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Adra2a  -  adrenoceptor alpha 2A

Rattus norvegicus

Synonyms: Alpha-2A adrenergic receptor, Alpha-2A adrenoceptor, Alpha-2A adrenoreceptor, Alpha-2AAR, Alpha-2D adrenergic receptor, ...
 
 
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Disease relevance of Adra2a

 

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High impact information on Adra2a

  • Basal activity of PLD in membranes was reduced in RG20, a PC12 cell line overexpressing the human alpha2A-adrenergic receptor [2].
  • As internal applications of anti-phosphatidylinositol and anti-alpha q/alpha 11 antibodies had no effect on the alpha 2A-adrenoreceptor-induced enhancement of calcium channel current, these findings suggest that phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis and Gq/G11-protein are not involved in the alpha 2A-adrenoreceptor-induced coupling process [6].
  • Both alpha 1A- and alpha 2A-adrenoreceptor subtypes stimulate voltage-operated L-type calcium channels in rat portal vein myocytes. Evidence for two distinct transduction pathways [6].
  • A protein kinase C inhibitor, GF 109203X, and a long term (24 h) treatment with phorbol dibutyrate to decrease the activity of protein kinase C blocked the alpha 1A- and alpha 2A-adrenoreceptor-induced stimulation of calcium channels as well as that stimulation induced by phorbol dibutyrate [6].
  • In competition binding studies the potency order of competing ligands for RG20 is phentolamine greater than idazoxan greater than yohimbine greater than rauwolscine greater than prazosin [7].
 

Biological context of Adra2a

 

Anatomical context of Adra2a

 

Associations of Adra2a with chemical compounds

  • However, in contrast to RG20, [3H] rauwolscine exhibits a KD of 2 nM for the C-10 receptor, and the potency order for competing ligands is rauwolscine greater than or equal to yohimbine greater than idazoxan greater than phentolamine greater than prazosin [7].
  • The blockade in free water clearance by prazosin indicated a possible role of the alpha 2b-adrenoceptor subtype whereas the alpha 2a-adrenoceptor subtype was considered as the site mediating the clonidine-induced increase in osmolar clearance [13].
  • Our results also show that low concentrations of oxymetazoline (10-300 nM), an alpha 2A-adrenoceptor subtype-selective drug, cause profound inhibition of neuronal activity in the locus coeruleus [14].
  • We examined the effect of intrathecal (i.t.) administration of the non-selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine and the alpha 2A-adrenoceptor selective agonist guanfacine on flexor reflex excitability in decerebrate, spinalized, unanesthetized rats before and after unilateral section of the sciatic nerve [15].
  • However, the competition curves for guanoxabenz were definitely biphasic and resolved into two site fits, indicating that guanoxabenz was binding to both high affinity (Kd = 35 nmol/l) and low affinity (Kd = 8900 nmol/l) alpha 2A-adrenoceptor sites in the proportions 57% and 43%, respectively [16].
 

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References

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  2. Phospholipase D activity in PC12 cells. Effects of overexpression of alpha2A-adrenergic receptors. Ella, K.M., Qi, C., McNair, A.F., Park, J.H., Wisehart-Johnson, A.E., Meier, K.E. J. Biol. Chem. (1997) [Pubmed]
  3. A negative regulatory element in the promoter region of the rat alpha 2A-adrenergic receptor gene overlaps an SP1 consensus binding site. Handy, D.E., Zanella, M.T., Kanemaru, A., Tavares, A., Flordellis, C., Gavras, H. Biochem. J. (1995) [Pubmed]
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  6. Both alpha 1A- and alpha 2A-adrenoreceptor subtypes stimulate voltage-operated L-type calcium channels in rat portal vein myocytes. Evidence for two distinct transduction pathways. Leprêtre, N., Mironneau, J., Morel, J.L. J. Biol. Chem. (1994) [Pubmed]
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  13. Clonidine-induced increase in osmolar clearance and free water clearance via activation of two distinct alpha 2-adrenoceptor sites. Intengan, H.D., Smyth, D.D. Br. J. Pharmacol. (1996) [Pubmed]
  14. Action of dexmedetomidine on rat locus coeruleus neurones: intracellular recording in vitro. Chiu, T.H., Chen, M.J., Yang, Y.R., Yang, J.J., Tang, F.I. Eur. J. Pharmacol. (1995) [Pubmed]
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