Prenalterol is an agonist at beta 2- as well as at beta 1-adrenoceptors.
Prenalterol exerted agonist activity in cat, but not guinea-pig, isolated atria, which contain predominantly beta 1-adrenoceptors. Prenalterol relaxed K+ -contracted rat uterus, but not histamine-contracted cat lung strips; both contain predominantly beta 2-adrenoceptors. The effect of prenalterol in rat uterus was antagonised by the selective beta 2-adrenoceptor antagonist ICI 118551 but not by the selective beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist atenolol. Thus the ability of prenalterol to exert beta-adrenoceptor activity is tissue-dependent, rather than beta-adrenoceptor subtype-dependent.
D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001262:Atenolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D011217:Practolol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011294:Prenalterol; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects
D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D011412:Propanolamines; C026777:ICI 118551; D001262:Atenolol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D011294:Prenalterol; D011217:Practolol