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  • Title: Alpha-2 adrenergic regulation of norepinephrine release in the rat submandibular gland as measured by HPLC-EC.
    Author: Turner JT, Pierce DL, Bylund DB.
    Journal: Life Sci; 1984 Sep 24; 35(13):1385-94. PubMed ID: 6148676.
    Abstract:
    In many tissues, norepinephrine appears to inhibit its own release through an interaction at alpha adrenergic receptors. We have developed an assay for measuring the release of endogenous norepinephrine based on HPLC and have studied the regulation of release in the rat submandibular gland by alpha adrenergic antagonists. The method uses electrochemical detection to quantitate norepinephrine released from tissue slices and does not require preloading of the tissue with [3H]norepinephrine. Yohimbine, an alpha-2 adrenergic antagonist, potentiates by 50% the release caused by potassium induced depolarization with an EC50 of 0.14 microM. Prazosin, an alpha-1 antagonist, has a similar effect, but is less potent with an EC50 of 0.77 microM. Thus, the alpha adrenergic receptor mediating the regulation of norepinephrine release is of the alpha-2 subtype. The observed equal efficacies and lack of additivity of release potentiation by yohimbine and prazosin at maximal doses suggest that both drugs act at the same receptor. The five-fold difference in potency between prazosin and yohimbine is consistent with the recent observations indicating species differences between rodent and non-rodent alpha-2 adrenergic receptors.
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