Abstract
We characterized the properties of vascular dopamine receptors on isolated rabbit mesenteric arteries preincubated with phenoxybenzamine (10(-5) M) and contracted with prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha). The dose-response curve for dopamine-induced relaxation was shifted to the right by the dopamine receptor antagonist d-butaclamol (10(-7)--3 X 10(-6) M) in a concentration-dependent manner. The pA2 value for d-butaclamol was calculated as 6.77. In contrast, even a very high concentration (3 X 10(-6) M) of l-butaclamol had no effect, indicating that vascular dopamine receptors require stereospecificity of antagonists. In the same preparation the mechanism of relaxation by 2-amino-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (A-6,7-DTN; 3 X 10(-7)--10(-4) M) and bromocriptine (10(-6)--3 X 10(-4) M) was found to be dopaminomimetic, since only the dopamine receptor antagonists droperidol (10(-5) M) and metoclopramide (5 X 10(-5) M) could inhibit relaxations, whereas the beta-adrenoceptor antagonists pindolol (10(-7) M) and propranolol (10(-6) M) were without effect. It is concluded that receptors specific for dopamine exist on the rabbit mesenteric artery, which may tentatively be classified as belonging to the D1-type.
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