title: Presynaptic beta-adrenoceptors in guinea pig papillary muscle: evidence for adrenaline-mediated positive feedback on noradrenergic transmission.
abstract: Guinea pig papillary muscles were preincubated in the presence of 5 x 10(-9) mol/L unlabeled noradrenaline or adrenaline then incubated with (3H)-noradrenaline and superfused. Electrical field stimulation with 180 pulses delivered at 1 or 3 Hz was used to induce overflow of radioactivity. Comparison of the effects of preexposure of the tissue to adrenaline or noradrenaline revealed that adrenaline incubation caused an enhancement of stimulation-evoked overflow of (3H)noradrenaline and a reduction of the effect of exogenously added isoprenaline. Furthermore, the selective beta 2-adrenoceptor antagonist ICI 118,551 (10(-7) mol/L), but not the selective beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist ICI 89,406 (10(-7) mol/L), reduced electrically evoked overflow of (3H)noradrenaline in tissue preincubated with adrenaline but not in tissue preincubated with noradrenaline. The overflow-reducing effect of ICI 118.551 occurred at stimulation with 3 Hz but not at stimulation with 1 Hz. The present results support the hypothesis that noradrenergic transmission in guinea pig papillary muscle is facilitated via beta 2-adrenoceptors, and that adrenaline may serve as transmitter in this positive feedback mechanism after its incorporation into sympathetic nerves.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Valenta
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000502:physiology*; D005246:Feedback / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000502:physiology*; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000294:innervation*; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011412:Propanolamines; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D014316:Tritium; C026777:ICI 118551; C025716:ICI 89406; D007545:Isoproterenol; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine; D010646:Phentolamine