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. 1971 Feb 1;133(2):353-61.
doi: 10.1084/jem.133.2.353.

Angiotensin and renin in rat and dog brain

C Fischer-Ferraro, V E Nahmod, D J Goldstein, S Finkielman

Angiotensin and renin in rat and dog brain

C Fischer-Ferraro et al. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

An enzyme with the characteristics of classical renin was isolated from brain extracts of nephrectomized dogs. This enzyme is thermolabile, nondialyzable, and forms a vasoconstrictive material when incubated with renin plasma substrate at pH 7. A short lasting pressor activity was also found in brain extracts of dogs and rats. This activity was due to a substance identified by chemical and pharmacological tests as angiotensin. Countercurrent distribution of brain extracts of rats showed that 38% of the pressor activity corresponded to angiotensin II and the remainder to angiotensin I. A remarkable correlation was found between angiotensin and norepinphrine concentrations in different portions of the encephalon of the dog.

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