Identification of the mRNA for the novel alpha 1D-adrenoceptor and two other alpha 1-adrenoceptors in vascular smooth muscle

MT Piascik, MS Smith, EE Soltis and DM Perez

Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536.

In situ hybridization histochemistry, radioligand binding, and in vitro contractile studies were used to characterize the vascular distribution of the recently discovered alpha 1D-adrenoceptor. In situ hybridization with an antisense probe localized the mRNA for the alpha 1D- adrenoceptor to the medial layer of the rat aorta renal and mesenteric resistance arteries. If the tissues were first treated with RNase or a sense probe was used, no specific hybridization signal was detected. The extent to which this receptor was expressed as protein was assessed with radioligand binding studies. A series of ligands used to characterize alpha 1-adrenoceptors interacted with two sites labeled by [3H]prazosin in homogenates from the aorta and mesenteric vascular bed. The high affinity site had the characteristics of an alpha 1A- adrenoceptor. However, the low affinity site had ligand binding characteristics distinct from those of the alpha 1D-adrenoceptor or any other known alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtype. mRNA for the alpha 1B- and alpha 1C-adrenoceptors was also detected in the aorta, renal arteries, and mesenteric resistance arteries. Chloroethylclonidine (CEC) (1 and 10 microM) had differential effects on phenylephrine-induced contractions of vascular smooth muscle. CEC completely inhibited the response in the aorta and caused a partial inhibition in the mesenteric resistance artery. The same concentrations of CEC had little effect on phenylephrine responses in the renal artery. The data suggest the following. 1) mRNA for the novel alpha 1D-adrenoceptor is localized in vascular smooth muscle. 2) Definitive identification of expression of this receptor was not possible; this may be related to coexpression of other subtypes of alpha 1-adrenoceptors. 3) mRNA for the alpha 1C- adrenoceptor was detected in rat peripheral vasculature. 4) The alpha 1A-adrenoceptor is also localized in the vasculature. 5) Three and possibly four alpha 1-adrenoceptors participate in vascular smooth muscle regulation.

Volume 46, Issue 1, pp. 30-40, 07/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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