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Schalekamp MA, Deinum J, Danser AJ. Short-Lived Active Prorenin: Precursor of So-Called Native Prorenin. Hypertension 2024; 81:1190-1193. [PMID: 38748765 PMCID: PMC11095897 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.124.21368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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The enzymatic activity of the aspartic protease, renin, is critical for its function in blood pressure regulation and sodium homeostasis. Incubation of so-called native prorenin at low pH leads to its activation. After binding to transition-state mimicking renin inhibitors at neutral pH, prorenin attains the active conformation, as indicated by immunosorbent assay using monoclonal antibodies specific for epitopes of the prosegment or the renin body. A comparison of immunosorbent assay with enzyme-kinetic assay revealed the intermediary steps of prorenin auto-activation/inactivation. The kinetically identified intermediary steps of activation/inactivation correspond with the published crystal structures of free renin, free prorenin, and renin in complex with inhibitors. Both renin and activated prorenin exist in 2 forms, α and β. The α form is active, and the α/β quantity ratio is 2.5. The kidney produces renin and prorenin, while the ovarium, placenta, and eye produce inactive prorenin. The production of renin by these organs has never been demonstrated. We propose that the so-called native prorenin in extracellular fluid, including the circulation, is derived, at least partly, from short-lived active prorenin. Its potential paracrine function is discussed.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University MC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (J.D.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (M.A.D.H.S., A.H.J.D.)
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BACKGROUND The function of prorenin, the inactive precursor of renin, remains unclear after many decades of research. The discovery of a (pro)renin receptor suggested that prorenin, by binding to this receptor, would become active, that is, obtain an 'open' conformation. However, the receptor only interacted with prorenin at levels that were many orders of magnitude above its normal levels, making such interaction in-vivo unlikely. Prorenin occurs in two conformations, an open, active form, and a closed, inactive form. Under physiological conditions (pH 7.4, 37 °C), virtually all prorenin occurs in the closed conformation. This study investigated to what degree prorenin-synthesizing cells release prorenin in an open conformation. METHODS AND RESULTS Renin plus prorenin-synthesizing human mast cells, and prorenin-synthesizing HEK293 cells (transfected with the mammalian expression vector pRhR1100, containing human prorenin) and human decidua cells were incubated with the renin inhibitor VTP-27999. This inhibitor will trap open prorenin, as after VTP-27999 binding, prorenin can no longer return to its closed conformation, thus allowing its detection in a renin immunoradiometric assay. No evidence for the release of open prorenin was found. Moreover, incubating decidua cells with angiotensinogen yielded low angiotensin levels, corresponding with the activity of ≈1% of prorenin in the medium, that is, the amount of open prorenin expected based upon the equilibrium between open and closed prorenin under physiological conditions. CONCLUSION Our study does not reveal evidence for the release of open, active prorenin by prorenin-synthesizing cells, at least under cell culture conditions. This argues against prorenin activity at the site of its release.
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Krop M, Lu X, Verdonk K, Schalekamp MADH, van Gool JMG, McKeever BM, Gregg R, Danser AHJ. New renin inhibitor VTP-27999 alters renin immunoreactivity and does not unfold prorenin. Hypertension 2013; 61:1075-82. [PMID: 23460288 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.00967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Renin inhibitors like aliskiren not only block renin but also bind prorenin, thereby inducing a conformational change (like the change induced by acid) allowing its recognition in a renin-specific assay. Consequently, aliskiren can be used to measure prorenin. VTP-27999 is a new renin inhibitor with an aliskiren-like IC50 and t1/2, and a much higher bioavailability. This study addressed (pro)renin changes during treatment of volunteers with VTP-27999 or aliskiren. Both drugs increased renin immunoreactivity. Treatment of plasma samples from aliskiren-treated subjects with excess aliskiren yielded higher renin immunoreactivity levels, confirming the presence of prorenin. Unexpectedly, this approach did not work in VTP-27999-treated subjects, although an assay detecting the prosegment revealed that their blood still contained prorenin. Subsequent in vitro analysis showed that VTP-27999 increased renin immunoreactivity for a given amount of renin by ≥ 30% but did not unfold prorenin. Yet, it did bind to acid-activated, intact prorenin and then again increased immunoreactivity in a renin assay. However, no such increase in immunoreactivity was seen when measuring acid-activated prorenin bound to VTP-27999 with a prosegment-directed assay. The VTP-27999-induced rises in renin immunoreactivity could be competitively prevented by aliskiren, and antibody displacement studies revealed a higher affinity of the active site-directed antibodies in the presence of VTP-27999. In conclusion, VTP-27999 increases renin immunoreactivity in renin immunoassays because it affects the affinity of the active site-directed antibody. Combined with its lack of effect on prorenin, these data show that VTP-27999 differs from aliskiren. The clinical relevance of these results needs to be established.
