title: Inhibitory effect of noradrenaline uptake inhibitors on contractions of rat aortic smooth muscle.
abstract: 1 The effects of noradrenaline (NA) uptake inhibitors on contractions induced by NA, high K+, and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in rat isolated aorta were investigated. 2 Protriptyline (0.3 microM) and amitriptyline (0.3 microM) produced an approximately parallel shift to the right in the dose-response curve to NA. Protriptyline (> 0.3 microM), amitriptyline (> 0.3 microM) and xylamine (0.01-1 microM) significantly reduced the maximal contractile response to NA. The IC50 values for inhibition of the contractile response to 3 microM NA were 1.58 microM for xylamine, 1.70 microM for amitriptyline and 2.57 microM for protriptyline. 3 Protriptyline and amitriptyline dose-dependently inhibited the high K+ (60 mM)-induced contraction (IC50 = 0.69 microM for protriptyline and IC50 = 3.15 microM for amitriptyline). In contrast, xylamine did not affect the high K(+)-induced contraction. 4 Protriptyline and amitriptyline dose-dependently inhibited TPA (1 microM)-induced contraction in calcium-free solution; xylamine (up to 30 microM) was without effect. Staurosporine (10 nM) completely inhibited the TPA- and NA-induced contraction. 5. Protriptyline (3 microM) and amitriptyline (3 microM) caused about 54% and 60% inhibition, respectively, of aortic contractions caused by endothelin-1 (10 nM) in the absence of endothelium. Xylamine (10 microM) was without effect. 6 Inhibitory effects of NA uptake inhibitors on contractions were independent of the presence of endothelium and were unaffected by the K+ channel blockers, tetraethylammonium ions (up to 3 mM) and glibenclamide (up to 30 microM). 7 These results indicate that tricyclic antidepressant drugs such as protriptyline and amitriptyline could act as both postsynaptic adrenoceptor antagonists and direct inhibitors of muscle contraction; whereas, xylamine, a structurally distinct NA uptake blocker might principally exert its action only at alpha-adrenoceptors on rat aortic smooth muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D009588:Nitrogen Mustard Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011530:Protriptyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013566:Sympathomimetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; D019332:Endothelin-1; D009588:Nitrogen Mustard Compounds; D013566:Sympathomimetics; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D000639:Amitriptyline; D011530:Protriptyline; C026131:xylamine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine