title: Pharmacological characteristics of BDTI, a new isoquinoline-derived beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist, in canine trachea and rat heart.
abstract: The tracheal relaxing effects and beta 2-selectivity of BDTI (1-benzyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline HBr) were investigated in canine trachea and rat heart by radioligand binding assay and pharmacological experiments in comparison with those of other beta-adrenoceptor agonists, salbutamol and isoprenaline. The potency of relaxing effect on carbachol-induced contraction in isolated canine trachea was in the order of isoprenaline (pD2 = 6.70 +/- 0.08) > BDTI (6.11 +/- 0.06) approximately salbutamol (6.14 +/- 0.08). ICI-118,551 (a selective beta 2-antagonist) and atenolol (a selective beta 1-antagonist) inhibited the relaxant action of BDTI with pKB values of 8.4 and 5.3, respectively, corresponding to high affinity for ICI-118,551 and low affinity for atenolol in antagonizing this response. The Kd values of radioligand ([3H]-CGP12177) were 453.3 +/- 30.8 and 563.4 +/- 96.7 pmol/l in cultured canine tracheal smooth muscle cells (TSMCs) and rat cardiomyocytes, respectively, and the Bmax values were 64.6 +/- 10.7 and 245.7 +/- 44.5 fmol/mg protein, respectively. BDTI, salbutamol and isoprenaline inhibited the binding of [3H]-CGP12177 in a concentration-dependent manner in cultured canine TSMCs (Ki 0.73 +/- 0.15, 0.75 +/- 0.21 and 0.24 +/- 0.05 mumol/l, respectively) and rat cardiomyocytes (Ki 2.76 +/- 0.36, 2.31 +/- 0.26 and 0.22 +/- 0.03 mumol/l, respectively). These results demonstrated that BDTI possessed moderate selectivity (3.8-fold) to beta 2-adrenoceptors as judged from the Ki (heart)/Ki (trachea) value (salbutamol 3.1-fold, isoprenaline 0.92-fold). BDTI and salbutamol also stimulated cAMP formation in a concentration-dependent manner in cultured canine TSMCs (EC50 0.5 +/- 0.2 and 0.4 +/- 0.1 mumol/l, respectively) and rat cardiomyocytes (EC50 6.2 +/- 0.5 and 5.7 +/- 0.6 mumol/l, respectively). The selectivity of BDTI and salbutamol for beta 2-adrenoceptors on the cAMP response were 12.4 and 14.3 times, respectively. It is concluded that BDTI is a beta 2-selective adrenoceptor agonist.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacological Institute, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Teng
mesh_terms: D058666:Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000420:Albuterol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001262:Atenolol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014213:Tretoquinol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C102873:1-benzyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline; D058666:Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011412:Propanolamines; C026777:ICI 118551; D001262:Atenolol; D002217:Carbachol; D014213:Tretoquinol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D000420:Albuterol; C033394:CGP 12177