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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
The densities of [3H]-prazosin and [3H]-clonidine binding sites were determined in spleen and brain membrane preparations from rabbits treated 1 to 48 h previously with benextramine (5 mg/kg). In other rabbits pressor responses to phenylephrine and BHT 920 were examined 1 to 72 h after benextramine administration. After benextramine there was a reduction in the density of both [3H] prazosin and [3H] clonidine binding sites in spleen and a non-parallel shift in pressor dose response curves to selective alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoreceptor agonists. Recovery of in vivo responses and binding site densities were relatively slow. No reduction in the maximum density of either [3H] prazosin or [3H] clonidine binding sites in brain was found after intravenous administration of benextramine. It is concluded that after intravenous administration benextramine binds irreversibly to peripheral alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoreceptors in the rabbit but fails to cross the blood brain barrier in appreciable quantities and bind to central alpha-adrenoreceptors. Recovery of in vivo responses was more rapid than that previously observed after alpha-adrenoreceptor blockade with phenoxybenzamine. The longer time course of recovery after phenoxybenzamine may be a result of redistribution of this lipophilic drug from fat.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0144-1795
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Recovery of alpha-adrenoreceptor mediated responses and binding site number after intravenous benextramine in the rabbit.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article