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1. The neuronal release by 100 μmol/l veratridine of preloaded 3H-noradrenaline was studied in the rat vas deferens, the MAO, COMT and vesicular uptake of which were inhibited. To prevent any exocytotic release of the 3-Hamine, all solutions were calcium-free. Veratridine induced an early and a late peak of tritium efflux. The early peak was abolished by the presence of 1 μmol/l desipramine, the late peak was abolished by 1 μmol/l tetrodotoxin (administered subsequently to the first peak). The administration of veratridine plus 1 mmol/l ouabain resulted in only the early peak of efflux. 2. The peak response to veratridine plus ouabain was increased by a very early administration of veratridine plus ouabain (after 40 min of wash-out instead of the usual 130 min) (i. e., when the relative size of the axoplasmic distribution compartment was increased). However, very high axoplasmic 3H-noradrenaline levels (after loading with 37 instead of the usual 0.2 μmol/l) reduced the height of the peak (when expressed as a FRL). 3. Substantially similar responses to vcratridine plus ouabain were obtained after loading with 3H-noradrenaline, 3H-adrenaline or 3H-dopamine. 4. As the second peak of veratridine-induced release is ouabain-sensitive, it appears to be caused by exhaustion of neuronal ATP stores; this, in turn, raises the intravesicular pH and induces efflux of 3H-noradrenaline from the vesicles into the axoplasm. The first peak, on the other hand, represents outward transport of 3H-noradrenaline from the axoplasmic compartment. Evidently, a pronounced vesicular distribution of 3H-noradrenaline takes place even after inhibition by reserpine of the vesicular uptake. 5. In preparations with intact vesicular uptake (MAO and COMT inhibited) a plateauresponse was obtained; in the presence of 10 μmol/l Ro 4-2184 (a reserpine-like compound) a peak response was restored after loading with 0.2 μmol/l3H-noradrenaline, less so after loading with 37 μmol/l. 6. It is confirmed that veratridine (plus ouabain) exerts a reserpine-like effect when applied to tissues with intact vesicular uptake and intact MAO.
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Abbreviations
- COMT:
-
catechol-O-methyl transferase
- DOMA:
-
dihydroxy mandelic acid
- DOPEG:
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dihydroxyphenylglycol
- DOPAC:
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dihydroxyphenylacetic acid
- FRL:
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fractional rate of loss
- MAO:
-
monoamine oxidase
- 5-HT:
-
5-hydroxytryptamine
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Bönisch, H., Trendelenburg, U. Veratridine-induced outward transport of 3H-noradrenaline from adrenergic nerves of the rat vas deferens. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 336, 621–630 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00165752
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