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Interaction of subtype-selective antagonists with alpha 1-adrenergic receptor-mediated second messenger responses in rat brain.

K P Minneman and B Atkinson
Molecular Pharmacology October 1991, 40 (4) 523-530;
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The selective antagonists (+)-niguldipine and 5-methylurapidil (5-MU) were used to more clearly identify the alpha 1-adrenergic receptor subtypes involved in second messenger responses in slice and culture preparations of rat brain. The alpha 1-adrenergic receptor activating [3H]inositol phosphate (InsP) formation in neocortical and hippocampal slices appeared to have mixed characteristics. Although the low potency of (+)-niguldipine indicated involvement of the alpha 1B subtype, 5-MU had an alpha 1A-like potency at this subtype. (+)-Niguldipine did not inhibit the alpha 1 receptor-mediated potentiation of the cAMP response to either isoproterenol or adenosine in cortical slices, even at high concentrations. 5-MU inhibited both cAMP responses, although this inhibition appeared non-competitive. Thus, these receptors are clearly different from those mediating InsP formation. In primary glial cultures, (+)-niguldipine also had a low potency in blocking norepinephrine-stimulated [3H]InsP formation, consistent with involvement of the alpha 1B subtype. However, both 5-MU and WB 4101 had high potencies in blocking this response, suggesting involvement of the alpha 1A subtype. Inactivation of the alpha 1B subtype by pretreatment of cultures with chloroethylclonidine did not increase the potencies of any of these antagonists. The inhibition by 5-MU and WB 4101 was competitive in both control and chloroethylclonidine-pretreated cultures, whereas the inhibition by (+)-niguldipine was primarily noncompetitive. The use of these more selective antagonists shows that the current alpha 1A/alpha 1B subclassification scheme is inadequate to identify the receptors mediating these responses. None of the responses were blocked by (+)-niguldipine with the high potency expected at the alpha 1A subtype, although all InsP responses were blocked by 5-MU with a relatively high (alpha 1A-like) potency. In addition, very low affinity and noncompetitive effects of (+)-niguldipine were observed. These data raise the possibility of additional subtypes of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors or as yet unidentified functional interactions between known subtypes.

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