title: Beta-adrenoceptor function in human adult skin fibroblasts: a study of manic-depressive illness.
abstract: Catecholamine theories of affective illness provide a rationale for the study of beta-adrenoceptor function in these disorders. Skin fibroblasts were grown in tissue culture from skin biopsies of normal volunteers and manic-depressive subjects for measurement of isoprenaline-stimulated production of cyclic AMP. Monolayers of fibroblasts in wells were incubated for 3 min with or without 0.5 microM-isoprenaline. The cyclic AMP was isolated by ion-exchange chromatography and quantitated by radioimmunoassay. The isoprenaline-stimulated levels of cyclic AMP in manic-depressive subjects (n = 12) were no different from those in normal volunteers (n = 13). Thus, no evidence was found for abnormal beta-adrenoceptor function in manic-depressive illness.
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005347:Fibroblasts; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*; D012867:Skin
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007545:Isoproterenol