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Activation of alpha-1 adrenergic receptors modulates the control of left/right sidedness in rat embryos.

Presomite stage rat embryos were cultured for 45-49 hr with medium containing various adrenergic agonists and antagonists. L-Norepinephrine but not D-norepinephrine (several orders of magnitude less potent than the L-isomer at alpha-1 adrenergic receptors) resulted in a dose-dependent increase of situs inversus similar to that found for phenylephrine, an alpha-1 adrenergic agonist. Prazosin, an alpha-1 adrenergic antagonist, inhibited phenylephrine-induced situs inversus in a dose-dependent manner. Neither dexmedetomidine, an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist, nor isoproterenol, a beta adrenergic agonist, caused situs inversus. These results provide pharmacological evidence that stimulation of alpha-1 but not of alpha-2 and beta adrenergic receptors modulates the control of left/right sidedness in rat embryos.[1]

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  1. Activation of alpha-1 adrenergic receptors modulates the control of left/right sidedness in rat embryos. Fujinaga, M., Maze, M., Hoffman, B.B., Baden, J.M. Dev. Biol. (1992) [Pubmed]
 
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