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| Alves,M.F.; Araujo,M.C.; Juliano,M.A.; Oliveira,E.M.; Krieger,J.E.; Casarini,D.E.; Juliano,L.; Carmona,A.K.. |
| A continuous assay using internally quenched fluorescent peptides with the general sequence Abz-peptidyl-(Dnp)P-OH (Abz = ortho-aminobenzoic acid; Dnp = 2,4-dinitrophenyl) was optimized for the measurement of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) in human plasma and rat tissues. Abz-FRK(Dnp)P-OH, which was cleaved at the Arg-Lys bond by ACE, was used for the enzyme evaluation in human plasma. Enzymatic activity was monitored by continuous recording of the fluorescence (lambdaex = 320 nm and lambdaem = 420 nm) at 37ºC, in 0.1 M Tris-HCl buffer, pH 7.0, with 50 mM NaCl and 10 µM ZnCl2. The assays can be performed directly in the cuvette of the fluorimeter and the hydrolysis followed for 5 to 10 min. ACE measurements in the plasma of 80 healthy patients with... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Angiotensin-converting enzyme activity; Fluorometric assay; Rat tissue angiotensin- converting enzyme; Human plasma angiotensin-converting enzyme. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000600007 |
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| Buck,P.C.; Fernandes,F.; Arteaga,E.; Matsumoto,A.Y.; Araujo,A.Q.; Oliveira,E.M.; Ianni,B.M.; Ramires,F.J.A.; Krieger,J.E.; Mady,C.. |
| Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity and polymorphism contribute significantly to the prognosis of patients with cardiomyopathy. The aim of this study was to determine the activity and type of ACE polymorphism in patients with familial and nonfamilial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and to correlate these with echocardiographic measurements (echo-Doppler). We studied 136 patients (76 males) with HCM (69 familial and 67 nonfamilial cases). Mean age was 41 ± 17 years. DNA was extracted from blood samples for the polymerase chain reaction and the determination of plasma ACE levels. Left ventricular mass, interventricular septum, and wall thickness were measured. Mean left ventricular mass index, interventricular septum and wall thickness in familial... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Echocardiography; ACE activity; ACE polymorphism; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left ventricular mass index. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000800005 |
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| Fernandes,T.; Hashimoto,N.Y.; Oliveira,E.M.. |
| Angiotensin-converting enzymes 1 (ACE1) and 2 (ACE2) are key enzymes of the renin-angiotensin system, which act antagonistically to regulate the levels of angiotensin II (Ang II) and Ang-(1-7). Considerable data show that ACE1 acts on normal skeletal muscle functions and architecture. However, little is known about ACE1 levels in muscles with different fiber compositions. Furthermore, ACE2 levels in skeletal muscle are not known. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to characterize protein expression and ACE1 and ACE2 activities in the soleus and plantaris muscles. Eight-week-old female Wistar rats (N = 8) were killed by decapitation and the muscle tissues harvested for biochemical and molecular analyses. ACE1 and ACE2 activities were investigated by a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Renin-angiotensin system; ACE1; ACE2; Rat skeletal muscle. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000900005 |
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| Xavier-Neto,J.; Pereira,A.C.; Oliveira,E.M.; Miyakawa,A.A.; Junqueira,M.L.; Krieger,J.E.. |
| We characterized the role of potential cAMP-responsive elements (CRE) in basal and in induced angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene promoter activity in order to shed light on the regulation of somatic ACE expression. We identified stimulators and repressors of basal expression between 122 and 288 bp and between 415 and 1303 bp upstream from the transcription start site, respectively, using a rabbit endothelial cell (REC) line. These regions also contained elements associated with the response to 8BrcAMP. When screening for CRE motifs we found pCRE, a proximal sequence between 209 and 222 bp. dCRE, a distal tandem of two CRE-like sequences conserved between rats, mice and humans, was detected between 834 and 846 bp. Gel retardation analysis of nuclear... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Angiotensin converting enzyme; Endothelium; CAMP; Cyclic AMP responsive element. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001000002 |
