title: Glaucoma, capillaries and pericytes. 4. Beta-adrenergic activation of cultured retinal pericytes.
abstract: To characterize the relaxation of pericytes induced by beta-adrenergic stimulation, changes in the contractile tone of pericytes were quantified as a change in the wrinkling of an elastic silicone surface on which they were cultured. Isoproterenol produced relaxation of pericytes in a dose-dependent manner over a range of 5 nM to 1 microM. Low concentrations of the nonselective beta-blockers propanolol and timolol blocked the relaxation produced by isoproterenol. The specific beta 2-adrenergic component of isoproterenol-induced relaxation was shown by blockage with bromoacetyl alprenolol menthane. In contrast, atenolol and betaxolol, as relatively selective beta 1-adrenergic blockers, had no effect on the isoproterenol-induced relaxation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Fla., USA.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Zschauer
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000187:drug effects; D002196:Capillaries / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000098:blood supply; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D007545:Isoproterenol