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  • Title: Angiotensin receptors and the control of Na+ and K+ transport in cultured aortic smooth muscle and brain microvessel cells.
    Author: Brock TA, Smith JB.
    Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol; 1984; 172():435-54. PubMed ID: 6328908.
    Abstract:
    We examined the effect of angiotensin on Na+ and K+ transport by cultures of aortic smooth muscle and brain microvessel cells. Angiotensin II (AII) and angiotensin III (AIII) stimulated net Na+ uptake, which was assayed in the presence of ouabain to block Na+ efflux via the Na+-K+ pump. The combination of saturating concentrations of AII and AIII produced no greater stimulation of net Na+ uptake than either angiotensin by itself. AII also stimulated ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake by cultured aortic smooth muscle and brain microvessel cells. AII was not as effective as monensin, a Na+ ionophore, in stimulating the Na+-K+ pump. In the presence of monensin, AII had no effect on ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake. These data are consistent with previous observations suggesting that AII stimulates the Na+-K+ pump by supplying it with more of its rate-limiting substrate, Na+. 125I-AII bound tightly to cultured aortic muscle cells. Approximately 5 nM unlabelled AII half-maximally inhibited 125I-AII binding. Incubation of intact cultures with 1.0 microM AII produced a time-dependent decrease in specific 125I-AII binding. This slow loss of AII binding was prevented by methylamine, a known inhibitor of receptor clustering and internalization. We conclude (1) that angiotensin increases the Na+ permeability of smooth muscle cells in culture, thereby stimulating the Na+-K+ pump; (2) that AII binds to a specific receptor on the cell surface; and (3) that the AII-receptor complex may be internalized by a methylamine-inhibited pathway.
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