Abstract
The relative potency of alpha-adrenoceptor agonists and the dissociation constants of competitive antagonists were studied to characterize the post-junctional alpha-adrenoceptor of the human iris dilator muscle. The data obtained from human iris dilator tissue was compared to that from rabbit. The iris dilator muscle was mounted in an organ bath and tension changes were recorded. (-)-Norepinephrine, (-)-phenylephrine (PE), oxymetazoline and p-aminoclonidine caused contractile responses in albino rabbit, pigmented rabbit and human iris dilator muscle in a concentration-dependent manner. The imidazoline molecules were partial agonists. In rabbit iris dilator, desensitization occurred to repeated oxymetazoline application at an interval of 1 h but recovery to the agonist activity was complete in about 3 h. Exposure to cocaine (10 mumol/l), hydrocortisone (100 mumol/l) and U-0521, a catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor (100 mumol/l), significantly potentiated the response to norepinephrine by 92-, 32- and 7 fold in iris dilator tissue of albino rabbit, pigmented rabbit and human, respectively. After block of "uptake1" and "uptake2", the EC50 values of norepinephrine in the albino rabbit, pigmented rabbit and human iris dilator di...Continue Reading
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