title: Bradykinin modulation of alpha 2-adrenoceptors in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the rat. An in vitro autoradiographical study.
abstract: The existence of an interaction between bradykinin (Bk) receptors and the alpha 2-adrenoceptors were evaluated by means of quantitative receptor autoradiography in the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) of the rat. In competition experiments using L-noradrenaline (0.1 nM to 10 microM) against [3H]p-aminoclonidine ([3H]PAC) (10 nM) it was observed that Bk produced an increase in the IC50 value of L-noradrenaline in a concentration response manner, which reached a maximum of about 100% with 10 nM of the peptide associated with a small decrease in the B0 value (15%). In saturation experiments Bk promoted a significant increase in the KD value of [3H]PAC (60%) and a decrease in the Bmax value (36%). The specific Bk B2 receptor antagonist HOE-140 fully counteracted the effect of Bk on the alpha 2-adrenoceptors as analyzed by the competition experiments. Furthermore, des-Arg9-Bk, a Bk analog which exhibits selective agonist activity to the Bk B1 receptor subtype did not produce any effect on the alpha 2-adrenoceptors, suggesting that the Bk B2 receptor subtype may be mediating the Bk action on the alpha 2-adrenoceptors in the NTS. The effect of Bk (10 nM) was analyzed together with GTP (0.1 nM) in competition experiments and no change in the ability of L-noradrenaline to compete for [3H]PAC binding sites was observed in the presence of GTP, suggesting that the receptor interaction between the Bk B2 receptors and the alpha 2-adrenoceptors may be a G-protein dependent mechanism.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Fior
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuxe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018341:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2 / Q000187:drug effects*; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin / Q000187:drug effects; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D018341:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin; D003000:Clonidine; D001920:Bradykinin; D009638:Norepinephrine