"Atrial Natriuretic Factor/*blood/isolation & purification/*metabolism"

The conversion of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-(1-126) to ANP-(99-126) by rat serum: contribution to ANP cleavage in isolated perfused rat hearts.

Atrial myocytes cultured for 7 days in serum-free medium secrete a 15K form of atrial natriuretic peptide (15K ANP), but isolated perfused rat hearts secrete the major circulating form of the hormone, a 3K peptide, 3K ANP. This difference was …