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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 238, Issue 5 432-R437, Copyright © 1980 by American Physiological Society
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K. B. Wallace, J. B. Hook and M. D. Bailie
The purpose of this investigation was to correlate the development of the various enzyme activities associated with the renin-angiotensin system with age-related differences in the steady-state concentrations of angiotensin I (AI) and II (AII). Angiotensin was quantified by radioimmunoassay. Plasma renin activity and concentration increased between birth and 3 wk of age, and declined thereafter to adult values. Renal renin content, on the other hand, increased throughout the first 6 wk of postnatal life. The concentration of AII in plasma also increased following birth; however, maximum concentrations were not attained until 5 wk of age. In contrast, plasma AI did not increase between 3 and 6 wk of age. These data suggest that the steady-state concentration of AII in neonatal rat plasma may be partially limited by the low plasma renin substrate concentration. The increase in AII between 3 and 6 wk of age may reflect the increasing converting enzyme activity.
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