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The effect of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on catecholamine (CA) release from adrenal medulla was investigated. GABA and GABA agonists, 3-amino-1-propanesulfonic acid and imidazole-4-acetic acid caused CA release from isolated perfused dog adrenals in a dose-dependent manner, and no tachyphylaxis to GABA was observed. CA release elicited by GABA was antagonized by bicuculline and picrotoxin. This antagonism was specific for GABA-and GABA agonist-induced responses, response to acetylcholine being unaffected. Pretreatment with atropine plus hexamethonium did not affect the response to GABA. GABA-induced CA release was abolished by the removal of Ca2+ from perfusion medium, but not by the removal of Na+ or Cl−. Verapamil, CoCl2 and dibucaine blocked the effect of GABA. A Na+ channel blocker, tetrodotoxin did not reduce GABA-evoked CA release. These results suggest that GABA may interact with its receptor to evoke CA release from adrenal medulla in a fashion of Ca2+-dependence and independence on external Na+ or Cl−.
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Kitayama, S., Morita, K., Dohi, T. et al. The nature of the stimulatory action of γ-aminobutyric acid in the isolated perfused dog adrenals. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 326, 106–110 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00517305
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