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In isolated rat aortic strips noradrenaline induces a biphasic contractile response in Ca-free medium, associated with two different intracellular calcium pools, one of which is common to caffeine. We analyzed the mechanisms involved in the depletion and repletion of both intracellular Ca pools sensitive to noradrenaline in different experimental procedures in presence of prazosin, phentolamine and yohimbine.
At 37°C the α-adrenergic blocking agents inhibited contractile responses to noradrenaline in Ca-free medium, with prazosin being highly selective. α2-adrenoceptors probably do not participate in the release of Ca from internal stores, as no contractile response was observed after addition of clonidine in Ca-free medium. This indicates that noradrenaline-induced Ca-release from internal stores is mainly due to activation of α1-adrenoceptors. At 25°C, these compounds failed to inhibit caffeine-induced contraction in Ca-free medium, but abolished the release of Ca from an intracellular store only sensitive to noradrenaline. This effect is attributale to a blockade of α1-adrenoceptors and/or inhibition of receptor-mediated signal transduction.
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Noguera, M.A., Calatayud, S. & D'Ocon, M.P. Actions of alpha-adrenoceptor blocking agents on two types of intracellular calcium stores mobilized by noradrenaline in rat aorta. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 348, 472–477 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00173205
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