title: Beta-adrenergic sensitivity in Parkinson's disease: effect of levodopa treatment.
abstract: The beta-adrenergic sensitivity in never-treated and levodopa-treated patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) was studied through the evaluation of lymphocyte beta-adrenoceptor number ([125I]cyanopindolol binding sites) and chronotropic and metabolic (plasma nonesterified fatty acids--NEFA) responses to isoproterenol. No change was found in Bmax values or affinity constant Kd between never-treated patients, levodopa-treated patients with PD, and controls. At rest, no difference was observed in heart rate, plasma catecholamine, or NEFA levels between the three groups. Isoproterenol sensitivity (chronotropic response and plasma NEFA increase) was similar in never-treated and treated PD. The results suggest that peripheral beta-adrenergic sensitivity is unaffected either by the pathophysiological process of PD or by levodopa treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, INSERM U317, Faculté de Médecine, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Durrieu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rispail
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chatelut
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berlan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rascol
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Montastruc
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montastruc
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000097:blood; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000097:blood; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D007980:Levodopa; D007545:Isoproterenol; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine