The limited antifibrotic effect of therapeutic angiotensin blockade, the fact that angiotensin blockade dramatically elevates renin levels, and recent evidence that renin has an angiotensin-independent, receptor-mediated profibrotic action led us to hypothesize that combining renin receptor inhibition and ANG II blockade would increase the antifibrotic effect of angiotensin blockade alone. Usin...

Leishmaniasis is neglected diseases; the drugs used have significant toxic effects that compromise patient compliance, and increased loss of efficacy due to resistant infectious strains. Assays on Swiss mice infected with Leishmania brasiliensis treated Angiotensin-Suppressing Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors showed that, in addition classical cardiovascular system, some these had nonhemodynamic, immuno...

Twenty five patients with chronic congestive cardiac failure had enalapril (n = 13) or placebo (n = 12) added to their existing regimen of digoxin and frusemide in a randomised double blind trial. Four hours after the first 5 mg dose, the enalapril group showed significant falls in blood pressure, heart rate, and concentrations of plasma angiotensin II, angiotensin converting enzyme, and noradr...

a rapid and sensitive liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (lc-ms) method for the estimation of enalapril and enalaprilat in human plasma. detection of analytes was achieved by tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization (esi) interface in positive ion mode was operated under the multiple-reaction monitoring mode. sample pretreatment involved in a one-step protein precipitat...

The importance of arterial blood pressure (BP) and ANG II for the renal natriuretic response (NaEx) to volume expansion (3.5% body wt) was investigated during converting enzyme blockade (enalaprilate, 2 mg/kg). In separate experiments, BP was clamped either 30 mm Hg above or a few millimeters mercury below baseline by servo-controlled infusion of ANG II or sodium nitroprusside, respectively, so...

Bie, Peter, and Niels C. F. Sandgaard. Determinants of the natriuresis after acute, slow sodium loading in conscious dogs. Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 278: R1–R10, 2000.—The relative importance of systemic volume, concentration, and pressure signals in sodium homeostasis was investigated by intravenous infusion of isotonic (IsoLoad) or hypertonic (HyperLoad) saline at ...

The relative importance of systemic volume, concentration, and pressure signals in sodium homeostasis was investigated by intravenous infusion of isotonic (IsoLoad) or hypertonic (HyperLoad) saline at a rate (1 micromol Na(+) x kg(-1) x s(-1)), similar to the rate of postprandial sodium absorption. IsoLoad decreased plasma vasopressin (-35%) and plasma ANG II (-77%) and increased renal sodium e...

Cyanobacteria are able to produce a wide range of secondary metabolites, including toxins and protease inhibitors, with diverse biological activities. Microginins are small linear peptides biosynthesized by cyanobacteria species that act against proteases. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify microginins produced by the LTPNA08 strain of Microcystis aeruginosa, as well as to verify...

Evidence of biological activity of fragments of ANG II is accumulating. Fragments considered being inactive degradation products might mediate actions previously attributed to ANG II. The study aimed to determine whether angiotensin fragments exert biological activity when administered in amounts equimolar to physiological doses of ANG II. Cardiovascular, endocrine, and renal effects of ANG II,...

BACKGROUND To assess drug adherence of patients with hypertension, an analytical method was developed and validated using ultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). The method includes eight frequently prescribed antihypertensive drugs from four classes and their active metabolites: angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors enalapril and perindopril (active me...