Distinct α-noradrenergic receptors differentiated by binding and physiological relationships
Distinct α-noradrenergic receptors differentiated by binding and physiological relationships
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通过结合和生理关系区分不同的 α-去甲肾上腺素能受体
DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(79)90283-2
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发表时间:
1979
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
S. Snyder
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作者:
D. U'prichard;S. Snyder
In brain and peripheral tissues the α-noradrenergic agonists3H-clonidine,3H-epinephrine and3H-norepinephrine label sites which are distinct from and do not interconvert with those labeled by the α-noradrenergic antagonist3H-WB-4101 (2-([2', 6'-dimethoxy]-phenoxyethylamino) methylbenzodioxane). In general agonists have higher affinity for sites labeled by the3H-agonists while antagonists prefer sites labeled by3H-WB-4101, though ergots and the α-antagonist phentolamine have similar affinities for the two sites. Peripheral tissues vary in relative numbers of3H-agonist and3H-WB-4101 sites with heart and vas deferens having almost exclusively3H-WB-4101 sites, the rabbit duodenum only3H-agonist sites, while salivary gland, spleen and cerebral cortex display similar numbers of both sites. The two sites appear to be postsynaptic since 6-hydroxydopamine treatment does not reduce their numbers. In vas deferens, heart and spleen pharmacological potencies of α-agonists and antagonists correlate closely with affinities for3H-WB-4101 but not3H-clonidine sites, while potencies in rabbit duodenum correlate with affinities for3H-clonidine but not3H-WB-4101 sites. The correspondence of separate binding sites with distinctive patterns of physiological responses indicates the existence of two discrete types of postsynaptic α-receptors. We propose to designate sites labeled by WB-4101 as α-1 receptors and those labeled by3H-clonidine,3H-norepinephrine and3H-epinephrine as α-2 receptors. Drug potencies at α-2 binding sites resemble their affinities for presynaptic α-noradrenergic autoreceptors.