title: Stimulation of ciliary motility mediated by atypical beta-adrenoceptor in canine bronchial epithelium.
abstract: The effects of catecholamines on ciliary motility of canine bronchial epithelium was studied by a photoelectric method in vitro. Addition of beta-adrenoceptor agonists increased ciliary beat frequency, a rank order of potency being salbutamol > or = BRL 37344, a selective beta 3-adrenoceptor agonist > norepinephrine. The response to BRL 37344 was relatively resistant to the blockade of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors but was competitively antagonized by the beta 3-adrenoceptor antagonist cyanopindolol, with the pA2 value being lower than that when salbutamol was used as an agonist. These results suggest that beta 3-adrenoceptors exist in canine bronchial epithelium and that stimulation of this receptor subtype may enhance ciliary motility and, hence, mucociliary transport in the airway.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamaoki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiyotani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konno
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000420:Albuterol / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002923:Cilia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D004983:Ethanolamines; D011412:Propanolamines; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; C026777:ICI 118551; C057368:BRL 37344; D000420:Albuterol; D009638:Norepinephrine