• Br. J. Pharmacol. · Sep 1993

    Relation between alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes and noradrenaline-induced contraction in rat portal vein smooth muscle.

    • I Sayet, G Neuilly, L Rakotoarisoa, C Mironneau, and J Mironneau.
    • Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Pharmacologie Moléculaire, URA CNRS 1489, Université de Bordeaux II, France.
    • Br. J. Pharmacol. 1993 Sep 1; 110 (1): 207-12.

    Abstract1. In vascular smooth muscle, alpha 1-adrenoceptors have been classified recently into two or three subtypes. We examined which alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes are involved in the noradrenaline-induced contraction of rat portal vein smooth muscle. 2. Binding studies with [3H]-prazosin in membranes from equine portal vein smooth muscle revealed the presence of two distinct affinity binding sites. The high-affinity site for [3H]-prazosin was also identified in intact strips of rat portal vein. Prazosin, HV723 (alpha-ethyl-3,4,5-trimethoxy-alpha-(3-((2-(2-methoxyphenoxy)ethyl)-amin o)- propyl) benzene-acetonitrile fumarate), WB4101 (2-(2,6-dimethoxyphenoxyethyl)aminomethyl-1,4-benzodioxane), 5-methylurapidil, phentolamine and yohimbine antagonized [3H]-prazosin binding at both types of sites. Pretreatment with 50 microM chloroethylclonidine (CEC) eliminated the high-affinity sites for prazosin but had no effect on the low-affinity sites. 3. Noradrenaline produced a concentration-dependent contraction in the rat portal vein. Pretreatment with 50 microM CEC induced a slight rightward displacement of the concentration-response curve but the maximal contraction was not significantly affected suggesting that the CEC-sensitive alpha 1-adrenoceptors played a minor role in the noradrenaline-induced contraction. Prazosin, WB4101 and HV723 produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of noradrenaline-induced contractions. The inhibition curves were little affected by CEC-pretreatment and yielded a relative order of potency of WB4101 > prazosin > HV723. 4. In the presence of 0.1 microM isradipine to block voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, the noradrenaline-induced contraction is due to release of Ca2+ ions from agonist-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ stores. Under these conditions, the noradrenaline-induced contraction was not significantly affected by pretreatment with 50 microM CEC but was inhibited by the antagonists mentioned above with affinities different from those in the absence of isradipine. The rank order of potency became HV723 > WB4101 > prazosin.5. The present results indicate the existence of two distinct o1-adrenoceptor subtypes in rat portal vein smooth muscle, which show high- and low-affinities respectively for each of prazosin, WB4101 andHV723 and correspond to alphalH- and alphalL-adrenoceptor subtypes. According to recent alpha1-adrenoceptor subclassifications, the alpha l H-adrenoceptor subtype which is sensitive to inactivation by CEC may correspond to the alpha1B-adrenoceptor subtype. The contraction induced by noradrenaline seems to be predominantly mediated through the alphalL-adrenoceptor subtypes which may include the alpha1N-adrenoceptor subtype, as recently proposed.

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