Bradykinin inhibits rat myometrial adenylate cyclase activity via a high-affinity receptor.

Bradykinin (BK) which contracts the rat uterus inhibited at subnanomolar concentrations rat myometrial adenylate cyclase stimulated by NaF or guanyl nucleotides by about 40%. The effect was maximal at about 10 to 100 pM. At a higher concentration (100 nM), bradykinin was ineffective. Together with recently presented results these data suggest that in rat myometrium the adenylate cyclase may be coupled by a G12/G13-type G-protein to a high-affinity BK receptor.