title: Depressor action of L-threo-dihydroxyphenylserine in the rat nucleus tractus solitarii.
abstract: Microinjections of L-threo-dihydroxyphenylserine (L-threo-DOPS, 0.1-3 ng), a synthetic precursor amino acid of noradrenaline, into the medial area of the nucleus tractus solitarii produced dose-dependent depressor and bradycardic responses in anesthetized rats treated with or without i.p. 3-hydroxybenzylhydrazine, a central inhibitor of L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase. D-threo-DOPS (3 ng) produced no effect. L-Dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) methyl ester (1 microgram), a competitive antagonist of L-DOPA, microinjected into the nucleus tractus solitarii, blocked the depressor and bradycardic responses to L-threo-DOPS itself produces vasodepressor actions without its conversion to noradrenaline, probably via a recognition site for L-DOPA in the rat nucleus tractus solitarii.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors: T
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authors: Miyamae
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Yue
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Goshima
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Misu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000139:chemically induced; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015103:Droxidopa / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007022:Hypotension / Q000139:chemically induced; D007980:Levodopa / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007980:Levodopa; D015103:Droxidopa; C035420:levodopa methyl ester