title: Influence of adrenoceptors on thrombin-induced phosphoinositide metabolism in rat platelets.
abstract: Stimulation of washed rat platelets with thrombin resulted in an increased turnover of phosphoinositides. Adrenaline and isoproterenol both inhibited thrombin-induced phosphatidic acid formation in a dose-dependent manner. Inhibitory responses of both compounds were blocked by a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist. However, isoproterenol was a more potent inhibitor than adrenaline. Addition of a selective alpha2-adrenoceptor antagonist potentiated the inhibitory effect of adrenaline up to the level observed with isoproterenol. Prestimulation of beta-adrenoceptors with isoproterenol, followed by addition of adrenaline (or noradrenaline) markedly diminished the inhibitory effect induced by the full beta-adrenoceptor agonist. Our results indicate that, in rat platelets, catecholamines are able to counteract, via alpha2-receptors, the beta-adrenoceptor-mediated inhibition of thrombin-induced phosphatidic acid formation. This suggests that catecholamines, by controlling cAMP level, may modulate phospholipase C activity and thereby platelet reactivity.
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000502:physiology*; D013566:Sympathomimetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D013566:Sympathomimetics; D013917:Thrombin; D000527:Alprostadil; D007545:Isoproterenol; D004837:Epinephrine