title: The influence of beta-agonists on normal and clonidine-decelerated noradrenaline turnover in the rat brain.
abstract: The effect of some beta-adrenoceptor agonists, such as clenbuterol, salbutamol, isoprenaline and formoterol on the NA turnover (estimated on the basis of NA disappearance after inhibition of its synthesis by FLA-63) in various regions of the rat brain was examined. All the used beta-agonists (given ip) accelerated the FLA-63 induced disappearance of NA in the cortex, limbic system and brain stem. That effect of the beta-agonists was antagonized by propranolol. The obtained results indicate that beta-adrenoceptors are involved in regulation of the NA turnover. After chronic treatment with salbutamol (5 mg/kg, twice a day for 10 days, the last dose--10 mg/kg), tolerance to acute affects of that substance developed. In turn, salbutamol given chronically prevented the clonidine-induced deceleration of NA disappearance. The effects observed after chronic salbutamol treatment may be due to developed adaptive changes in beta-, as well as in alpha 2-adrenoceptors.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mogilnicka
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000420:Albuterol / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D005406:Bis(4-Methyl-1-Homopiperazinylthiocarbonyl)disulfide / Q000494:pharmacology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D005406:Bis(4-Methyl-1-Homopiperazinylthiocarbonyl)disulfide; D011433:Propranolol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D003000:Clonidine; D000420:Albuterol; D009638:Norepinephrine