Interação entre a Angiotensina II, Angiotensina-(1-7) e ECA2 em mulheres

A hipertensão arterial sistêmica é uma doença crônica degenerativa de etiologia multifatorial e poligênica, caracterizada pela presença de níveis tensionais elevados, sendo considerada um dos mais importantes fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento das doenças cardiovasculares. Estudos demonstram que cerca de um bilhão de indivíduos apresentam HAS em todo mundo, sendo esta patologia responsável por 7,1 milhões de morte a cada ano. Diversos fatores estão associados ao aumento da incidência da hipertensão arterial, como obesidade, dislipidemias, dieta rica em sal, alterações nos níveis hormonais e sedentarismo. Após o período da menopausa, observa-se significativa elevação nos valores de pressão arterial dessa população, sendo estes similares ou até maiores aos dos homens para esse mesmo período. O sistema renina-angiotensina (SRAA) desempenha importante papel no controle dos sistemas cardiovascular e renal e a angiotensina II é um potente vasoconstritor desse sistema, formado a partir da ação da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina (ECA). Por outro lado, a recente descoberta da Enzima Conversora de Angiotensina 2 (ECA2), um homólogo da ECA, mudou todo o conceito do SRAA. A ECA 2 é responsável pela formação do peptídeo angiotensina- (1-7) a partir da clivagem do último aminoácido (fenilalanina) da angiotensina II. Recentes evidências têm demonstrado efeitos benéficos da angiotensina-(1-7) para as doenças cardiovasculares através da vasodilatação, efeito anti-arritmogênico, melhora na função contrátil pós-isquemia e inibição da proliferação celular do músculo liso vascular, sendo esses efeitos antagônicos àqueles observados pela angiotensina II. Dessa forma, o objetivo desse estudo foi analisar a atividade da ECA2, concentrações plasmáticas...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)

Análises celulares e moleculares dos efeitos do peptídeo vasoativo angiotensina-(1-7) no processo tumoral pulmonar e a atuação do microrna 21-5P

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Atividade da enzima conversora de angiotensina e os níveis plasmáticos de peptídeos do sistema renina-angiotensina (Ang I, Ang II e Ang-(1-7)) em mulheres normotensas e hipertensas no climatério

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Sex pheromone biosynthesis in the female olive fruit-fly. Double labelling from [O-18(2)]-dioxygen into 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane

The demonstration that both oxygen atoms of 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5] undecane (1), the sex-pheromone of the female olive fly, originate from dioxygen, strongly implicates monooxygenase mediated processes in assembly of (1), and reveals unexpected complexity in the formation of its nine-carbon precursor.

High sucrose intake in rats is associated with increased ACE2 and angiotensin-(1-7) levels in the adipose tissue

Sucrose-fed rats, a model of metabolic syndrome, are characterized by insulin resistance, obesity, hypertension, and high plasma levels of triacylglycerols and angiotensin II (Ang II). However, whether tissue renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is altered in metabolic syndrome is unclear. To study this issue, food ad libitum and water (C) or 20% sucrose solution (SC) were given to adult male Wistar rats, for 30 days. Body weight (BW), blood pressure (BP), epididymal adipose tissue (EPI) mass, rate of in vivo fatty acid (FA) synthesis in EPI, circulating glucose, insulin, leptin, angiotensins I and II, triacylglycerols, and plasma renin (PRA) and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activities were evaluated. In kidneys and EPI, gene and protein expression of type 1 (AT(1)) and 2 (AT(2)) Ang II receptors, ACE, angiotensinogen (ACT) as well as protein expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) were determined. In both tissues, Ang I, Ang II and Ang-(1-7) contents were also measured by HPLC. In SC rats higher BP, EPI mass, circulating triacylglycerols, insulin, leptin, PRA and, Ang II were found. In EPI, the rate of in vivo FA synthesis was associated with increased Ang-(1-7), protein expression of AT(1) and AT(2) receptors, ACE2, ACT, and gene expression of ACT although a reduction in ACE activity and in adipose Ang I and Ang II contents was observed. In kidneys, AT(1) and AT(2), ACE and ACT gene and protein expression as well as protein expression of ACE2 were unaltered while Ang II, Ang-(1-7) and ACE activity increased. These RAS component changes seem to be tissue specific and possibly are related to enhancement of FA synthesis, EPI mass and hypertension. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Aerobic Exercise Training-Induced Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Involves Regulatory MicroRNAs, Decreased Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-Angiotensin II, and Synergistic Regulation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2-Angiotensin (1-7)

Aerobic exercise training leads to a physiological, nonpathological left ventricular hypertrophy; however, the underlying biochemical and molecular mechanisms of physiological left ventricular hypertrophy are unknown. The role of microRNAs regulating the classic and the novel cardiac renin-angiotensin (Ang) system was studied in trained rats assigned to 3 groups: (1) sedentary; (2) swimming trained with protocol 1 (T1, moderate-volume training); and (3) protocol 2 (T2, high-volume training). Cardiac Ang I levels, Ang-converting enzyme (ACE) activity, and protein expression, as well as Ang II levels, were lower in T1 and T2; however, Ang II type 1 receptor mRNA levels (69% in T1 and 99% in T2) and protein expression (240% in T1 and 300% in T2) increased after training. Ang II type 2 receptor mRNA levels (220%) and protein expression (332%) were shown to be increased in T2. In addition, T1 and T2 were shown to increase ACE2 activity and protein expression and Ang (1-7) levels in the heart. Exercise increased microRNA-27a and 27b, targeting ACE and decreasing microRNA-143 targeting ACE2 in the heart. Left ventricular hypertrophy induced by aerobic training involves microRNA regulation and an increase in cardiac Ang II type 1 receptor without the participation of Ang II. Parallel to this, an increase in ACE2, Ang (1-7), and Ang II type 2 receptor in the heart by exercise suggests that this nonclassic cardiac renin-angiotensin system counteracts the classic cardiac renin-angiotensin system. These findings are consistent with a model in which exercise may induce left ventricular hypertrophy, at least in part, altering the expression of specific microRNAs targeting renin-angiotensin system genes. Together these effects might provide the additional aerobic capacity required by the exercised heart. (Hypertension. 2011;58:182-189.).

Hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal mono- and bis-epoxides in the synthesis of insect pheromones: routes to (-)-(R)- and (+)-(S)-10-methyldodecyl acetate, (-)-(R)-10-methyl-2-tridecanone, (-)-(R)-(Z)-undec-6-en-2-ol (Nostrenol), (-)-(1R,7R)-1,7-dime

Hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of functionalised epoxides using (salen)Co(OAc) complexes provides enantiomerically enriched epoxides and diols, which have been transformed into important insect sex pheromones. In this general approach, (-)-(R)- and (+)-(S)-10-methyldodecyl acetates from the smaller tea tortrix moth were obtained, as was (-)-(R)-10-methyltridecan-2-one from the southern corn rootworm. The (S)-epoxide obtained from undec-1-en-6-yne was transformed to (-)-(R)-(Z)-undec-6-en-2-ol (Nostrenol) from ant-lions. HKR of appropriate bisepoxides was also investigated, and transformations of the resulting bisepoxides and epoxydiols provided (-)-(1R,7R)-1,7-dimethylnonylpropanoate from corn rootworms, (-)-(6R,12R)-6,12-dimethylpentadecan-2-one from the female banded cucumber beetle, and (-)-(2S,11S)-2,11-diacetoxytridecane and (+)-(2S,12S)-2,12-diacetoxytridecane from female pea-midges. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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