Abstract：
:The cellular localization of vascular plasma membrane aminopeptidase M (AmM; EC3.4.11.2) was examined in cultured porcine aorta endothelium and smooth muscle cells. AmM was 14-fold higher on smooth muscle (117 +/- 16 units/mg) than on endothelium (8.4 +/- 0.2). Proportional to its cellular distribution, AmM hydrolyzed the N-terminus of kallidin to produce bradykinin, and degraded des(Asp1)angiotensin I, angiotensin III, hepta(5-11)substance P and Met5-enkephalin. In contrast, bradykinin, angiotensin II and substance P were resistant to AmM-mediated hydrolysis. Peptide metabolism was optimal at pH 7.0 and was inhibited by o-phenanthroline, bestatin (Ki = 2.2 +/- 0.1 microM) and amastatin (Ki = 25 +/- 5 nM). Des(Asp1)angiotensin I and angiotensin III had the highest affinity (lowest Km) for AmM (Km = 2.2 +/- 0.5 and 2.0 +/- 0.4 microM respectively), followed by hepta(5-11)substance P (53.9 +/- 1.7 microM) and Met5-enkephalin (75.7 +/- 3.5 microM). In contrast, maximal velocities of hydrolysis were higher for Met5-enkephalin (313 +/- 2 nmol/min/mg) than for hepta(5-11)substance P (109 +/- 18 nmol/min/mg) or angiotensin III (26.5 +/- 1.0 nmol/min/mg). As expected for hydrolysis by a common enzyme, AmM-mediated enkephalin degradation was inhibited competitively by angiotensin III (Ki = 0.34 +/- 0.04 microM), hepta(5-11)substance P (43.7 +/- 6.3 microM) and kallidin (62 microM). These data suggest that vascular AmM may modulate vasoactive peptide levels in vivo, particularly within the microenvironment of endothelial and smooth muscle cell surface receptors.
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Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Palmieri FE,Bausback HH,Ward PEdoi
10.1016/0006-2952(89)90165-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-01-01 00:00:00pages
173-80issue
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1873-2968pii
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