The uptake and overflow of radiolabelled beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents by the isolated vas deferens of the rat.
1. A comparison of uptake into and overflow from the isolated vas deferens of the rat has been made between [3H]-noradrenaline ([3H]-NA), [14C]-D-sorbitol and three radio-labelled beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents, [14C]-practolol, [14C]-(+/-)-propranolol and [3H]-penbutolol. 2. The accumulation of [3H]-NA after 30 min incubation was reduced by desmethylimipramine (DMI) 1 X 10(-8)M and was also reduced in vasa from rats pretreated with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). This was not so with [14C]-D-sorbitol. 3. 6-OHDA pretreatment of the rats reduced the uptake of [3H]-penbutolol after 30 min incubation but not that of [4C]-propranolol or [14C]-practolol. DMI 1 X 10(-8)M did not alter the tissue uptake of [14C]-propranolol, [14C]-practolol or [3H]-penbutolol. 4. Electrical stimulation of vasa preloaded with [3H]-NA caused a significantly greater increase in [3H]-NA overflow than during the resting, unstimulated periods. No such increase in overflow was observed with [14C]-sorbitol or any of the three beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents use. 5. The beta-adrenoceptor blocking agent penbutolol was shown to possess adrenergic neurone blocking activity in the isolated vas deferens of the rat. 6. It is concluded that any effect that practolol or (+/-)-propranolol have on noradrenergic neurones is brought about without the need for these drugs to gain access to the interior of the neurone.[1]References
- The uptake and overflow of radiolabelled beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents by the isolated vas deferens of the rat. Lewis, M.J. Br. J. Pharmacol. (1977) [Pubmed]
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