Abstract
1. 1. Guanethidine at 5 × 10 −6 M strongly inhibited rat prostatic but not epididymal vas deferens, reflecting differences in innervation and the neurogenic field stimulation responses of these tissues. 2. 2. Adenosine and ATP inhibited the field stimulation responses of rat prostatic vas deferens by 56 and 50% respectively. A 10-min pretreatment with 10 −4 M caffeine partly reversed this inhibition, by 55% in the case of adenosine and 60% for ATP. 3. 3. Pretreatment for 10 min with 5 μM quinidine failed to significantly alter the extent of either adenosine or ATP inhibition of the field stimulation responses of rat prostatic vas deferens. 4. 4. 8-Phenyltheophylline, the selective blocker of the A 1 subtype of the P 1 receptor, partly reversed adenosine-induced inhibition of the vas deferens FS responses. NECA, the selective agonist of the A 2 subtype of the P 1 receptor, very strongly inhibited vas deferens FS responses. 5. 5. Field stimulation responses of human vas deferens were also inhibited by both adenosine and ATP but to a lesser extent and more variably than in rat tissue. 6. 6. Adenosine and ATP inhibition was reversed by caffeine pretreatment, but far more variably than in rat tissue, and quinidine was without significant effect on inhibition of the responses. 7. 7. It is concluded that in these tissues adenosine and ATP may operate via a P 1 type receptor of both A 1 and A 2 subtypes and that a P 2 type receptor may be lacking.
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