title: Effects of decrease of extracellular sodium in carbachol-evoked catecholamine secretion in isolated adrenal medullae of rats.
abstract: The effect of extracellular Na(+) deprivation on the carbachol-evoked catecholamine secretion was evaluated in chromaffin cells. Isolated adrenal medullae of male Wistar rats were incubated in solutions with different sodium concentrations (144,0; 75,0; 25,0 and psi mM). Catecholamine secretions inversely increased as a response to fall of extracellular concentration of sodium. The magnitude of response to cholinergic stimulus (carbachol 100 microM) was decreased in low extracellular sodium concentration. Atropine (100 microM) inhibited secretion of catecholamine induced by carbachol in the presence and in the absence of extracellular sodium. Results suggest that in isolated adrenal medullae of rats (1) decrease in concentration of extracellular sodium increases secretion of catecholamines, perhaps by a greater influx of calcium from the extracellular environment through reversal of Na(+) /Ca(2+) exchanger; (2) intensity of catecholamine secretion induced by cholinergic stimulus seems to depend on extracellular sodium.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Secretion Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Maringá, Maringá PR Brazil.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: De Andrade Paes
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Francisco
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bonfleur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vardanega
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: De Freitas Mathias
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D018679:Cholinergic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D018679:Cholinergic Agonists; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D001285:Atropine; D002217:Carbachol; D012964:Sodium