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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
High affinity alpha 1 adrenoceptors have been characterized in the human prostate. The tension of prostatic smooth muscle is mediated by the alpha 1 adrenoceptor. The present study represents the first characterization of human alpha 1 adrenoceptor subtypes using radioligand receptor binding techniques. Binding studies were performed on tissue homogenates obtained from the human prostate. Competitive inhibition studies were performed in the presence of an 80 pM. 125I-Heat and 16 concentrations of unlabelled 5-methylurapidil (5 MU) or WB-4101 (10(-10) M. to 10(-5) M.). Saturation experiments were also performed with and without chloroethylclonidine (CEC, 10(-5) M.), a compound that selectively inactivates the alpha 1B subtype. The individual displacement plots for WB-4101 and 5-MU in the human prostate were consistently best fit by a 2 binding site model. WB-4101 and 5-MU exhibited a 594- and 186-fold higher affinity for the prostatic alpha 1A binding site relative to the alpha 1B binding site. The ratios of prostatic alpha 1A/alpha 1B binding sites discriminated by WB-4101 and 5-MU were 1.8 and 1.6, respectively. CEC inactivated 44% of the prostatic alpha 1 binding sites. The binding studies suggest that the dominant alpha 1 subtype in the human prostate is the alpha 1A. We are characterizing the functional properties of the alpha 1 subtypes in the human prostate.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-5347
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
640-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Alpha 1 adrenoceptor subtypes in the human prostate.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.