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  • Title: Subclassification of release-regulating alpha 2-autoreceptors in human brain cortex.
    Author: Raiteri M, Bonanno G, Maura G, Pende M, Andrioli GC, Ruelle A.
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol; 1992 Dec; 107(4):1146-51. PubMed ID: 1361400.
    Abstract:
    1. Release-regulating alpha 2-autoreceptors in human brain were characterized pharmacologically in cortical slices from patients undergoing neurosurgery to remove subcortical tumours; the slices were prelabelled with [3H]-noradrenaline ([3H]-NA) and stimulated electrically (3 Hz, 2 ms, 24 mA) under superfusion conditions. 2. The stimulus-evoked tritium overflow was almost totally Ca(2+)-dependent and tetrodotoxin-sensitive. 3. Clonidine and oxymetazoline 0.01 to 1 microM inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner the evoked overflow of tritium. The two drugs were equipotent (EC50 = 0.03 microM) and their maximal effect was approx. 45%. Phenylephrine and methoxamine, up to 1 microM, did not affect tritium overflow. 4. Yohimbine (0.01-0.1 microM) shifted the concentration-response curve of clonidine to the right. The calculated pA2 value was 8.29. 5. Prazosin and 2-[2-[4-(o-methoxyphenyl)piperazine-1-yl]ethyl]-4,4- dimethyl-1,3(2H,4H)-isoquinolinedione (AR-C 239), tested at 0.3 microM, did not modify the concentration-response curve of clonidine. 6. The effect of clonidine was antagonized by (+)-mianserin (pA2 = 7.74), but not by up to 0.3 microM of the (-)-enantiomer. The concentration-response curve of clonidine was shifted to the right by the novel alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist, 5-chloro-4-(1-butyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridin-3-yl)-thiazole-2-ami ne (Z)-2-butenedioate (1:1) salt (ORG 20350) (pA2 = 7.55). 7. Yohimbine, (+)-mianserin and ORG 20350, but not prazosin and (-)-mianserin, increased the electrically-evoked tritium overflow, suggesting that autoreceptors may be tonically activated by endogenous NA. 8. Desipramine (1 microM) increased evoked tritium overflow from human cortex slices. The effect of clonidine (0.01- 1 g1M) on the evoked overflow of tritium was reduced in presence of 1 muM desipramine.9. It is proposed that autoregulation of NA release can occur in human cerebral cortex. The process involves activation of alpha 2-adrenoceptors which may be either the alpha2X or the alpha2D subtype.
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