title: ATP modulates the release of noradrenaline through two different prejunctional receptors on the adrenergic nerves of rat prostate.
abstract: 1. The effects of adenosine and ATP receptor agonists on the release of endogenous noradrenaline from electrically stimulated (2 Hz, 0.1 msec) rat prostate were examined in order to clarify the pharmacological properties of prejunctional receptors for adenosine and ATP on the adrenergic nerve varicosities in the prostate. Noradrenaline was quantified by HPLC coupled with electrochemical detection techniques. 2. Both adenosine and ATP receptor agonists (1 micromol/L) inhibited noradrenaline release and the relative order of inhibitory effect was N(6)-cyclopentyl-adenosine (CPA) > 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine > 2-chloroadenosine > adenosine > 2-methylthio-ATP (2mSATP) > AMP > ATP. 3. The adenosine receptor agonist CPA (1 nmol/L-1 micromol/L) and the ATP receptor agonist 2mSATP (100 nmol/L-100 micromol/L) inhibited the stimulation-induced release of noradrenaline in a concentration-dependent manner. The concentrations of CPA and 2mSATP that produced 50% inhibition of noradrenaline release were 9.6 nmol/L and 1.4 micromol/L, respectively. 4. 1,3-Dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine, an adenosine A(1) receptor antagonist, significantly reduced the inhibitory effects of not only CPA, but also 2mSATP. 5. Suramin, an ATP receptor antagonist, significantly reduced the inhibitory effects of 2mSATP, but not those of CPA. 6. Pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid, another ATP receptor antagonist, had no effect on the inhibitory action of either agonist. 7. These results suggest that, in the sympathetic nerve terminals of rat prostate, adenosine and ATP induce inhibition of noradrenaline release via the activation of adenosine A(1) and/or xanthine-sensitive ATP receptors, which play an inhibitory regulatory role in adrenergic neurotransmission in the prostate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsugumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Hideya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunitomo
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozuka
mesh_terms: D015762:2-Chloroadenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D019830:Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide) / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011467:Prostate / Q000294:innervation*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D043682:Receptor, Adenosine A1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017661:Receptors, Presynaptic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013498:Suramin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D043682:Receptor, Adenosine A1; D017661:Receptors, Presynaptic; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D013873:Thionucleotides; D014970:Xanthines; D015762:2-Chloroadenosine; D019830:Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide); C048599:N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D013498:Suramin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C051360:1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine; D000241:Adenosine; D009638:Norepinephrine; C008501:2-methylthio-ATP