Intracarotid infusion of bradykinin selectively increases the delivery of compounds into brain tumors. This study sought to determine the role of cyclic GMP in increased permeability across the blood-tumor barrier (BTB) after infusion of bradykinin. In permeability studies, 186 Wistar rats with RG2 gliomas and C6 gliomas were used. Transport across the BTB was quantified by autoradiography and ...

Kinins are oligopeptides that may act as mediators in the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma by interacting with specific cell surface receptors designated B1 and B2. When administered by inhalation to asthmatic subjects, bradykinin and kallidin, but not [desArg9]-bradykinin, provoke potent bronchoconstriction, thus suggesting a specific effect compatible with the stimulation of B2 receptors. To ...

1. The effects of two vasodilator polypeptides, bradykinin and eledoisin, were studied in isolated blood-perfused canine kidneys before and after administration of indomethacin, an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, Bradykinin, but not eledoisin, releases renal prostaglandins. 2. Before administration of indomethacin, bradykinin decreased urinary osmolality and increased free qater clearance...

To determine whether cold could activate the kallikrein-kinin system in vivo as it does in vitro, the circulating systemic concentrations of bradykinin were serially measured in 10 cyildren with congenital diseases of the heart undergoing corrective cardiac surgery. Bradykinin was measured by radioimmunoassay in blood samples obtained before, during and after profound hypothermia (to 18 degrees...

ACE inhibitors block B(2) receptor desensitization, thereby potentiating bradykinin beyond blocking its hydrolysis. Angiotensin (Ang)-(1-7) also acts as an ACE inhibitor and, in addition, may stimulate bradykinin release via angiotensin II type 2 receptors. In this study we compared the bradykinin-potentiating effects of Ang-(1-7), quinaprilat, and captopril. Porcine coronary arteries, obtained...

Bradykinin stimulates proliferation of aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). We investigated the action of bradykinin on the phosphorylation state of the mitogen-activated protein kinases p42(mapk) and p44(mapk) in VSMCs and tested the hypothesis that reactive oxygen species (ROS) might be involved in the signal transduction pathway linking bradykinin activation of nuclear transcription ...

We report the synthesis and in vitro biological activity of the nonpeptide bradykinin receptor antagonist WIN 64338, [[4-[[2-[[bis(cyclohexylamino)methylene]amino]-3-(2- naphthyl)-1-oxopropyl]amino]phenyl]methyl]tributylphosphonium chloride monohydrochloride. WIN 64338 inhibits [3H]-bradykinin binding to the bradykinin B2 receptor on human IMR-90 cells with a binding inhibition constant (Ki) of...

Studies were designed to investigate the mechanisms underlying the augmentation by angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors of the endothelium-dependent relaxations evoked by bradykinin. Isometric tension, tissue levels of cGMP, and transmembrane potential were measured in isolated canine coronary arteries as indications of the respective contribution of nitric oxide and endothelium-der...

Bradykinin causes vasodilation, stimulates tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) release and, in rodents, increases muscle glucose uptake. Although bradykinin causes vasodilation partly by activating nitric-oxide synthase (NOS), the role of nitric oxide in regulating bradykinin-stimulated t-PA release is uncertain. This study examined the effect of high-dose NOS inhibition on bradykinin-stim...

The effect of bradykinin on membrane properties of parasympathetic ganglion neurons in isolated guinea pig bronchial tissue was studied using intracellular recording techniques. Bradykinin (1-100 nM) caused a reversible membrane potential depolarization of ganglion neurons that was not associated with a change in input resistance. The selective bradykinin B(2) receptor antagonist HOE-140 inhibi...