title: Alpha 1-adrenoceptors in the corneal endothelium.
abstract: The potent alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, [3H]prazosin, exhibited high affinity, specific and reversible binding to intact rabbit, bovine and human corneal endothelial cells in culture. The binding of 1 nM [3H]prazosin to rabbit cells reached a steady-state level within 10 min at 37 degrees C. Under these conditions, approximately 50% of the [3H]prazosin bound was specific. The level of specific [3H]prazosin binding was concentration-dependent, but Rosenthal analysis indicated that [3H]prazosin bound to at least two sites. One site exhibited a high affinity for [3H]prazosin (Kd = 0.2 nM), but a relatively low binding capacity (Bmax = 175 fmol bound mg-1 protein); the other site showed a relatively low affinity for the radioligand (Kd = 85 nM), but a much higher binding capacity (1280 fmol mg-1). Several known alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonists and agonists competitively inhibited [3H]prazosin binding at the high affinity site when incubated with the radioligand. The relative potencies of these competing ligands were generally consistent with their binding affinities for alpha 1-adrenoceptors in other tissues. Phenylephrine stimulated the rate of hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate by 63% in these cells. This stimulation was inhibited by 52% if phentolamine was also present during the incubation. These data indicate that corneal endothelial cells have alpha 1-adrenoceptors which can modulate polyphosphoinositide turnover in this tissue.
authors.affiliation: Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation, Columbia 65201.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Walkenbach
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Reinach
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D011224:Prazosin / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D010656:Phenylephrine; D011224:Prazosin