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Adrenomedullin (AM) is a novel vasodilator with structural similarities to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). This study investigated AM activity in the rat lung during hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Both rat AM (0.2-10 nmol) and alpha-CGRP (0.2-2 nmol) produced dose-related reductions in pulmonary artery pressure in the isolated perfused lung ventilated with 2% O2. Pretreatment with alpha-CGRP, which demonstrated tachyphylaxis, or its antagonist, CGRP-(8-37), reduced the hypotensive response to AM, suggesting that part of the response to AM is mediated by CGRP receptors. 125I-labeled AM and 125I-labeled CGRP binding was significantly increased in lung membranes from 7-day hypoxic animals (AM from 1.94 +/- 0.3 to 3.36 +/- 0.4 and CGRP from 0.06 +/- 0.01 to 0.12 +/- 0.02 pmol/mg protein), with no change in dissociation constant. Moreover, the hypotensive response to both peptides was increased in the lungs of 7-day hypoxic rats. There was no significant change in lung immunoreactive AM concentrations (hypoxic 5.04 +/- 0.48 vs. control 6.28 +/- 0.76 pmol/g wet wt of tissue) or steady-state AM mRNA levels in 7-day hypoxic rats. Nonetheless, AM may be useful for the acute pharmacological manipulation of pulmonary artery pressure in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.
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