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Pharmacological evidence of distinct alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes mediating the contraction of human prostatic urethra and peripheral artery.

Abstract：

:1. The alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes mediating contractions of the smooth muscle in human prostatic urethra and branches of internal iliac artery were characterized in isometric contraction experiments. 2. Phenylephrine produced concentration-dependent contractions in both the urethra and artery. These responses were competitively inhibited by prazosin, WB4101 and 5-methyl-urapidil, and the slopes of Schild plots for all these antagonists were close to unity. 3. The pA2 values for prazosin were not significantly different between the urethra (9.42 +/- 0.11; mean +/- s.d.) and artery (9.50 +/- 0.27), while the pA2 values for WB4101 and 5-methyl-urapidil in the human prostatic urethra (8.94 +/- 0.19 and 8.42 +/- 0.14, respectively) were significantly greater than in the branches of human internal iliac artery (7.94 +/- 0.21 and 7.43 +/- 0.22, respectively; P < 0.01). 4. Pretreatment with chlorethylclonidine (CEC) at concentrations ranging from 0.1 microM to 100 microM attenuated the maximum contraction to phenylephrine in a concentration-dependent manner in both the urethra and artery. However, the urethra was significantly less affected by CEC than the artery. The pD'2 values (negative logarithm of the molar concentration of antagonist which reduced the maximum contraction to one half) in the urethra and artery were 4.35 +/- 0.27 and 5.20 +/- 0.37, respectively (P < 0.01). 5. The present results indicate that there are distinct populations of alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes in the human prostatic urethra and branches of the internal iliac artery. The alpha 1-adrenoceptors responsible for the contraction of the human internal iliac artery branches are predominantly alpha 1 B-subtype, whereas those in the human prostatic urethra are considered to be not alpha 1 B, but alpha 1 c or possibly alpha 1 A or alpha 1A/D-subtype.

journal_name

Br J Pharmacol

journal_title

British journal of pharmacology

authors

Hatano A,Takahashi H,Tamaki M,Komeyama T,Koizumi T,Takeda M

doi

10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb17053.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-11-01 00:00:00

pages

723-8

issue

eissn

0007-1188

issn

1476-5381

journal_volume

113

pub_type

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Pharmacological evidence of distinct alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes mediating the contraction of human prostatic urethra and peripheral artery.