Activation of histamine H-3-receptors inhibits carrier-mediated norepinephrine release during protracted myocardial ischemia - Comparison with adenosine A(1)-receptors and alpha(2)-adrenoceptors
Activation of histamine H-3-receptors inhibits carrier-mediated norepinephrine release during protracted myocardial ischemia - Comparison with adenosine A(1)-receptors and alpha(2)-adrenoceptors
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.78.3.475
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发表时间:
1996-03-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Levi, R
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作者:
Imamura, M;Lander, HM;Levi, R
We previously showed that prejunctional histamine H-3-receptors downregulate norepinephrine exocytosis, which is markedly enhanced in early myocardial ischemia. In the present study, we investigated whether H-3-receptors modulate nonexocytotic norepinephrine release during protracted myocardial ischemia. In this setting, decreased pH(i) in sympathetic nerve endings sequentially leads to a compensatory activation of the Na+-H+ antiporter (NHE), accumulation of intracellular Na+, reversal of the neuronal uptake of norepinephrine, and thus carrier-mediated release of norepinephrine. Accordingly, norepinephrine overflow from isolated guinea pig hearts undergoing 20-minute global ischemia and 45-minute reperfusion was attenuated approximate to 80% by desipramine (10 nmol/L) and 70% by 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)-amiloride (ETPA, 10 mu mol/L), inhibitors of norepinephrine uptake and NHE, respectively. The H-3-receptor agonist imetit (0.1 mu mol/L) decreased carrier-mediated norepinephrine release by approximate to 50%. This effect was blocked by the H-3-receptor antagonist thioperamide (0.3 mu mol/L), indicating that H-3-receptor activation inhibits carrier-mediated norepinephrine release. At lower concentrations, imetit (10 nmol/L) or EIPA (3 mu mol/L) did not inhibit carrier-mediated norepinephrine release. However, a 25% inhibition occurred with imetit (10 nmol/L) and EIPA (3 mu mol/L) combined. This synergism suggests an association between H-3-receptors and NHE. Conceivably, activation of H-3-receptors may lead to inhibition of NHE. In fact, alpha 2-adrenoceptor activation, which is known to stimulate NHE enhanced norepinephrine release, whereas alpha 2-adrenoceptor blockade attenuated it. Furthermore, activation of adenosine A(1)-receptors markedly attenuated norepinephrine release, whereas their inhibition potentiated it. Because norepinephrine release directly correlated with the severity of reperfusion arrhythmia and imetit reduced the incidence of ventricular fibrillation by 50%, our findings with H-3-receptor agonists may further the development of novel pharmacological means to reduce reperfusion arrhythmias in the clinical setting.