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Bradykinin (BK) initially produced concentration-related relaxations of human basilar artery in vitro. Concentration-effect curves constructed at 2 h intervals to BK over an 8 h period were reproducible. The rank order of potency of three kinins on the human basilar artery was found to be BK > methionyl-lysyl-BK > des-Arg9-BK. The B2-receptor antagonist Thi5,8 d-Phe7-BK but not the B1-receptor antagonist des-Arg9-Leu8-BK selectively blocked BK-induced relaxations of the human basilar artery.
The relaxant effects of bradykinin and acetylcholine but not papaverine were attenuated after removal of the endothelium or treating the tissues with BW755C. Indomethacin was without effect. Concentration-effect curves to angiotensin I were markedly attenuated by captopril at a concentration which had no effect on BK, angiotensin II or 5-hydroxytryptamine responses. It is concluded that BK induced relaxations of the human basilar artery are mediated via activation of a B2 receptor and the response is dependent upon the release of a factor present in the endothelium. Angiotensin converting enzyme is present in the human basilar artery and is important for the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II but apparently not for the degradation of BK. It is likely that other kininases are present and active in the tissue.
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Whalley, E.T., Amure, Y.O. & Lye, R.H. Analysis of the mechanism of action of bradykinin on human basilar artery in vitro. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 335, 433–437 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165559
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