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Selective desensitization of cardiac beta adrenoceptors by prolonged in vivo infusion of catecholamines in rats.

H Y Chang, R M Klein and G Kunos
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics June 1982, 221 (3) 784-789;
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The effects of prolonged in vivo infusion of isoproterenol (400 micrograms/kg/hr) or norepinephrine (200 micrograms/kg/hr) from a minipump on the physiological reactivity and binding properties of cardiac beta and alpha-1 adrenoceptors were tested in rats. Infusion of either catecholamine significantly reduced the in vitro inotropic and chronotropic potency of isoproterenol in isolated left and right atria, respectively; desensitization was near maximal as early as after 2 hr of infusion. No significant change in the density of [3H]dihydroalprenolol-labeled beta receptors was evident at this time point in either atrial or ventricular tissue, although isoproterenol did decrease binding site density after 7 days of infusion. There was no change in the binding affinity or physiological blocking potency of dihydroalprenolol after isoproterenol infusion. The inotropic potency of phenylephrine in the presence of dihydroalprenolol was unaffected by infusion of either isoproterenol or norepinephrine and methoxamine failed to increase right atrial rate either in control or in isoproterenol-infused rats. There was also no change in the density and affinity of [3H]prazosin binding sites after isoproterenol infusion. These results indicate selective desensitization of cardiac beta receptors without changes in alpha-1 receptors by prolonged in vivo stimulation with catecholamines. This reaction pattern is different from the well documented effects of hypothyroidism, which include decreased sensitivity of cardiac beta and increased sensitivity of cardiac alpha-1 receptor-mediated responses in rats. Thus, the mechanisms responsible for altered receptor function in the two conditions appear to be different.

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Selective desensitization of cardiac beta adrenoceptors by prolonged in vivo infusion of catecholamines in rats.

H Y Chang, R M Klein and G Kunos
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics June 1, 1982, 221 (3) 784-789;

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Selective desensitization of cardiac beta adrenoceptors by prolonged in vivo infusion of catecholamines in rats.

H Y Chang, R M Klein and G Kunos
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics June 1, 1982, 221 (3) 784-789;
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