INHIBITORY EFFECT OF ADENOSINE AND ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES ON POTASSIUM‐EVOKED EFFLUX OF [3H]‐NORADRENALINE FROM THE RAT ISOLATED HEART: LACK OF RELATIONSHIP TO PROSTAGLANDINS
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- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Pharmacology
- Vol. 68 (3) , 551-561
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb14571.x
Abstract
1 In the isolated heart of the rat prelabelled with [3H]-noradrenaline (NA) and perfused with Krebs solution, administration of potassium (K+ 60 μmol) increased the efflux of total radioactivity and of [3H]-NA in the perfusate. 2 Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine, but not inosine, dibutyryl cyclic adenosine 3′5′-monophosphate (db cyclic AMP) or db cyclic GMP reduced the K+-evoked overflow of total radioactivity and of intact [3H]-NA, in concentrations too low to cause release of prostaglandins. ATP, ADP and adenosine did not affect tyramine-evoked overflow of tritium. 3 Blockade of prostaglandin synthesis with indomethacin did not alter the inhibitory effect of either ATP, ADP or adenosine on K+-induced overflow of tritium, thereby indicating that these nucleotides inhibit adrenergic transmission by a mechanism unrelated to stimulation of prostaglandin synthesis. 4 Theophylline which increases entry of calcium (Ca2+) across the cell membrane and reduces its binding in the cell, enhanced K+-evoked overflow of tritium and diminished the inhibitory effect of ATP, ADP and adenosine on K+-evoked overflow of tritium from the heart, presumably by interfering with transneuronal Ca2+ metabolism.Keywords
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