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- Manne Krop
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pharmacology and Vascular Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Michaud A, Bur D, Gribouval O, Muller L, Iturrioz X, Clemessy M, Gasc JM, Gubler MC, Corvol P. Loss-of-function point mutations associated with renal tubular dysgenesis provide insights about renin function and cellular trafficking. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 20:301-11. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Campbell DJ, Nussberger J, Stowasser M, Danser AHJ, Morganti A, Frandsen E, Ménard J. Activity Assays and Immunoassays for Plasma Renin and Prorenin: Information Provided and Precautions Necessary for Accurate Measurement. Clin Chem 2009; 55:867-77. [DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.118000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractBackground: Measurement of plasma renin is important for the clinical assessment of hypertensive patients. The most common methods for measuring plasma renin are the plasma renin activity (PRA) assay and the renin immunoassay. The clinical application of renin inhibitor therapy has thrown into focus the differences in information provided by activity assays and immunoassays for renin and prorenin measurement and has drawn attention to the need for precautions to ensure their accurate measurement.Content: Renin activity assays and immunoassays provide related but different information. Whereas activity assays measure only active renin, immunoassays measure both active and inhibited renin. Particular care must be taken in the collection and processing of blood samples and in the performance of these assays to avoid errors in renin measurement. Both activity assays and immunoassays are susceptible to renin overestimation due to prorenin activation. In addition, activity assays performed with peptidase inhibitors may overestimate the degree of inhibition of PRA by renin inhibitor therapy. Moreover, immunoassays may overestimate the reactive increase in plasma renin concentration in response to renin inhibitor therapy, owing to the inhibitor promoting conversion of prorenin to an open conformation that is recognized by renin immunoassays.Conclusions: The successful application of renin assays to patient care requires that the clinician and the clinical chemist understand the information provided by these assays and of the precautions necessary to ensure their accuracy.
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- Duncan J Campbell
- St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research and Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Angiology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Endocrine Hypertension Research Centre, University of Queensland School of Medicine, Greenslopes and Princess Alexandra Hospitals, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Pharmacology, Vascular and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension Unit, Ospedale San Giuseppe and Centro Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Biolab, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes, University Paris 5, Paris, France
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Fisher NDL, Jan Danser AH, Nussberger J, Dole WP, Hollenberg NK. Renal and hormonal responses to direct renin inhibition with aliskiren in healthy humans. Circulation 2008; 117:3199-205. [PMID: 18559696 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.767202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pharmacological interruption of the renin-angiotensin system focuses on optimization of blockade. As a measure of intrarenal renin activity, we have examined renal plasma flow (RPF) responses in a standardized protocol. Compared with responses with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition (rise in RPF approximately 95 mL x min(-1) x 1.73 m(-2)), greater renal vasodilation with angiotensin receptor blockers (approximately 145 mL x min(-1) x 1.73 m(-2)) suggested more effective blockade. We predicted that blockade with the direct oral renin inhibitor aliskiren would produce renal vascular responses exceeding those induced by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty healthy normotensive subjects were studied on a low-sodium (10 mmol/d) diet, receiving separate escalating doses of aliskiren. Six additional subjects received captopril 25 mg as a low-sodium comparison and also received aliskiren on a high-sodium (200 mmol/d) diet. RPF was measured by clearance of para-aminohippurate. Aliskiren induced a remarkable dose-related renal vasodilation in low-sodium balance. The RPF response was maximal at the 600-mg dose (197+/-27 mL x min(-1) x 1.73 m(-2)) and exceeded responses to captopril (92+/-20 mL x min(-1) x 1.73 m(-2); P<0.01). Furthermore, significant residual vasodilation was observed 48 hours after each dose (P<0.01). The RPF response on a high-sodium diet was also higher than expected (47+/-17 mL x min(-1) x 1.73 m(-2)). Plasma renin activity and angiotensin levels were reduced in a dose-related manner. As another functional index of the effect of aliskiren, we found significant natriuresis on both diets. CONCLUSIONS Renal vasodilation in healthy people with the potent renin inhibitor aliskiren exceeded responses seen previously with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers. The effects were longer lasting and were associated with significant natriuresis. These results indicate that aliskiren may provide more complete and thus more effective blockade of the renin-angiotensin system.
