title: Effects of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor blockade on purine secretion induced by sympathetic nerve stimulation in the rat kidney.
abstract: To characterize the effects of renal sympathetic nerve activation (RSNA) on renal purine secretion, 13 perfused rat kidneys were stimulated with periarterial electrodes at 7 Hz for 3 min, and purine secretion was determined by measuring with high-performance liquid chromatography purines in the renal venous perfusate 1 min before and during the last minute of RSNA. RSNA significantly increased renal perfusion pressure and significantly increased the secretion of adenosine and adenosine metabolites (inosine, hypoxanthine, and xanthine) by 2- to 5-fold. To investigate the participation of alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors in this response, four groups of perfused kidneys (n = 5/group) were pretreated with either vehicle, prazosin (alpha1-adrenoceptor antagonist; 0.03 microM), phentolamine (alpha1/2-adrenoceptor antagonist; 3 microM), or propranolol (beta1/2-adrenoceptor antagonist; 0.1 microM), and purine secretion was measured before and during RSNA at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 Hz. Prazosin, phentolamine, and propranolol abolished the RSNA-induced increase in the secretion of adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine, and xanthine. In contrast, prazosin and phentolamine nearly abolished, whereas propranolol only slightly reduced, renal vascular responses to RSNA. Our results indicate that RSNA increases renal purine secretion via a mechanism that requires both alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors. It is well known that in the kidney adenosine activates renal afferent nerves, enhances renovascular responses to norepinephrine and angiotensin II, and increases sodium reabsorption; therefore, RSNA-induced adenosine production may contribute to the hypertensive effects of RSNA. Moreover, the antihypertensive effects of beta-adrenoceptor antagonists may in part be due to inhibition of RSNA-induced renal adenosine production.
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mi
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D011687:Purines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011687:Purines; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000241:Adenosine; C030985:purine