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. 1995 Aug;115(8):1399–1406. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb16630.x

Investigation of the actions of chloroethylclonidine in rat aorta.

M O'Rourke 1, S Kearns 1, J R Docherty 1
PMCID: PMC1908886  PMID: 8564198

Abstract

1. The interaction between chloroethylclonidine (CEC) and noradrenaline (NA) has been examined at alpha-adrenoceptors mediating contractions of rat aorta. 2. In rat aorta, the competitive antagonist prazosin, over the concentration-range 0.01-10 microM, produced concentration-dependent shifts in the contractile potency of NA, so that there was no component of the NA contraction resistant to prazosin. 3. The irreversible alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonists, phenoxybenzamine (PBZ) (1-10 microM) and benextramine (10 microM) produced shifts in potency of NA and reduced the maximum response in a concentration-dependent manner. 4. The irreversible alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist, CEC (100 microM), produced a non-parallel shift in the NA concentration-response curve so that low concentrations of NA produced relatively small contractions but relatively high concentrations produced further contractions, so that the maximum response was not significantly reduced. 5. The combination of CEC pretreatment and subsequent prazosin (0.1 microM) produced a parallel shift in the potency of NA. However, prazosin (10 microM) failed to produce any further effect on the response to high concentrations of NA following CEC pretreatment. Hence, a component of the contraction to NA in the presence of CEC was resistant to subsequent prazosin. Likewise, this component was resistant to a combination of prazosin (10 microM) and yohimbine (10 microM). 6. Receptor protection experiments were carried out in which tissues were exposed to NA (100 microM), yohimbine (10 microM) or prazosin (0.1 microM) prior to and during exposure to CEC. Receptor protection with NA, yohimbine or prazosin (0.1 microM), followed by washout prevented the shift in potency of NA produced by CEC. 7. Further experiments examined the effects of prazosin (10 microM) on responses to NA following receptor protection with NA (100 microM), yohimbine (10 microM), prazosin (10 microM), or xylazine (100 microM).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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