title: Taurine inhibits octopamine-stimulated cAMP production in cockroach haemocytes.
abstract: Taurine and the taurine analogue guanidinoethanesulfonic acid interact with octopamine receptors of cockroach hemocytes to decrease octopamine-stimulated cAMP production. Dopamine-, synephrine- and tyramine-stimulated cAMP production in the haemocytes are also inhibited by taurine.
mesh_terms: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D003058:Cockroaches; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009655:Octopamine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013578:Synephrine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013654:Taurine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014439:Tyramine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D009655:Octopamine; D013654:Taurine; C009558:taurocyamine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D013578:Synephrine; D014439:Tyramine