title: Effect of beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists on nicotine-induced tail-tremor in rats.
abstract: The effects of various beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists on nicotine-induced tail-tremor were investigated in rats. Atenolol (5 and 10 mg/kg, IP), arotinolol (5 and 10 mg/kg, IP), and carteolol (5 and 10 mg/kg, IP), hydrophilic beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists, did not affect the tail-tremor induced by nicotine given at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg SC. However, propranolol (5-20 mg/kg, IP) and pindolol (5-20 mg/kg, IP), nonselective and lipophilic beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists, did suppress the tail-tremor dose dependently. In contrast, metoprolol (5-20 mg/kg, IP), lipophilic and beta 1-selective adrenergic receptor antagonists, did not show such an effect. These results suggest that nicotine-induced tail-tremors may be mediated through central beta 2-adrenergic receptors as an appearance and developmental mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suemaru
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gomita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Araki
mesh_terms: D058671:Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists; D058672:Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Antagonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D008055:Lipids; D008297:Male; D009538:Nicotine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012995:Solubility; D014202:Tremor / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D058671:Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists; D058672:Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Antagonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D008055:Lipids; D009538:Nicotine