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  • Title: Pharmacologic characterization of SK&F 104078, a novel alpha-2 adrenoceptor antagonist which discriminates between pre- and postjunctional alpha-2 adrenoceptors.
    Author: Hieble JP, Sulpizio AC, Nichols AJ, Willette RN, Ruffolo RR.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1988 Nov; 247(2):645-52. PubMed ID: 2903236.
    Abstract:
    SK&F 104078 has been reported to be a moderately potent antagonist at postjunctional alpha-2 adrenoceptors in canine saphenous vein, rabbit saphenous vein and canine saphenous artery (KB = 76-150 nM). In contrast, SK&F 104078 has been found to have essentially no affinity for prejunctional alpha-2 adrenoceptors in the guinea pig atrium. To characterize further the pharmacology of SK&F 104078 we have examined its effects in several additional alpha-2 adrenoceptor models and on several non alpha adrenoceptor-mediated vascular responses. SK&F 104078 does not block the neuroinhibitory effect of alpha methylnorepinephrine in the guinea pig ileum. In contrast, in the rat vas deferens, high concentrations of SK&F 104078 (3-30 microM) antagonized the neuroinhibitory effect of UK 14,304; however, the antagonism was not competitive. At concentrations up to 1 microM, SK&F 104078 did not potentiate [3H]overflow from guinea pig vas deferens or guinea pig atrium prelabeled with [3H]norepinephrine, indicating no prejunctional alpha-2 adrenoceptor blocking activity in these tissues. SK&F 104078 is a competitive antagonist at alpha-1 adrenoceptors, and at 5-hydroxytryptamine2 receptors, as demonstrated by blockade of norepinephrine- and serotonin-induced contraction in the rabbit aorta, with KB values of 155 and 20 nM, respectively. At concentrations up to 10 microM, SK&F 104078 does not depress angiotensin II-induced contraction of rabbit aorta. At 1 microM, no depression of the response to Ca++ in depolarized rabbit aorta is observed, although a significant inhibition of this response is seen at 10 microM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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