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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
1. We have examined the effect of endothelium on the antagonistic action of prazosin, doxazosin, yohimbine and phentolamine against phenylephrine, clonidine and noradrenaline. 2. The action of prazosin against phenylephrine was similar to that earlier reported against noradrenaline, acting as a non-competitive antagonist in the presence of endothelium and as a competitive antagonist in the absence of endothelium. Prazosin also acted as a non-competitive antagonist against clonidine in the absence of endothelium. 3. Doxazosin behaved in a similar way to prazosin against noradrenaline, phenylephrine and clonidine acting as a non-competitive antagonist in the presence of endothelium and as competitive antagonist after removal of endothelium. In contrast, yohimbine and phentolamine acted as competitive antagonists both in the presence and in the absence of endothelium. 4. Analysis of the concentration-response curves for noradrenaline, phenylephrine and clonidine in the presence and in the absence of endothelium showed that the affinity for all three agonists was the same but not the efficacy and the receptor reserve, both of which were lower in the presence than in the absence of endothelium. 5. The rank order of agonist potency in the absence of endothelium was noradrenaline greater than phenylephrine greater than clonidine. The rank order of antagonist potency was prazosin greater than or equal to doxazosin greater than phentolamine greater than yohimbine. 6. The results show that vascular endothelium modulates the contractile response to alpha-adrenoceptor agonists and also modifies the action of the antagonists prazosin and doxazosin but not that of yohimbine and phentolamine. This effect of endothelium was related to a change in agonist efficacy and receptor reserve. These results also suggest that the alpha-adrenoceptors of the isolated aorta of the rat are predominantly, if not exclusively of the alpha 1-subtype.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0007-1188
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
619-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
The modulatory role of vascular endothelium in the interaction of agonists and antagonists with alpha-adrenoceptors in the rat aorta.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Pharmacodynamie Générale et de Pharmacologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro