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  • Title: Noradrenaline-induced inositol phosphate formation in rat striatum is mediated by alpha 1A-adrenoceptors.
    Author: Arias-Montaño JA, Aceves J, Nuñez A.
    Journal: Neuropharmacology; 1996; 35(11):1605-13. PubMed ID: 9025108.
    Abstract:
    The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes to noradrenaline (NA)-induced inositol phosphate formation in rat striatum. In cross-chopped slices and in the presence of 10 mM LiCl, NA stimulated the accumulation of [3H]inositol phosphates. After 60-min incubation with 100 microM NA, [3H]IP1 was the major product detected (82 +/- 3% of total [3H]inositol phosphates). Best-fit values for the concentration-response curve for NA-induced [3H]IP1 accumulation yielded an EC50 of 9.4 +/- 1.1 microM, maximum effect of 210 +/- 3% of basal, and Hill coefficient (nH) of 1.1 +/- 0.1. Pre-treatment of the slices for 30 min with the alkylating agent chloroethylclonidine (100 microM) failed to decrease significantly the response to 100 microM NA. Inhibition curves for four alpha 1-antagonists, (+)-niguldipine, prazosin, WB-4101 and 5-methylurapidil (5-MU), best-fit to a single-site model with pKi values of 9.4 ((+)-niguldipine), 9.2 (prazosin and WB-4101) and 8.8 (5-MU). The putative alpha 1 D-selective antagonist BMY 7378 reduced the response to NA only partially (30 +/- 3% inhibition at 1 microM: pKi 7.24). NA-induced [3H]IP1 accumulation was significantly reduced (to 20 +/- 9% of controls) by Ca2+ removal and increased as the extracellular Ca2+ concentration was raised from nominally zero (no added Ca2+) to 1 mM Ca2+. NA-induced [3H]IP1 accumulation was reduced by both the non-selective Ca2+ channel blocker Ni2+ (58 +/- 3% inhibition at 2 mM) and nimodipine, an antagonist of L-type voltage-operated Ca2+ channels (77 +/- 4% inhibition at 3 microM). Taken together these results indicate that NA-induced inositol phosphate formation in striatal slices is mediated by activation of alpha 1A-adrenoceptors coupled to Ca2+ entry and Ca2+ activation of phospholipase C.
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