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Query: EC:3.4.15.1 (ACE)
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We have recently demonstrated that the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor ramiprilat augments the endothelium-dependent dilator response to bradykinin in the isolated perfused rat heart by an interaction at the B2 receptor level. We have now investigated whether this is an effect of the ACE inhibitor class of compounds by studying the bradykinin-induced vasoconstriction in isolated segments of the rabbit jugular vein. Among five different ACE inhibitors, moexiprilat and ramiprilat proved to be the most effective in potentiating the constrictor response to bradykinin. This effect was not mimicked by other protease inhibitors or the synthetic ACE substrate hippuryl-L-histidyl-L-leucine. The ACE inhibitors, on the other hand, failed to affect the constrictor or dilator responses elicited by other receptor-dependent agonists in this vascular model. These findings demonstrate that ACE inhibitors selectively potentiate the B2 receptor-mediated constrictor response to bradykinin in the rabbit jugular vein, possibly by increasing the affinity of the B2 receptor.
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PMID:Potentiation of the biological efficacy of bradykinin by ACE inhibitors: a shift in the affinity of the B2 receptor? 885 22

A rapid, simple and interference-free method is described to evaluate the inhibitory effects of organic compounds on the activity of angiotensin converting enzyme irrespective of their acid-base properties. The assay is based on the high performance liquid chromatographic separation of the synthetic substrate hippuryl-L-histidyl-L-leucine, the hydrolysis product hippuric acid and the test compound. Using the new method, the diuretic drug ethacrynic acid was found to act as an inhibitor for the enzyme in a non competitive mode.
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PMID:Liquid chromatographic determination of hippuric acid for the evaluation of ethacrynic acid as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor. 1069 63

The 94-kDa ram epididymal fluid form of the sperm membrane-derived germinal angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) was purified by chromatography, and some of its enzymatic properties were studied. For the artificial substrate furanacryloyl-L-phenylalanylglycylglycine (FAPGG), the enzyme exhibited a Michaelis constant (K(m)) of 0.18 mM and a V(max) of 34 micromoles/(min x mg) and for hippuryl-L-histidyl-L-leucine a K(m) of 2.65 mM and a V(max) of 163 micromoles/(min x mg) under the defined standard conditions (300 mM NaCl and 50 mM Tris; pH 7.5 and 8.3, respectively). The FAPGG hydrolysis was decreased by 82.5% and 67.5% by EDTA and dithioerythritol, respectively, and was totally inhibited by specific ACE inhibitors such as captopril, P-Glu-Trp-Pro-Arg-Pro-Glu-Ile-Pro-Pro, and lisinopril. Optimum activity for FAPGG was with pH 6.0, 50 mM chloride, and 500 microM zinc. Under the various conditions tested, bradykinin, angiotensin (Ang) I, Ang II, and LHRH were competitors for FAPGG. Bradykinin and angiotensin I were the best competitors. The enzyme cleaved Ang I into Ang II, and the optimal conditions were with pH 7.5 and 300 mM chloride. The relationship between the carboxypeptidase activity in seminal plasma and the prediction of fertility of young rams was also studied. These results indicated a correlation between sperm concentration and ACE activity in semen but showed no statistically significant correlation between such activity and fertility of the animal. Finally, we tested the role of ACE in fertilization; no difference in the in vitro fertilization rate was observed in the presence of 10(-4) M captopril.
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PMID:Physiological and enzymatic properties of the ram epididymal soluble form of germinal angiotensin I-converting enzyme. 1167 47

The in-capillary reaction of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) with the tripeptide substrate hippuryl-L-histidyl-L-leucine was studied. ACE activity was determined by the quantitation of the product, hippuric acid, at 230 nm. Reaction occurred at the capillary inlet during a predetermined waiting period, followed by the electrophoretic separation of the compounds. When the set-up was reversed, i.e. reaction at the opposite side after short-end injection of enzyme and substrate, separation was achieved in less than 5 min. Using the Lineweaver-Burk equation, an average Michaelis constant for ACE from rabbit lung was calculated to be 1.16 +/- 0.12 mM, a value consistent with previously reported data.
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PMID:Kinetic study of angiotensin converting enzyme activity by capillary electrophoresis after in-line reaction at the capillary inlet. 1259 37

A selection of lactoferricin B (LfcinB)-related peptides with an angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory effect have been examined using in vitro and ex vivo functional assays. Peptides that were analyzed included a set of sequence-related antimicrobial hexapeptides previously reported and two representative LfcinB-derived peptides. In vitro assays using hippuryl-L-histidyl-L-leucine (HHL) and angiotensin I as substrates allowed us to select two hexapeptides, PACEI32 (Ac-RKWHFW-NH2) and PACEI34 (Ac-RKWLFW-NH2), and also a LfcinB-derived peptide, LfcinB17-31 (Ac-FKCRRWQWRMKKLGA-NH2). Ex vivo functional assays using rabbit carotid arterial segments showed PACEI32 (both D- and L-enantiomers) and LfcinB17-31 have inhibitory effects on ACE-dependent angiotensin I-induced contraction. None of the peptides exhibited in vitro ACE inhibitory activity using bradykinin as the substrate. In conclusion, three bioactive lactoferricin-related peptides exhibit inhibitory effects on both ACE activity and ACE-dependent vasoconstriction with potential to modulate hypertension that deserves further investigation.
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PMID:Lactoferricin-related peptides with inhibitory effects on ACE-dependent vasoconstriction. 1684 12


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