title: Modulation by beta-adrenoreceptors of spontaneous contractions of rat urinary bladder.
abstract: 1 Propranolol (0.1 mg/kg i.v.) but not metoprolol (0.2 mg/kg i.v.) pretreatment increased the spontaneous motility triggered by progressive filling of rat urinary bladder without a concomitant effect on bladder capacity, except at high filling volumes. Compared to controls, the spontaneous motility of urinary bladder in propranolol pretreated rats displayed a higher frequency, indicating the existence of a tonic sympathetic inhibition. 2 beta-adrenoreceptor stimulation by isoprenaline (0.1-10 microgram/kg i.v.) or terbutaline (0.1-1 mg/kg i.v.) in vivo produced a dose dependent inhibition of bladder spontaneous motility which was antagonized by propranolol (0.1 mg/kg i.v.) but not by metoprolol (0.2 mg/kg i.v.). Propranolol (0.2 mg/kg i.v.) pretreatment did not antagonize the inhibition of bladder motility produced by intravenous papaverine (0.5 mg/kg). 3 Propranolol (0.1 mg/kg i.v.) significantly antagonized the isoprenaline-induced tachycardia (beta 1 mediated) and fall in diastolic blood pressure (beta 2 mediated) while metoprolol (0.2 mg/kg i.v.) antagonism was confined to beta 1 mediated responses. 4 Isoprenaline (0.25-1.5 microM) inhibited in a concentration dependent manner field stimulation induced contractions of rat detrusor muscle strips as did tetrodotoxin (0.5 microM). Hexamethonium (50 microM) had no inhibitory effect. 5 Our in vivo findings support the view that beta 2-adrenoreceptors are responsible for modulating bladder motility mainly by suppressing the onset of spontaneous contractions.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats / Q000502:physiology*; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013726:Terbutaline / Q000494:pharmacology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006584:Hexamethonium Compounds; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D011433:Propranolol; D008790:Metoprolol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D013726:Terbutaline