title: Postjunctional alpha1-adrenoceptors in the vasculature of the pithed mouse are of the alpha1A-subtype.
abstract: 1. The pressor action of noradrenaline and its blockade by selective alpha(1)-adrenoceptor antagonists in the pithed mouse were evaluated. 2. Chloroethylclonidine (alpha(1B/D)-adrenoceptor alkylating agent) or BMY 7378 (alpha(1D)-adrenoceptor antagonist), both at 1 mg kg(-1), did not block the increase in blood pressure induced by noradrenaline. 3. 5-Methylurapidil (alpha(1A)-adrenoceptor antagonist), at 0.1 mg kg(-1), displaced the dose-response curve approximately six-fold to the right. 4. The results support the idea that the pithed mouse vasculature express alpha(1A)-adrenoceptors and suggest that it is a good model to study the roles of alpha(1)-adrenoceptors in gene knockout or overexpression.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmacobiología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Sede Sur, México D.F.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: López-Guerrero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibarra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villalobos-Molina
mesh_terms: D058668:Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D003000:Clonidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003655:Decerebrate State; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D023421:Models, Animal; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D014628:Vagotomy; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D058668:Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Antagonists; D000317:Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; D010879:Piperazines; D018340:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; C057446:5-methylurapidil; C051731:chlorethylclonidine; C053428:BMY 7378; D003000:Clonidine; D009638:Norepinephrine