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. 1995 Nov 15;489(Pt 1):95–104. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1995.sp021033

alpha-Adrenergic inhibition of the beta-adrenoceptor-dependent chloride current in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes.

I Iyadomi 1, K Hirahara 1, T Ehara 1
PMCID: PMC1156795  PMID: 8583419

Abstract

1. alpha 1-Adrenoceptor-mediated inhibition of the beta-adrenoceptor-dependent Cl- current was investigated in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes using the patch clamp technique. The Cl- conductance activated by noradrenaline (0.1-10 microM) with an alpha 1-blocker (prazosin, 5 microM) was significantly greater than that activated by noradrenaline alone. Phenylephrine and methoxamine, alpha 1-agonists, exerted an inhibitory effect on the Cl- conductance activated by isoprenaline. The dose-response relationship for isoprenaline and the Cl- current activation was shifted to higher doses in the presence of phenylephrine (30 microM). 2. The interaction of alpha 1- and beta-agonists on Cl- current was also observed on the single channel level; in some of the outside-out membrane patches, phenylephrine (50 microM) depressed the activity of the single Cl- channel which was induced by 5 microM adrenaline. 3. Phenylephrine had no effect on the Cl- conductance induced by forskolin (0.5-5 microM), an activator of adenylate cyclase. The Cl- conductance activated persistently by isoprenaline in GTP gamma S-loaded cells was also insensitive to phenylephrine. The results suggest that the observed alpha 1-adrenergic attenuation of the beta-adrenergic response is not primarily due to inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity. The alpha 1-adrenergic action may interfere with the processes leading to enzyme activation in the beta-adrenergic pathway.

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