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| Prezoto,B.C.; Couto,G.K.; Rossoni,L.V.; Schoorlemmer,G.H.M.; Carillo,B.A.; Campos,R.R.. |
| The generation of bradykinin (BK; Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg) in blood and kallidin (Lys-BK) in tissues by the action of the kallikrein-kinin system has received little attention in non-mammalian vertebrates. In mammals, kallidin can be generated by the coronary endothelium and myocytes in response to ischemia, mediating cardioprotective events. The plasma of birds lacks two key components of the kallikrein-kinin system: the low molecular weight kininogen and a prekallikrein activator analogous to mammalian factor XII, but treatment with bovine plasma kallikrein generates ornitho-kinin [Thr6,Leu8]-BK. The possible cardioprotective effect of ornitho-kinin infusion was investigated in an anesthetized, open-chest chicken model of acute coronary... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chicken; Infarct size; Kallikrein-kinin system; Ornitho-kinin; Factor XII. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000900009 |
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| Davel,A.P.; Wenceslau,C.F.; Akamine,E.H.; Xavier,F.E.; Couto,G.K.; Oliveira,H.T.; Rossoni,L.V.. |
| The endothelium plays a vital role in maintaining circulatory homeostasis by the release of relaxing and contracting factors. Any change in this balance may result in a process known as endothelial dysfunction that leads to impaired control of vascular tone and contributes to the pathogenesis of some cardiovascular and endocrine/metabolic diseases. Reduced endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and increased production of thromboxane A2, prostaglandin H2 and superoxide anion in conductance and resistance arteries are commonly associated with endothelial dysfunction in hypertensive, diabetic and obese animals, resulting in reduced endothelium-dependent vasodilatation and in increased vasoconstrictor responses. In addition, recent studies have... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Endothelial dysfunction; Hypertension; Sympathetic hyperactivity; Diabetes; Obesity. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000900014 |
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