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- Naomi D L Fisher
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Newly developed renin and prorenin assays and the clinical evaluation of renin inhibitors. J Hypertens 2008; 26:928-37. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e3282f6a671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ménard J, Azizi M. The difficult conception, birth and delivery of a renin inhibitor: controversies around aliskiren. J Hypertens 2007; 25:1775-82. [PMID: 17762637 DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e3282ef45e9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Danser AHJ, Deinum J. Renin, prorenin and the putative (pro)renin receptor. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2006; 6:163-5. [PMID: 16525949 DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2005.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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- A H Jan Danser
- Department of Pharmacology, Erasums MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Ménard J, Guyene TT, Peyrard S, Azizi M. Conformational changes in prorenin during renin inhibition in vitro and in vivo. J Hypertens 2006; 24:529-34. [PMID: 16467656 DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000209989.59230.2e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Some renin inhibitors induce changes in the conformation of prorenin in vitro and influence the quantification of active renin by immunoradiometric assays. Whether such changes in renin recognition by monoclonal antibodies exist after oral administration of aliskiren, the first orally available renin inhibitor, is not known. METHODS Two commercially available immunoradiometric assays (Cisbio and Nichols) were compared to determine immunoreactive active renin concentrations in plasma samples collected in a single oral dose crossover study comparing the renin inhibitor, aliskiren (300 mg), with the angiotensin II antagonist, valsartan (160 mg), in healthy male subjects. RESULTS The addition of aliskiren to plasma samples in vitro, at concentrations of 1-100 micromol/l, increased active renin immunoreactivity in both the Cisbio and Nichols assays. In the crossover study, the two assays gave similar values for the plasma immunoreactive active renin concentration before treatment and following valsartan administration (intraclass coefficient for agreement between the two assays = 0.92). However, a Bland-Altman plot showed a systematic bias towards higher values (1.75-fold higher; 95% confidence interval = 1.02-3.01) in the Nichols than in the Cisbio assay following aliskiren administration. The difference between the results obtained with the two assays depended on incubation time. CONCLUSIONS Depending on incubation conditions, circulating renin inhibitors interfere with the recognition of active renin molecules by the monoclonal antibodies used in commercially available assays. Careful consideration must therefore be given to the methodology used for quantifying immunoreactive plasma active renin when patients are treated with renin inhibitors, to avoid an overestimation of the magnitude of active renin release attributable to conformational changes in plasma prorenin.
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- Joël Ménard
- Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, INSERM-AP-HP Clinical Investigation Center, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
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Ingram RN, Orth P, Strickland CL, Le HV, Madison V, Beyer BM. Stabilization of the autoproteolysis of TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) results in a novel crystal form suitable for structure-based drug design studies. Protein Eng Des Sel 2006; 19:155-61. [PMID: 16459338 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzj014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The crystallization of TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) has been useful in understanding the structure-activity relationships of new chemical entities. However, the propensity of TACE to undergo autoproteolysis has made enzyme handling difficult and impeded the identification of inhibitor soakable crystal forms. The autoproteolysis of TACE was found to be specific (Y352-V353) and occurred within a flexible loop that is in close proximity to the P-side of the active site. The rate of autoproteolysis was found to be proportional to the concentration of TACE, suggesting a bimolecular reaction mechanism. A limited specificity study of the S(1)' subsite was conducted using surrogate peptides and suggested substitutions that would stabilize the proteolysis of the loop at positions Y352-V353. Two mutant proteases (V353G and V353S) were generated and proved to be highly resistant to autoproteolysis. The kinetics of the more resistant mutant (V353G) and wild-type TACE were compared and demonstrated virtually identical IC(50) values for a panel of competitive inhibitors. However, the k(cat)/K(m) of the mutant for a larger substrate (P6 - P(6)') was approximately 5-fold lower than that for the wild-type enzyme. Comparison of the complexed wild-type and mutant structures indicated a subtle shift in a peripheral P-side loop (comprising the mutation site) that may be involved in substrate binding/turnover and might explain the mild kinetic difference. The characterization of this stabilized form of TACE has yielded an enzyme with similar native kinetic properties and identified a novel crystal form that is suitable for inhibitor soaking and structure determination.