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| Carneiro-Júnior,M.A.; Quintão-Júnior,J.F.; Drummond,L.R.; Lavorato,V.N.; Drummond,F.R.; Amadeu,M.A.; Oliveira,E.M.; Felix,L.B.; Cruz,J.S.; Mill,J.G.; Natali,A.J.; Prímola-Gomes,T.N.. |
| In cardiomyocytes, calcium (Ca2+) release units comprise clusters of intracellular Ca2+ release channels located on the sarcoplasmic reticulum, and hypertension is well established as a cause of defects in calcium release unit function. Our objective was to determine whether endurance exercise training could attenuate the deleterious effects of hypertension on calcium release unit components and Ca2+ sparks in left ventricular myocytes of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Male Wistar and spontaneously hypertensive rats (4 months of age) were divided into 4 groups: normotensive (NC) and hypertensive control (HC), and normotensive (NT) and hypertensive trained (HT) animals (7 rats per group). NC and HC rats were submitted to a low-intensity treadmill running... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Physical activity; Hypertension; Cardiomyocyte; Calcium handling; Sarcoplasmic reticulum. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2014001100960 |
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| Rossoni,L.V.; Amaral,S.M.C.; Vassallo,P.F.; França,A.; Oliveira,E.M.; Varner,K.J.; Mill,J.G.; Vassallo,D.V.. |
| The available data suggests that hypotension caused by Hg2+ administration may be produced by a reduction of cardiac contractility or by cholinergic mechanisms. The hemodynamic effects of an intravenous injection of HgCl2 (5 mg/kg) were studied in anesthetized rats (N = 12) by monitoring left and right ventricular (LV and RV) systolic and diastolic pressures for 120 min. After HgCl2 administration the LV systolic pressure decreased only after 40 min (99 ± 3.3 to 85 ± 8.8 mmHg at 80 min). However, RV systolic pressure increased, initially slowly but faster after 30 min (25 ± 1.8 to 42 ± 1.6 mmHg at 80 min). Both right and left diastolic pressures increased after HgCl2 treatment, suggesting the development of diastolic ventricular dysfunction. Since HgCl2... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mercury; Arterial blood pressure; Ventricular pressure; Pulmonary circulation; Diastolic dysfunction; Cholinergic activity. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1999000800009 |
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| Barretti,D.L.M.; Melo,S.F.S.; Oliveira,E.M.; Barauna,V.G.. |
| Elevated salt intake induces changes in the extracellular matrix collagen, leading to myocardial stiffness and impaired relaxation. Resistance training (RT) has been used as a remarkably successful strategy in the treatment of heart disease. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of RT on preventing pathological adaptation of the left ventricle (LV) induced by salt overload. Male Wistar rats (10 weeks old) were distributed into four groups (n=8/group): control (CO), control+1% salt (CO+SALT), RT and RT+1% salt (RT+SALT). The RT protocol consisted of 4×12 bouts of squat training, 5/week for 8 weeks, with 80% of one repetition maximum (1RM). Echocardiographs were analyzed and interstitial collagen volume fraction (CVF) was determined... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Diastolic dysfunction; Interstitial collagen; Resistance training; Salt overload. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2017000900603 |
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| Souza,E.O.de; Tricoli,V.; Bueno Junior,C.; Pereira,M.G.; Brum,P.C.; Oliveira,E.M.; Roschel,H.; Aoki,M.S.; Urginowitsch,C.. |
| The activation of competing intracellular pathways has been proposed to explain the reduced training adaptations after concurrent strength and endurance exercises (CE). The present study investigated the acute effects of CE, strength exercises (SE), and endurance exercises (EE) on phosphorylated/total ratios of selected AMPK and Akt/mTOR/p70S6K1 pathway proteins in rats. Six animals per exercise group were killed immediately (0 h) and 2 h after each exercise mode. In addition, 6 animals in a non-exercised condition (NE) were killed on the same day and under the same conditions. The levels of AMPK, phospho-Thr172AMPK (p-AMPK), Akt, phospho-Ser473Akt (p-Akt), p70S6K1, phospho-Thr389-p70S6K1(p-p70S6K1), mTOR, phospho-Ser2448mTOR (p-mTOR), and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Strength exercise; Concurrent training; Cell signaling; AMPK. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000400343 |
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