Activation of ?2-adrenoceptors by isoprenaline and adrenaline enhances noradrenaline release in cortical kidney slices of young spontaneously hypertensive rats

Author(s):  
L.C. Rump ◽  
M.J. Schuster ◽  
P. Schollmeyer
1982 ◽  
Vol 63 (s8) ◽  
pp. 309s-311s ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Ekas ◽  
M. L. Steenberg ◽  
M. F. Lokhandwala

1. Release of [3H]noradrenaline during peri-arterial nerve stimulation and its inhibition by the presynaptic α-adrenoceptor mechanism were studied in the isolated perfused kidney from spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats. 2. A frequency related vasoconstriction as well as [3H]noradrenaline release were observed over the stimulating range of 0.25-32 Hz in both the Wistar-Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats. The spontaneously hypertensive rat kidneys exhibited both an increased vasoconstrictor response and a greater [3H]noradrenaline release when compared with the Wistar-Kyoto rat kidneys. 3. Presynaptic inhibition of [3H]noradrenaline release was evaluated at 2 Hz by using the α-adrenoceptor agonist, tramazoline. Increasing concentrations of tramazoline from 2 × 10−9 mol/l to 2 × 10−7 mol/l caused a dose-dependent decrease in the stimulus-induced release of [3H]noradrenaline in spontaneously hypertensive rats but not in Wistar-Kyoto rats. Only 2 × 10−7 mol/l tramazoline had an inhibitory effect in the Wistar-Kyoto rats. 4. These data indicate that noradrenaline release during sympathetic nerve stimulation is greater in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. The supersensitivity of presynaptic α-adrenoceptors observed in spontaneously hypertensive rats may be a consequence of the greater noradrenaline release present in these animals.


1994 ◽  
Vol 271 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 283-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Bohmann ◽  
Ulrike Schaible ◽  
Peter Schollmeyer ◽  
Lars Christian Rump

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