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Differential effect of guanethidine on dopamine and norepinephrine pools in urine, heart and superior cervical ganglion in the rat

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The time-related changes of dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) pools were investigated in heart, superior cervical ganglion (SCG) and urine in rats treated chronically with guanethidine (50 mg/kg i.p. five days each week). The efficiency of sympathectomy was assessed by the great loss of NE in heart and superior cervical ganglion (SCG) (−96% and −76% respectively of control values on day 18) together with the ready reduction of NE and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) in urine.

The pattern of changes was quite different for DA, which was less readily affected and at a lesser extent than NE in heart and SCG thus suggesting the presence of norepinephrine-independent DA stores. Similarly the urinary excretion of free DA, free 3, 4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and free homovanillic acid (HVA) was slightly decreased only from the 9th day, whereas urinary conjugated DA remained unaltered. These results indicate that the greatest portion of urine free and conjugated DA, free DOPAC and free HVA derives from peripheral pools located outside noradrenergic neurons. Alternatively, the time-course of DA sensitivity to guanethidine suggests that a portion of urine DA may originate from DA stored independently from NE in noradrenergic neurons.

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Favre, R., De Haut, M., Boudet, C. et al. Differential effect of guanethidine on dopamine and norepinephrine pools in urine, heart and superior cervical ganglion in the rat. J. Neural Transmission 70, 19–37 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01252506

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