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. 1994 May;112(1):107–110. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb13037.x

Presence of P2-purinoceptors in the rat pineal gland.

Z S Ferreira 1, J Cipolla-Neto 1, R P Markus 1
PMCID: PMC1910285  PMID: 8032629

Abstract

1. The effects of noradrenaline, ATP, adenylyl-imidodiphosphate (AMP-PNP), adenosine, alpha,beta-methylene-ATP and the P2-purinoceptor antagonist, suramin on N'-acetyl-5-hydroxytryptamine production were studied in cultured denervated rat pineal glands. 2. Noradrenaline (3 nM-1 microM) increased N'-acetyl-5-hydroxytryptamine production as measured both in the gland and the culture medium. 3. In noradrenaline (10 nM)-stimulated pineal glands, ATP (0.03 nM-1 mM) or AMP-PNP (0.1 microM-1 mM) increased N'-acetyl-5-hydroxytryptamine production in a concentration-dependent manner. 4. Alpha,beta-Methylene-ATP at the concentration of 0.1 mM, but not 3 microM, attenuated the enhancement by ATP (0.1 mM) of noradrenaline (10 nM)-induced N'-acetyl-5-hydroxytryptamine production. 5. Suramin (0.1 mM) blocked the potentiating effect of ATP (0.1 mM), but not the potentiating effect of adenosine (0.1 mM) in glands incubated with noradrenaline (10 nM). 6. These findings suggest that the rat pineal gland possesses P2-purinoceptors which when stimulated potentiate the effect of noradrenaline but do not, by themselves, induce an increase in N'-acetyl-5-hydroxytryptamine production.

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