title: The key role of sodium in the ouabain-mediated potentiation of potassium-evoked catecholamine release in cat adrenal glands.
abstract: 1. The effect of [Na]o on the catecholamine release evoked by K in ouabain pretreated, isolated adrenal glands of the cat, was investigated. 2. Reduction of [Na]o to 70, 50 and 25 mM, with sucrose as a substitute, did not modify the spontaneous catecholamine release but progressively increased the K (17.7 mM)-evoked secretory response. 3. Ouabain pretreatment (100 microM; 10 min) greatly increased the K (17.7 mM)-evoked catecholamine secretory response in glands perfused with normal Krebs. Such an increase was still seen in glands perfused with 70 mM Na-containing solution but disappeared when [Na]o was reduced to 25 and 10 mM. 4. Preperfusion of non-ouabain treated glands with Li-enriched Krebs, for a 40 min period, caused an increase in the K (17.7 mM)-evoked secretory response which was dependent on [Li]o and essentially similar to that induced by ouabain pretreatment. 5. Ouabain treatment (100 microM; 10 min) of glands perfused with normal Krebs evoked a long lasting catecholamine release, which reached a plateau at about 36 min and amounted to 0.68 +/- 0.25 microgram 2 min-1 (n = 9). Such a secretory response was dramatically increased, and its shape modified, when glands were preperfused with K (17.7 mM)-Krebs: a peak of 3.77 +/- 0.42 micrograms 2 min-1 (n = 7) was reached at 18 min. This response was drastically reduced in the presence of nitrendipine (1 microM). 6. In summary, our results indicate that both [Na]0 reduction or Na accumulation into the chromaffin cell by inhibition of the Na pump with ouabain, greatly enhance the secretory efficacy of small increments of [K]0, and suggest that sodium may play a role in the regulation of catecholamine release mediated by voltage-dependent Ca channels in adrenal glands.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmacologia y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, U.A.M., Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Abajo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sánchez-García
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008094:Lithium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010477:Perfusion; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D010042:Ouabain; D009568:Nitrendipine; D008094:Lithium; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium