Role of cholinergic receptors in adrenal catecholamine secretion in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
We investigated the role of nicotinic and muscarinic receptors in secretion of catecholamines induced by transmural electrical stimulation (ES) from isolated perfused adrenal glands of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. ES (1-10 Hz) produced frequency-dependent increases in epinephrine (Epi) and norepinephrine (NE) output as measured in perfusate. The ES-induced increases in NE output, but not Epi output, were significantly greater in adrenal glands of SHRs than in those of WKY rats. Hexamethonium (10-100 microM) markedly inhibited the ES-induced increases in Epi and NE output from adrenal glands of SHRs and WKY rats. Atropine (0.3-3 microM) inhibited the ES-induced increases in Epi and NE output from adrenal glands of SHRs, but not from those of WKY rats. These results suggest that endogenous acetylcholine-induced secretion of adrenal catecholamines is predominantly mediated by nicotinic receptors in SHRs and WKY rats and that the contribution of muscarinic receptors may be different between these two strains.
Nagayama
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Laboratory of Pharamacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
Matsumoto
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Yoshida
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Suzuki-Kusaba
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Hisa
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Kimura
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Satoh
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D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D018738:Hexamethonium / Q000494:pharmacology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018733:Nicotinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR / Q000378:metabolism*; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000502:physiology*
D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D018733:Nicotinic Antagonists; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D018738:Hexamethonium; D001285:Atropine; D009638:Norepinephrine; D004837:Epinephrine