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The neuronal and extraneuronal uptake and deamination of 3H-(−)-phenylephrine in the perfused rat heart

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The neuronal and extraneuronal uptake and deamination of 3H-(−)-phenylephrine was studied in perfused rat hearts obtained from reserpine-pretreated animals.

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    Under the conditions of steady-state perfusion with 5 μmol/l 3H-(−)-phenylephrine slightly more than 50% of total deamination took place in adrenergic nerve endings, slightly less than 50% in the extraneuronal tissue.

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    3H-(−)-phenylephrine is preferentially deaminated to the glycol metabolite.

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    There is pronounced non-saturable, cocaine-and corticosterone-resistant uptake of 3H-(−)-phenylephrine in the perfused rat heart.

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    The apparent rate constant for the efflux of the glycol metabolite is about 20 times higher than that for the efflux of the acid metabolite.

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    For both the glycol and the acid metabolite of 3H-(−)-phenylephrine, apparent rate constants for the efflux declined when the duration of the perfusion with the labelled parent amine was prolonged. This phenomenon was also observed when the deamination of 3H-(−)-phenylephrine was restricted to either the adrenergic nerve endings or the extraneuronal tissue. These results are interpreted as evidence for a distribution of each metabolite into at least two kinetically different compartments.

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    This was confirmed for the acid metabolite by determination of a biphasic efflux curve in wash-out experiments in which MAO was inhibited during washout (after an initial loading of the adrenergic nerve endings with 3H-(−)-phenylephrine).

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  1. Pharmakologisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Versbacher Strasse 9, D-8700, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    A. Rawlow, H. Fleig, K. Kurahashi & U. Trendelenburg

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This study was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Tr 96). Some of the results were communicated to the German Pharmacological Society (Rqwlow et al. 1980)

A. Rawlow was a fellow of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauchdienst and K. Kurahashi of the Humboldt-Foundation

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Rawlow, A., Fleig, H., Kurahashi, K. et al. The neuronal and extraneuronal uptake and deamination of 3H-(−)-phenylephrine in the perfused rat heart. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 314, 237–247 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00498545

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