title: Isoproterenol interacts differently with beta-adrenoceptors in astrocytes and neurons isolated from the adult rat brain.
abstract: The interaction of isoproterenol with beta-adrenoceptors has been investigated in astroglial and neuronal cells isolated from adult rat cerebral cortices. Using the non-selective beta-adrenergic antagonist (3H)CGP-12177 as a ligand, binding experiments revealed that both types of cells exhibit beta-adrenoceptors. However the analysis of the isoproterenol displacement curve indicated that only neuronal cells contained the high affinity conformational state of the beta-adrenoceptor.
authors.affiliation: Département de pharmacologie (1), Faculté de Médecine de Paris XII, Creteil, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sapena
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zini
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tillement
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011412:Propanolamines; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D007545:Isoproterenol; C033394:CGP 12177