title: Receptor subtypes involved in the alpha1-adrenoceptor mediated increase in 86Rb+ efflux from the rat heart.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the involvement of the different alpha1-adrenoceptor subtypes in the alpha1-adrenoceptor mediated increase in 86Rb+ efflux from rat hearts. Isolated hearts were perfused in the presence of a beta-adrenoceptor antagonist (1 microM timolol). After loading with 86Rb+, the efflux was measured during alpha1-adrenoceptor stimulation by phenylephrine (30 microM). Phenylephrine increased the 86Rb+ efflux by about 30%. Pretreatment with the preferentially alpha1B-adrenoceptor inhibitor chloroethylclonidine (CEC), reduced the response to phenylephrine by about 50%. The preferential alpha1D-adrenoceptor inhibitor BMY 7378 inhibited the response to phenylephrine by 35%, with a pKI=8.4 (95% C.I. 8.2-8.6). The response was sensitive to the preferential alpha1A-adrenoceptor inhibitors (+)niguldipine, 5-methylurapidil (5-MU) and WB-4101 at relatively high concentrations, and 5-MU inhibited the response with a pKI=7.7 (95% C.I. 7.2-8.0) in CEC pretreated hearts. In conclusion, the phenylephrine stimulated increase in 86Rb+ efflux in the rat heart is not specifically linked to only one of the alpha1-adrenoceptor subtypes, but involves the alpha1B- and the alpha1D-adrenoceptor subtypes, and probably the alpha1A-adrenoceptor subtype as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enger
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skomedal
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Osnes
mesh_terms: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012413:Rubidium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; D010656:Phenylephrine; D012413:Rubidium