title: Effects of isoxuprine and nylidrin on adrenoreceptors in rat vas deferens.
abstract: The interaction of isoxuprine and nylidrin with alpha 1- and beta 2-adrenoreceptors in rat vas deferens was examined using radioligand binding assays and physiological studies in vitro. Isoxuprine and nylidrin have a greater affinity for binding to alpha 1 (isoxuprine KD = 59 +/- 15 nM; nylidrin KD = 41 +/- 3 nM) than beta 2-(isoxuprine KD = 3,900 +/- 500 nM; nylidrin KD = 900 +/- 50 nM) adrenoreceptors in rat vas deferens. Vas deferens from rats pretreated for 16-24 h with reserpine (3 mg/kg i.p.) were exposed to 10 microM phenoxybenzamine for 15 min to inactivate alpha-adrenoreceptors. Under these conditions high concentrations of both isoxuprine and nylidrin relaxed vas deferens contracted with 55 mM K+, however the relaxation was not blocked by the beta-adrenoreceptor antagonist propranolol (10 microM). Both isoxuprine and nylidrin were potent competitive antagonists of alpha 1-adrenoreceptor mediated contraction of vas deferens. pA2 values for isoxuprine (6.9 +/- .05) and nylidrin (7.1 +/- .08) agreed well with KD values for binding to alpha 1-adrenoreceptors in vas deferens. The greater potency of isoxuprine and nylidrin in inhibiting alpha 1-adrenoreceptors than binding to beta 2-adrenoreceptors or causing nonspecific relaxation suggest that alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonist actions of these drugs may be important in their ability to inhibit smooth muscle tone.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007556:Isoxsuprine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D009756:Nylidrin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D009756:Nylidrin; D012110:Reserpine; D007556:Isoxsuprine