title: Effects of dopamine receptor and alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on muscarinic receptor stimulation in cardiac sympathetic ganglia of the dog.
abstract: The effects of dopamine (DA)-receptor and alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists on ganglionic muscarinic stimulation were examined in anesthetized dogs. All drugs were injected or infused intra-arterially into the blood supply of the cardiac sympathetic ganglia. The muscarinic agonists McN-A-343 (10, 20, and 30 micrograms) and muscarine (1, 2, and 3 micrograms) increased heart rate. The muscarinic receptor stimulation elicited by McN-A-343 or muscarine was significantly inhibited by infusion of the DA2-receptor agonist quinpirole (3 and 10 micrograms/min) but not by the DA1-receptor agonist SK&F 38393 (10 and 30 micrograms/min). The alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist BHT 933 (3 and 10 micrograms/min) also inhibited muscarinic receptor stimulation. The DA2-receptor antagonist domperidone (10 micrograms/min) and the alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist yohimbine (1 micrograms/min) had no effects on muscarinic receptor stimulation, but they antagonized the inhibitory effects of quinpirole and BHT 933, respectively. The nicotinic transmission elicited by preganglionic cardiac sympathetic nerve stimulation (1 and 2 Hz) was also inhibited by DA-receptor and alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists. These results suggest that DA2-receptors and alpha 2-adrenoceptors suppress muscarinic transmission as well as nicotinic transmission in the cardiac sympathetic ganglia of the dog.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mukaiyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: D008455:(4-(m-Chlorophenylcarbamoyloxy)-2-butynyl)trimethylammonium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D015259:Dopamine Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009116:Muscarine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D015259:Dopamine Agents; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D008455:(4-(m-Chlorophenylcarbamoyloxy)-2-butynyl)trimethylammonium Chloride; D009116:Muscarine