title: Effect of repeated electroconvulsive shocks on isoprenaline-induced changes of the endogenous inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in rat brain.
abstract: The effect of repeated electroconvulsive shocks (ECS) on the responsiveness to isoprenaline of an endogenous, specific inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (type I inhibitor) was tested in rat hippocampus and brainstem. Isoprenaline produced a dose-dependent decrease in the type I inhibitor activity in these brain structures. Neither the basal activity nor the isoprenaline-induced changes of type I inhibitor activity were affected by a single ECS. However, a series of 11 ECS markedly reduced the response of the type I inhibitor activity to isoprenaline. The action of isoprenaline was completely blocked by propranolol and markedly enhanced by aminophylline. The results indicate that the subsensitivity of beta-adrenoceptors is accompanied by reduced responsiveness of type I inhibitor activity to isoprenaline.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004597:Electroshock; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; C015482:protein kinase modulator; D007545:Isoproterenol