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- Richard N Ingram
- Department of Structural Chemistry, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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- A H Jan Danser
- Department of Pharmacology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Juillerat-Jeanneret L, Celerier J, Chapuis Bernasconi C, Nguyen G, Wostl W, Maerki HP, Janzer RC, Corvol P, Gasc JM. Renin and angiotensinogen expression and functions in growth and apoptosis of human glioblastoma. Br J Cancer 2004; 90:1059-68. [PMID: 14997208 PMCID: PMC2409624 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The expression and function in growth and apoptosis of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) was evaluated in human glioblastoma. Renin and angiotensinogen (AGT) mRNAs and proteins were found by in situ hybridisation and immunohistochemistry in glioblastoma cells. Angiotensinogen was present in glioblastoma cystic fluids. Thus, human glioblastoma cells produce renin and AGT and secrete AGT. Human glioblastoma and glioblastoma cells expressed renin, AGT, renin receptor, AT(2) and/or AT(1) mRNAs and proteins determined by RT-PCR and/or Western blotting, respectively. The function of the RAS in glioblastoma was studied using human glioblastoma cells in culture. Angiotensinogen, des(Ang I)AGT, tetradecapaptide renin substrate (AGT1-14), Ang I, Ang II or Ang III, added to glioblastoma cells in culture, did not modulate their proliferation, survival or death. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors did not diminish glioblastoma cell proliferation. However, the addition of selective synthetic renin inhibitors to glioblastoma cells decreased DNA synthesis and viable tumour cell number, and induced apoptosis. This effect was not counterbalanced by concomitant addition of Ang II. In conclusion, the complete RAS is expressed by human glioblastomas and glioblastoma cells in culture. Inhibition of renin in glioblastoma cells may be a potential approach to control glioblastoma cell proliferation and survival, and glioblastoma progression in combination therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Angiotensinogen/genetics
- Angiotensinogen/metabolism
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Brain Neoplasms/metabolism
- Brain Neoplasms/pathology
- Brain Neoplasms/surgery
- CHO Cells
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cricetinae
- Glioblastoma/metabolism
- Glioblastoma/pathology
- Glioblastoma/surgery
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- In Situ Hybridization
- Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/genetics
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1/metabolism
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2/genetics
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2/metabolism
- Renin/genetics
- Renin/metabolism
- Retrospective Studies
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Serine Proteinase Inhibitors/genetics
- Serine Proteinase Inhibitors/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Saris JJ, Derkx FH, De Bruin RJ, Dekkers DH, Lamers JM, Saxena PR, Schalekamp MA, Jan Danser AH. High-affinity prorenin binding to cardiac man-6-P/IGF-II receptors precedes proteolytic activation to renin. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280:H1706-15. [PMID: 11247783 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.4.h1706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mannose-6-phosphate (man-6-P)/insulin-like growth factor-II (man-6-P/IgF-II) receptors are involved in the activation of recombinant human prorenin by cardiomyocytes. To investigate the kinetics of this process, the nature of activation, the existence of other prorenin receptors, and binding of native prorenin, neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were incubated with recombinant, renal, or amniotic fluid prorenin with or without man-6-P. Intact and activated prorenin were measured in cell lysates with prosegment- and renin-specific antibodies, respectively. The dissociation constant (K(d)) and maximum number of binding sites (B(max)) for prorenin binding to man-6-P/IGF-II receptors were 0.6 +/- 0.1 nM and 3,840 +/- 510 receptors/myocyte, respectively. The capacity for prorenin internalization was greater than 10 times B(max). Levels of internalized intact prorenin decreased rapidly (half-life = 5 +/- 3 min) indicating proteolytic prosegment removal. Prorenin subdivision into man-6-P-free and man-6-P-containing fractions revealed that only the latter was bound. Cells also bound and activated renal but not amniotic fluid prorenin. We concluded that cardiomyocytes display high-affinity binding of renal but not extrarenal prorenin exclusively via man-6-P/IGF-II receptors. Binding precedes internalization and proteolytic activation to renin thereby supporting the concept of cardiac angiotensin formation by renal prorenin.
