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. 1988 Sep;95(1):225–233. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb16568.x

Autoradiographic localization and function of beta-adrenoceptors on the human internal mammary artery and saphenous vein.

P Molenaar 1, E Malta 1, C R Jones 1, B F Buxton 1, R J Summers 1
PMCID: PMC1854117  PMID: 2851349

Abstract

1. Receptor autoradiography with (-)-[125I]-cyanopindolol (CYP) was used to study the distribution of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptor subtypes in the human internal mammary artery and saphenous vein. 2. Images from X-ray film and nuclear emulsion coated coverslips, exposed to [125I]-CYP labelled sections, showed a high density of beta 2-adrenoceptors localized to the endothelium of the internal mammary artery and fewer beta 2-adrenoceptors on the smooth muscle. 3. The function of beta-adrenoceptors in ring preparations of the internal mammary artery was investigated in organ bath studies. (-)-Isoprenaline produced concentration-dependent relaxation of phenylephrine contracted rings. The potency and maximal effects of (-)-isoprenaline were not influenced by the presence of the endothelium. 4. Images of [125I]-CYP binding to the saphenous vein, from X-ray film and nuclear emulsion coated coverslips, showed localization of beta 2-adrenoceptors to the outer smooth muscle and not to the endothelium. 5. Relaxation of mammary artery and saphenous vein to (-)-isoprenaline is mediated via beta 2-adrenoceptors located on the smooth muscle. Endothelial beta 2-adrenoceptors, although present on the internal mammary artery, mediate other functions.

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