SYNOPSIS Two patients with phaeochromocytoma having atypical biochemical features are described. Total catecholamine excretion was normal in one and only slightly raised in the other; both had a diagnostic rise in output of metadrenaline and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxymandelic acid whilst 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenylglycol excretion was increased in one of them. During hypertensive attacks adrenaline excr...

Mice lacking the hypoxia-inducible transcription factor EPAS1 die at mid-gestation. Despite normal morphological development of the circulatory system, EPAS1-deficient mice display pronounced bradycardia. In addition to the vascular endothelium, EPAS1 is expressed intensively in the organ of Zuckerkandl (OZ), the principle source of catecholamine production in mammalian embryos. EPAS1-deficient...

Abstract Catecholamines are neurotransmitters in the peripheral and central nervous systems, which maintain normal physiological state of human body. Studies have shown that occurrence many diseases often accompanied by changes catecholamine levels. Clinically, detection levels plasma or urine can assist diagnosis endocrine-related neurological diseases. However, catecholamines easily oxidized,...

We examined the effects of sarafotoxin 6c (S6c), an endothelin-B (ET(B)) receptor agonist, on adrenal catecholamine secretion in response to cholinergic stimuli in pentobarbital sodium-anesthetized dogs. Drugs were administered intra-arterially into the adrenal gland through the phrenicoabdominal artery. Infusion of S6c attenuated increases in adrenal catecholamine output induced by splanchnic ...

Nagayama, Takahiro, Yasuo Fukushima, Hirohiko Hikichi, Makoto Yoshida, Mizue Suzuki-Kusaba, Hiroaki Hisa, Tomohiko Kimura, and Susumu Satoh. Interaction of SKCa channels and L-type Ca 21 channels in catecholamine secretion in the rat adrenal gland. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 279: R1731–R1736, 2000.—We elucidated the interaction of small-conductance Ca-activated K (SKCa) ch...

Experiments were performed in vivo on chronically cannulated adult rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to assess the involvement of serotonergic or muscarinic receptor stimulation or activation of the renin-angiotensin system in eliciting catecholamine release during acute hypoxia during periods of nicotinic receptor desensitisation. Despite nicotinic receptor desensitisation induced by intrave...

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a neuropeptide first isolated from ovine hypothalamic tissue. This peptide stimulates adenylate cyclase activation. However, few details were known of the function of this peptide on stimulus-secretion coupling in neuronal cells. The authors have investigated the role of PACAP on catecholamine biosynthesis and secretion using culture...

OBJECTIVE To understand the molecular mechanisms by which catecholamine synthesis is controlled in pheochromocytomas--tumors that synthesize and release catecholamines, which are related to various clinical manifestations of the condition. METHODS We measured the concentrations of mRNA coding for the catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes tyrosine hydroxylase, aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase ...