist [Sar1, Ile8] ANG II did not decrease the exaggerated pressor responses to NE in saline-infused rabbits. Measurements of cardiac output (CO) as well as the pr...