Previous reports have suggested that smooth muscle obtained from the thoracic aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rats is less responsive to vasoconstrictive agents than that obtained from normotensive rats. The present study was undertaken to determine whether the responsiveness of aortic muscles from normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats correlates with a difference in the affinity...

Demonstration of A Ipha and Beta Adrenergic Receptors in Canine Cerebral Vasculature • The cerebral vascular effects of various adrenomimetic agents were examined in 12 isolated canine brains perfused with blood at constant flow. Changes in cerebral vascular resistance (CVR) and the magnitude of pressor or depressor responses observed following drug injection were examined. The presence of alph...

A catecholamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase system is present in homogenates of both calf and rat retinas. Dopamine is a more potent activator of the bovine enzyme than is norepinephrine or epinephrine. Cyclic AMP concentrations in intact bovine retina are increased by dopamine, as well as by other catecholamines, and by depolarizing agents. Studies with adrenergic blocking agents suggest that ...

A number of hormonal and pharmacological substances modulate adrenergic transmitter release by a presynaptic action (for reviews see Starke, 1977; Westfall, 1977). Prostaglandin E, acetylcholine, adenosine, dopamine and noradrenaline itself inhibit, whereas angiotensin II (ANG II), prostaglandin F 2d and isoproterenol enhance noradrenaline release. Thus stimulation of specific receptors by thes...

The stability of the catechol-specific fl-adrenergic receptor of turkey erythrocytes was tested with certain physical and chemical agents. The receptor for the catechol function was stable at high temperatures or to treatment with ultrasound. Phospholipase, Pronase, trypsin, Triton X-100, sodium lauryl sulfate, or Lubrol-PX destroyed the catecholamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase but not catecho...

Identification and characterization of beta-adrenergic receptors were attempted in particulate membrane fractions derived from isolated ciliary processes (CP) of rabbit eyes. High-affinity binding sites for 125I-hydroxybenzylpindolol (125I-HYP), a beta-adrenergic antagonist, were identified in particulate membrane fractions of homogenized CP that were recovered from discontinuous sucrose densit...

Different beta 1 and 2 adrenergic receptors agonists might have various biological and physiological effects on fish species. An experiment was designed to study the effects of feeding ractopamine, terbutaline and metaproterenol; as beta1, beta2 and less selective beta2 adrenergic receptor agonists, respectively; on body weight gain, feed conversion rate, concentration of biochemical parameters...

At present, there is no treatment option available for COVID-19 condition and most importantly the underlying pathophysiology in not known. In this article, I had given a viewpoint that explains based on it proposed options COVID-19. propose adrenergic storm-induced Warburg effect (aerobic glycolysis) may be mechanism condition. alpha1 blockers early phase beta-adrenergic late of to inhibit sto...

The superior ovarian nerve (SON) arrives at the ovary through the suspensory ligament and innervates mainly the ovarian stroma. Most neurones from which the SON fibres originate are located in the complex coeliac and mesenteric ganglia. Taking into account that other ganglia have been shown to have alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors, and that the coeliac ganglion receives adrenergic fibres fr...

Transmembrane electrical measurements were performed on the isolated rabbit iris-ciliary body (I-CB) to study the direct effects of halogenated inhalation anesthetic agents on the ciliary epithelium. Addition of either halothane, enflurane, or isoflurane to the control 95% O2:5% CO2 gas mixture resulted in a dose-dependent decrease in the short-circuit current (SCC) and potential difference (PD...