Effects of ANP, angiotensin, vasopressin, and endothelin on ANP receptors in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells.

Some evidence suggests homologous and heterologous regulation of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) receptors. We have examined the effects of exposure to ANP, angiotensin II (ANG II), arginine vasopressin (AVP), and endothelin (ET), on binding of ANP to cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and on guanylate cyclase-coupled and -uncoupled ANP receptors. The latter were studied by examining production of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) in response to ANP and binding of ANP to Triton X-100-solubilized VSMC membranes, irreversible cross-linking with disuccinimidyl suberate, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in presence of dithiothreitol, followed by radioautography. Exposure to 100 nmol/l ANP for 18 h reduced ANP sites to 43% of control. However, if acid wash of VSMC membranes at pH 5.0 was performed before binding, no decrease in density of ANP binding sites was detected. On SDS-PAGE, a 130-kDa band bound 42 vs. 46% of 125I-labeled ANP in acid-washed membranes from control vs. cells exposed to ANP; the remainder was bound to a 67-kDa band. ANG II (100 nmol/l), AVP (1 mumol/l), or ET-1 or ET-3 (100 nmol/l) did not produce changes in density of ANP sites or in binding to the 130- and 67-kDa bands. cGMP production in response to ANP showed exaggerated response in ANG II but not in AVP- or ET-treated VSMC. Effect of ANG II was abolished by the ANG II antagonist [Sar1-Ile8]ANG II.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)