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. 1991 Mar;102(3):573–576. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb12214.x

Prejunctional prostanoid receptors on cardiac adrenergic terminals belong to the EP3 subtype.

L Mantelli 1, S Amerini 1, A Rubino 1, F Ledda 1
PMCID: PMC1917961  PMID: 1364821

Abstract

1. The effects of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and of several synthetic prostanoids on the cardiac response to sympathetic nerve stimulation in guinea-pig atria have been evaluated. 2. PGE2 (0.01-100 nM), sulprostone (0.01-100 nM) and misoprostol (0.1-100 nM), but not butaprost (0.1-100 nM), dose-dependently reduced the increase in cardiac contractility induced by electrical field stimulation of sympathetic terminals. 3. The EP1 antagonist AH6809 (1 microM) did not modify the inhibition of cardiac response induced by PGE2, sulprostone and misoprostol. 4. In preparations preloaded with [3H]-noradrenaline, tritium overflow induced by electrical field stimulation was greatly and significantly reduced by 100 nM PGE2 and by 100 nM sulprostone. 5. These results indicate that PGE2 and other synthetic prostanoids reduce noradrenaline release from cardiac adrenergic nerve terminals acting on prejunctional inhibitory receptors belonging to the EP3 subtype.

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