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  • Title: Autoradiographic localization and quantitation of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors in the human atrioventricular conducting system: a comparison of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and ischemic heart disease.
    Author: Elnatan J, Molenaar P, Rosenfeldt FL, Summers RJ.
    Journal: J Mol Cell Cardiol; 1994 Mar; 26(3):313-23. PubMed ID: 7913135.
    Abstract:
    The density and distribution of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors in the atrioventricular conducting system and interatrial and interventricular septa from human hearts with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and ischemic heart disease was determined by quantitative autoradiography using (-)[125I]cyanopindolol and the selective beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonist CGP 20712A and the selective beta 2-adrenoceptor antagonist ICI 118,551. Both beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors were present in the atrioventricular node, bundle of His, interatrial and interventricular septa. No differences in the density or proportions of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors in the atrioventricular node, bundle of His, interatrial septum and interventricular septum were observed between hearts with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy or ischemic heart disease (P > 0.05) so further analysis did not distinguish between the two aetiologies. The density of beta 1-adrenoceptors was lower in the bundle of His (5.0 +/- 1.7 fmol/mg protein) than in the atrioventricular node (22.2 +/- 5.7 fmol/mg protein, P < 0.05), the interatrial septum (29.6 +/- 4.5 fmol/mg protein, P < 0.001) and interventricular septum (24.9 +/- 5.2 fmol/mg protein, P < 0.005, n = 8 for all values). The atrioventricular node, interatrial and interventricular septa had similar densities of beta 1-adrenoceptors (P = 0.60, ANOVA). The distribution of beta 2-adrenoceptors in the atrioventricular node (21.5 +/- 4.1 fmol/mg protein), bundle of His (12.9 +/- 2.6 fmol/mg protein) and atrial (16.7 +/- 2.3 fmol/mg protein) and septal myocardium (13.8 +/- 2.5 fmol/mg protein, n = 8 for all values) was uniform (P = 0.18, ANOVA). The percentage of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors in the atrioventricular node, bundle of His, interatrial and interventricular septa was uneven (P < 0.001, ANOVA). There was a higher proportion of beta 2-adrenoceptors in the bundle of His (72 +/- 6%) than in the atrioventricular node (51 +/- 3%, P < 0.01), interatrial septum (36 +/- 1%, P < 0.001) and interventricular septum (36 +/- 1%, P < 0.001).
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