Abstract
Three experiments are described using new substrate analogue inhibitors of renin. The first experiment shows that introduction of a reduced isostere in the scissile peptide bond of an analogue greatly increases its ability to inhibit renin of a particular species. However, different species of renin substrate have different amino acids in their scissile bond and variation here also greatly influences the affinity of renin and substrate and hence of renin and substrate analogues. Finally, substitution of amino acids in the C-terminal adjacent to the scissile bond influences the affinity and efficacy of substrate analogues as inhibitors. In our second experiment a peptide inhibitor of dog renin, H.77, was used in an affinity column to produce a one-stage, 2000-fold, and complete purification of human renin. In our third experiment infusion of H.77 was used to lower circulating concentrations of angiotensin I and angiotensin II in conscious sodium-deplete dogs. Captopril was then given in addition to H.77 but blood pressure did not fall further, suggesting that captopril lowers blood pressure wholly or partly by reducing angiotensin II within the circulation and in extravascular sites.
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