Abstract
In the rabbit isolated distal saphenous artery, the population of postjunctional adrenoceptors is of the alpha 1 variety under normal in vitro experimental conditions, based on the potency order of selective agonists and on the effects of the antagonists prazosin and rauwolscine against responses to UK-14304. Angiotensin II (A II, 0.05 microM) however, without affecting resting baseline tension, markedly enhanced responses to UK-14304, particularly at low concentrations. This previously unseen component of the response to UK-14304 was resistant to prazosin (0.1 microM) but susceptible to rauwolscine (1 microM). A II would therefore appear to have a permissive role for the expression of a quiescent population of postjunctional alpha 2-adrenoceptors in the rabbit distal saphenous artery.
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