Abstract
Incubation of plasma from the steelhead trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss with porcine pancreatic glandular kallikrein generated bradykinin-like immunoreactivity. The primary structure of the immunoreactive peptide was established as: Lys-Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Trp-Ser-Pro-Leu-Arg. This sequence shows two amino acid substitutions (Phe6→Trp and Phe9→Leu) compared with mammalian lysyl-bradykinin (kallidin). Bolus intra-arterial injection of the purified peptide produced a strong and sustained vasopressor response in the unanaesthetized trout. The data demonstrate that the kallikrein-kinin system predates the appearance of tetrapods and suggest a role for this system in cardiovascular regulation in fish.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 75-78 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 334 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 8 Nov 1993 |
Keywords
- Blood pressure
- Bradykinin
- Kallidin
- Kallikrein
- Kininogen
- Trout