Abstract
In the isolated prostatic half of the rat vas deferens, joint application of noradrenaline (NA) and adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) produced a contractile response whose magnitude was greatly larger than the addition of the tension generated by the application of each agent alone. The effect of ATP was mimicked by two non-hydrolyzable ATP analogs, but not by GTP, AMP or adenosine. In sympathectomized rats. ATP potentiated NA effects, increasing both the peak tension and the duration of the vas deferens contractile response. The synergism was concentration related. Prazosin antagonized the NA synergism but not the ATP response. Likewise, desensitization of the P 2-purinoceptor blocked the ATP synergism without modifying the NA-induced contraction.
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