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. 1989 Feb;96(2):470–479. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1989.tb11840.x

Ouabain distinguishes between nicotinic and muscarinic receptor-mediated catecholamine secretions in perfused adrenal glands of cat.

Y Yamada 1, Y Nakazato 1, A Ohga 1
PMCID: PMC1854339  PMID: 2924087

Abstract

1. The effect of ouabain on catecholamine (adrenaline and noradrenaline) secretion induced by agents acting on cholinoceptors was studied in perfused cat adrenal glands. Acetylcholine (ACh) (5 x 10(-7) to 10(-3) M), pilocarpine (10(-5) to 10(-3) M) and nicotine (10(-6) to 5 x 10(-5) M) caused dose-dependent increases in catecholamine secretion. Both ACh and nicotine released more noradrenaline than adrenaline and the reverse was the case for pilocarpine. 2. Ouabain (10(-5) M) enhanced catecholamine secretion induced by ACh (10(-5) M), pilocarpine (10(-3) M) and nicotine (3 x 10(-6) M) during perfusion with Locke solution. The ratio of adrenaline to noradrenaline was not affected by ouabain. 3. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, ACh and pilocarpine, but not nicotine, still caused a small increase in catecholamine secretions, which were enhanced by treatment with ouabain (10(-5) M) plus Ca2+ (2.2 mM) for 25 min. The effect of ouabain was much more significant on noradrenaline secretion than on adrenaline secretion. The enhanced response was blocked by atropine (10(-6) M) but not by hexamethonium (5 x 10(-4) M). 4. Nifedipine (2 x 10(-6) M) inhibited the responses to pilocarpine and nicotine. The treatment with ouabain (10(-5) M) reversed only the response to pilocarpine and resulted in a significant increase in the proportion of noradrenaline released. 5. It is suggested that ouabain enhances evoked catecholamine secretions by facilitating Ca2+ entry through nicotinic receptor-linked Ca2+ channels and by increasing the intracellular Ca2+ pool linked to muscarinic receptors.

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