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  • Title: Characterization of rat white fat cell alpha 1B-adrenoceptors.
    Author: Torres-Márquez ME, Romero-Avila MT, González-Espinosa C, García-Sáinz JA.
    Journal: Mol Pharmacol; 1992 Sep; 42(3):403-6. PubMed ID: 1357541.
    Abstract:
    In isolated rat white adipocytes, epinephrine (in the presence of 10 microM propranolol) increased the uptake of [32P]Pi into phosphatidylinositol in a dose-dependent fashion. When the cells were pretreated with the irreversible antagonist chlorethylclonidine, this alpha 1-adrenergic effect was markedly diminished. The effect of epinephrine was dose-dependently antagonized by selective alpha 1-adrenergic antagonists, with the potency order prazosin greater than 5-methylurapidil greater than or equal to WB4101. Binding studies using crude membrane preparations were performed with the ligands [3H]bunazosin and 125I-HEAT. Both ligands bound to membrane sites with high affinity (Kd values of 0.75 +/- 0.20 nM for [3H]bunazosin and 125 +/- 20 pM for 125I-HEAT), in a rapid, reversible, and saturable (Bmax, 9-12 fmol/mg of protein) fashion, and with the expected pharmacological characteristics for alpha 1-adrenoceptors. Binding displacement studies with these ligands indicated a potency order of prazosin greater than 5-methylurapidil greater than or equal to WB4101. Northern blot analysis using receptor subtype-specific gene probes showed that adipocyte mRNA hybridized with the alpha 1B-adrenergic probe. All these data suggest that the alpha 1-adrenoceptors of rat white adipocytes belong to the alpha 1B subtype.
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