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- J J Saris
- Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute COEUR, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Janzik I, Macheroux P, Amrhein N, Schaller A. LeSBT1, a subtilase from tomato plants. Overexpression in insect cells, purification, and characterization. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:5193-9. [PMID: 10671566 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.7.5193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cDNA of a tomato subtilase designated LeSBT1 was cloned from a tomato flower cDNA library. The deduced amino acid sequence indicated for LeSBT1 the structure of a prepro-protein targeted to the secretory pathway by virtue of an amino-terminal signal peptide. LeSBT1 was expressed in the baculovirus/insect cell system and a processed 73-kDa form of LeSBT1, lacking both signal peptide and prodomain, was purified to homogeneity from culture supernatants. This 73-kDa LeSBT1, however, lacked proteolytic activity. Zymogen activation to yield 68-kDa LeSBT1 required the additional processing of an amino-terminal autoinhibitory peptide in a strictly pH-dependent manner. Mature 68-kDa LeSBT1 showed highest activity at acidic pH consistent with its presumed localization in the apoplast of the plant cell. In comparison to other plant subtilases, LeSBT1 exhibited a narrower substrate specificity in that it cleaves only polypeptide substrates preferentially but not exclusively carboxyl-terminal of glutamine residues. The possible involvement of LeSBT1 in selective proprotein processing is discussed with reference to the related mammalian proprotein convertases.
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- I Janzik
- Institute of Plant Sciences, Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Suzuki F, Nakagawa T, Kakidachi H, Murakami K, Inagami T, Nakamura Y. The dominant role of the prosegment of prorenin in determining the rate of activation by acid or trypsin: studies with molecular chimeras. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 267:577-80. [PMID: 10631104 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human prorenin activation by acid or trypsin is faster than rat prorenin by two orders of magnitude. No plausible mechanism exists to explain the difference. Two chimeric mutant prorenins were produced in CHO cells. A chimera, hPro/rRen, composed of human prorenin prosegment and rat active renin segment, was activated as fast as wild-type human prorenin at pH 3.3 and 25 degrees C or by trypsin (1 microg/ml). The other chimera, rPro/hRen, composed of rat prorenin prosegment and human active renin segment, was activated as slowly as wild-type rat prorenin at pH 3.3 and 25 degrees C or by trypsin (50 microg/ml). These results indicate that the rate of activation of prorenin is predominantly determined by the N-terminal pro-sequence. Plausible mechanisms are discussed.
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- F Suzuki
- Molecular Genetics Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.
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AbstractBackground: Our renin IRMA overestimated renin in plasmas with high prorenin-to-renin ratios. We suspected that the overestimation of renin was caused less by cross-reactivity of the renin-specific antibody with prorenin than by a conformational change of prorenin into an enzymatically active form during the assay.Methods: Because the inactive form of prorenin converts slowly into an active form at low temperature, we raised the assay temperature from 22 °C to 37 °C, simultaneously shortening the incubation time from 24 to 6 h. The former IRMA was performed in <1 working day with these modifications.Results: The comeasurement of prorenin as renin was eliminated. Reagents were stable at 37 °C, and the new and old IRMAs were comparable in terms of precision and accuracy. The functional lower limit of the assay (4 mU/L) was below the lower reference limit (9 mU/L). The modified IRMA agreed closely with the activities measured with an enzyme-kinetic assay. Results were not influenced by the plasma concentration of angiotensinogen. At normal angiotensinogen concentrations, the IRMA closely correlated with the classical enzyme-kinetic assay of plasma renin activity.Conclusion: The modified IRMA, performed at 37 °C, avoids interference by prorenin while retaining the desirable analytical characteristics of the older IRMA and requiring less time.
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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