title: Release of noradrenaline by labetalol in the rat anococcygeus muscle.
abstract: The effects of labetalol on the accumulation and spontaneous release of (--)-[3H]noradrenaline, and on contractile responses to exogenously applied (--)-noradrenaline were studied in the isolated anococcygeus muscle of the rat. 1. Labetalol (3 x 10(-7)--10(-4)M) inhibited the accumulation of (--)-[3H]noradrenaline. 2. Labetalol (10(-6)--10(-4)M) and guanethidine (6 x 10(-6) M) increased the spontaneous release of [3H] following incubation of the muscle with (--)-[3H]noradrenaline. Nortriptyline (10(-6) M) had no effect on the spontaneous release of [3H], antagonised the increased release of [3H] produced by 6 x 10(-6) M guanethidine but not that observed with 10(-5) M labetalol. Labetalol (5 x 10(-6) M) markedly increased the loss of tritiated deminated metabolites with little change in the loss of (--)-[3H]noradrenaline. 3. Labetalol (10(-7)--10(-5)M), alone or in the presence of 10(-6) M nortriptyline, had no effect on contractile responses to (--)-noradrenaline. 4. Following pretreatment with 6-hydroxydopamine (10(-3)M for 3 h) to deplete endogenous noradrenaline stores, labetalol (10(-7)--10(-5) M) inhibited responses to exogenously applied (--)-noradrenaline. 5. These results suggest that, in the rat anococcygeus muscle, labetalol is a noradrenaline releasing agent and an alpha-adrenoceptor antogonist.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007741:Labetalol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009661:Nortriptyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004983:Ethanolamines; D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D009661:Nortriptyline; D007741:Labetalol; D009638:Norepinephrine