Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and the β-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol stimulated cyclic AMP formation through independent receptors in isolated epithelial ceils of rat ventral prostate. The specific β-adrenergic antagonist propranolol inhibited the stimulatory effect of isoproterenol but not that of VIP. Besides small differences in the efficiency of both agents, results indicated that isoproterenol was 500 times less potent than VIP. Acetylcholine did not modify the basal cyclic AMP levels but inhibited the accumulation of the cyclic nucleotide in the presence of either VIP or isoproterenol. The inhibitory action of muscarinic receptors was calcium-dependent. The coexistence of receptors for cholinergic, adrenergic and peptidergic agents which can regulate cyclic AMP suggests that the functions of prostatic epithelium may be interdependently controlled by multiple neural effectors.
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September 01 1985
Cyclic AMP response to vasoactive intestinal peptide and β-adrenergic or cholinergic agonists in isolated epithelial cells of rat ventral prostate
María-José Carmena;
María-José Carmena
1Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Alcalá de Henares-Madrid, Spain
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Juan-Carlos Prieto
Juan-Carlos Prieto
1Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Alcalá de Henares-Madrid, Spain
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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September 26 1985
Online ISSN: 1573-4935
Print ISSN: 0144-8463
© 1985 The Biochemical Society
1985
Biosci Rep (1985) 5 (9): 791–797.
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September 26 1985
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María-José Carmena, Juan-Carlos Prieto; Cyclic AMP response to vasoactive intestinal peptide and β-adrenergic or cholinergic agonists in isolated epithelial cells of rat ventral prostate. Biosci Rep 1 September 1985; 5 (9): 791–797. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01119878
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