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1. The selectivity of (-)-discretamine for alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes was investigated by use of functional and binding studies in rat vas deferens, spleen and aorta, and in cultured DDT1MF-2 and A10 cells. 2. In prostatic portions of rat vas deferens, the competitive antagonists (-)-discretamine, 5-methylurapidil (5-MU) and prazosin inhibited contractions to noradrenaline (NA) with pA2 values of 6.21, 8.71 and 9.27, respectively. The irreversible antagonist, chloroethylclonidine (CEC, 100 microM) failed to affect contractions to NA while nifedipine (1 microM) blocked them almost completely. 3. In rat spleen, the competitive antagonists (-)-discretamine, 5-MU and prazosin inhibited contractions to phenylephrine with pA2 values of 6.44, 7.19 and 9.45, respectively. CEC (100 microM) significantly reduced the maximum contraction to phenylephrine while nifedipine (1 microM) did not affect it. 4. In rat aorta, the competitive antagonists (-)-discretamine, 5-MU and prazosin inhibited contractions to NA with pA2 values of 7.60, 8.00 and 9.40, respectively. CEC also antagonized the contractions to NA in a competitive manner with a pA2 value of 6.10. 5. The specific binding of [3H]-prazosin to DDT1MF-2 and A10 cells was concentration-dependent and saturated at 3-5 nM with KD values of 0.24 +/- 0.02 and 0.20 +/- 0.02 nM, respectively. (-)-Discretamine,5-MU, CEC and prazosin inhibited specific [3H]-prazosin binding to DDTIMF-2 and AlO cells in a concentration-dependent manner with ICso values of 390.8 +/- 20.6, 43.6 +/- 3.9, 200.0 +/- 30.0 and 0.8 +/- 0.1 nM, respectively in DDTIMF-2 cells, and 25.0 +/- 3.2, 8.6 +/- 1.4, 1000.0 +/- 30.8 and 0.52 +/- 0.03 nM, respectively in AlO cells.6. Pretreatment of Al0 cells with CEC (10 MicroM) for 30 min and then washed out thoroughly, reduced specific [3H]-prazosin binding by 30%. The CEC-insensitive [3H]-prazosin binding was inhibited by(-)-discretamine with an IC50 value of 7.0 +/- 0.3 nM.7. 5-MU (100 nM), CEC (1 MicroM) and prazosin (10 nM) markedly inhibited NA (3 MicroM)-induced [3H]-inositol monophosphate formation in DDTIMF-2 and A1O cells, while (-)-discretamine (100 nM)inhibited NA-induced [3H]-inositol monophosphate formation only in AlO cells.8. In conclusion, (-)-discretamine is a selective alpha lD-adrenoceptor antagonist in vascular smooth muscle.Its selectivity among various al-adrenoceptor subtypes is alpha 1A: alpha1B: alpha1D =0.04:0.07:1.0.
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