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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 61, 480-483, Copyright © 1985 by Endocrine Society

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Evidence for the existence of des-Asp1-angiotensin II in human uterine and adrenal tissues

M Naruse, K Naruse, F Kurimoto, H Sakurai, S Yoshida, H Toma, T Ishii, K Obana, H Demura and T Inagami

Renin is present in various tissues outside the kidney. In contrast, the levels of angiotensins (ANG), the active products of the renin- angiotensin system, have not been thoroughly evaluated in tissues. In this study, we demonstrated the presence of immunoreactive (ir) ANG I and ANG II in various human tissues by RIA. Of the tissues examined, uterine tissue contained the most ir-ANG II. Since the anti-ANG II antibody used had significant cross-reactivity with ANG III, high performance liquid chromatography was performed to separate ANG II from ANG III. The major portion of the ir-ANG II in the plasma was ANG II. In contrast, the major portion of the ir-ANG II in uterine tissue was determined to be ANG III, a known biologically active peptide. The adrenal gland and testis also contained ANG III. From these results, it can be postulated that ANG III may contribute to the biological activity of ANG in some tissues.


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