Differential Control of Adrenal and Sympathetic Catecholamine Release by α2-Adrenoceptor Subtypes (original) (raw)
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1Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (M.B., M.P., M.J.L., L.H.), Universität Würzburg, 97078 Würzburg, Germany
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2Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie (G.N., J.B.S.), 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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1Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (M.B., M.P., M.J.L., L.H.), Universität Würzburg, 97078 Würzburg, Germany
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2Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie (G.N., J.B.S.), 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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1Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (M.B., M.P., M.J.L., L.H.), Universität Würzburg, 97078 Würzburg, Germany
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1Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (M.B., M.P., M.J.L., L.H.), Universität Würzburg, 97078 Würzburg, Germany
*Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Lutz Hein, Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Würzburg, Versbacher Strasse 9, 97078 Würzburg, Germany.
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31 January 2003
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01 August 2003
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Marc Brede, Gábor Nagy, Melanie Philipp, Jakob B. Sørensen, Martin J. Lohse, Lutz Hein, Differential Control of Adrenal and Sympathetic Catecholamine Release by α2-Adrenoceptor Subtypes, Molecular Endocrinology, Volume 17, Issue 8, 1 August 2003, Pages 1640–1646, https://doi.org/10.1210/me.2003-0035
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Abstract
In the adrenergic system, release of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine from sympathetic nerves is regulated by presynaptic inhibitory α2-adrenoceptors, but it is unknown whether release of epinephrine from the adrenal gland is controlled by a similar short feedback loop. Using gene-targeted mice we demonstrate that two distinct subtypes of α2-adrenoceptors control release of catecholamines from sympathetic nerves (α2A) and from the adrenal medulla (α2C). In isolated mouse chromaffin cells, α2-receptor activation inhibited the electrically stimulated increase in cell capacitance (a correlate of exocytosis), voltage-activated Ca2+ current, as well as secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine. The inhibitory effects of α2-agonists on cell capacitance, voltage-activated Ca2+ currents, and on catecholamine secretion were completely abolished in chromaffin cells isolated from α2C-receptor-deficient mice. In vivo, deletion of sympathetic or adrenal feedback control led to increased plasma and urine norepinephrine (α2A-knockout) and epinephrine levels (α2C-knockout), respectively. Loss of feedback inhibition was compensated by increased tyrosine hydroxylase activity, as detected by elevated tissue dihydroxyphenylalanine levels. Thus, receptor subtype diversity in the adrenergic system has emerged to selectively control sympathetic and adrenal catecholamine secretion via distinct α2-adrenoceptor subtypes. Short-loop feedback inhibition of epinephrine release from the adrenal gland may represent a novel therapeutic target for diseases that arise from enhanced adrenergic stimulation.
Copyright © 2003 by The Endocrine Society
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