Abstract
Sensory fibres innervate the adrenal medulla but their function is not known. In the present study, we have used the sensory neurotoxin capsaicin to evaluate the effect of capsaicin sensitive sensory fibres on catecholamine (CA) secretion from isolated perfused rat adrenal glands. CA secretion in response to 1 and 10 min electrical field stimulation of adrenal nerve terminals was significantly attenuated in the adrenal glands of adult rats pretreated as neonates with capsaicin and was frequency dependent, being more pronounced at the higher frequencies of stimulation (5 to 30 Hz) than at the low (0.3, 1 Hz) frequencies. Perfusion of control rat adrenal glands with capsaicin did not evoke CA secretion, but did increase CA secretion in response to perfusion with nicotine. Perfusion with capsaicin for 30 min (but not for 4 min) reduced the CA secretory response to subsequent nerve stimulation. The results suggest that capsaicin sensitive sensory neurons innervating the adrenal medulla are involved in the regulation of adrenal CA secretion evoked by electrical stimulation of adrenal nerve terminals.
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