First reported nonpeptide AT1 receptor agonist (L-162,313) acts as an AT2 receptor agonist in vivo

J Med Chem. 2004 Mar 11;47(6):1536-46. doi: 10.1021/jm031031i.

Abstract

In this investigation, it is demonstrated that the first nonpeptide AT(1) receptor agonist L-162,313 (1), disclosed in 1994, also acts as an agonist at the AT(2) receptor. In anesthetized rats, administration of compound 1 intravenously or locally in the duodenum increased duodenal mucosal alkaline secretion, effects that were sensitive to the selective AT(2) receptor antagonist PD-123,319. The data strongly suggest that 1 is an AT(2) receptor agonist in vivo. To the best of our knowledge, this substance is the first nonpeptidic low-molecular weight compound with an agonistic effect mediated through the AT(2) receptor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
  • Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Blockers
  • Animals
  • Binding, Competitive
  • Biphenyl Compounds / pharmacology*
  • Duodenum / drug effects
  • Duodenum / metabolism
  • Female
  • Imidazoles / pharmacology*
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Intestinal Mucosa / drug effects
  • Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism
  • Male
  • Myometrium / metabolism
  • Pyridines / pharmacology
  • Radioligand Assay
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1 / agonists
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2 / agonists*
  • Swine

Substances

  • Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
  • Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Blockers
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Imidazoles
  • L 162313
  • Pyridines
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2
  • PD 123319