Amitraz‐induced delay of gastrointestinal transit in mice: Mediated by α2‐adrenergic receptors
Amitraz‐induced delay of gastrointestinal transit in mice: Mediated by α2‐adrenergic receptors
复制标题
双甲脒诱导小鼠胃肠道转运延迟:由α2肾上腺素能受体介导
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
1984
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Zheng‐Xing Lu
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
W. Hsu;Zheng‐Xing Lu
Subcutaneous injection of amitraz (0.3–3.0 mg/kg) produced a dose‐dependent delay of gastrointestinal transit in conscious mice. This effect of amitraz was antagonized by α2‐adrenergic blocking agents, e.g., yohimbine, piperoxan, and tolazoline. Other adrenergic antagonists without α2‐blocking activity (thymoxamine, prazosin, phenoxybenzamine, and propranolol) did not reduce the depressant effect of amitraz on gastrointestinal transit at the dosages studied. Furthermore, this effect of amitraz was not altered by a dopaminergic antagonist (haloperidol), a serotonergic antagonist (methysergide), a histamine H1‐antagonist (chlorpheniramine), a histamine H2‐antagonist (cimetidine), cholinergic antagonists (atropine and hexamethonium), a GABAergic antagonist (bicuculline), and an opioid antagonist (naloxone). Pretreatment of mice with 6‐hydroxydopamine failed to antagonize the effect of amitraz. These results suggest that amitraz‐induced delay of gastrointestinal transit is mediated by postjunctional α2‐adrenergic receptors and appears not to involve the activation of β‐adrenergic, dopaminergic, serotonergic, histaminergic, cholinergic, GABAergic, or opioid receptors.