THE INFLUENCE OF TISSUE ANGIOTENSINS ON ELEMENTS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (LECTURE 2)

Abstract

Relevance. One of the main causes of death according to the World Health Organization is cardiovascular diseases. It is well known that dysregulation and/or overexpression of elements of the renin-angiotensin system leads to many negative vascular effects, thereby contributing to the development of cardiovascular diseases and pathological processes, including hypertension, aneurysms, congestive heart failure, stroke, coronary heart disease and endothelial dysfunction.Aim. To consider the main angiotensins and the mechanisms of their action on vascular tone, endothelial functioning, and myocardial function. To demonstrate the participation of the renin-angiotensin system in the formation of the main types of cardiovascular pathology.Results. The lecture discusses the cardiogenic and vascular effects of angiotensins II, 1-7, 1-9 and the role of these angiotensins in the development of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, heart failure, and arterial hypertension. The article presents the main principles of correction of the angiotensin system disorder and promising directions of research of this problem.Conclusion. The concept of the classical renin-angiotensin system regulating arterial pressure and vascular tone has evolved into the understanding of this system as a complex network of mediators-anti-tensins and their receptors affecting many physiological pathways.Although the main components of the renin-angiotensin system were discovered more than half a century ago, this system still attracts a large number of researches works in various fields. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system has a number of regulatory and counter-regulatory axes that have a significant impact on the course of many diseases. Among the numerous options for cardiovascular therapy used to treat hypertension and heart failure, drugs that affect the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system play a significant therapeutic role.

Keywords

• local renin-angiotensin system
• angiotensin ii
• at (angiotensin) 1-receptor
• at (angiotensin) 2-receptor
• angiotensin (1–7)
• masr
• angiotensin (1–9)