We have characterized the pharmacological antagonism, i.e., neutral antagonism or inverse agonism, displayed by a number of alpha-blockers at two alpha1-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes, alpha(1a)- and alpha(1b)-AR. Constitutively activating mutations were introduced into the alpha(1a)-AR at the position homologous to A293 of the alpha(1b)-AR where activating mutations were previously described. Twenty-four alpha-blockers differing in their chemical structures were initially tested for their effect on the agonist-independent inositol phosphate response mediated by the constitutively active A271E and A293E mutants expressed in COS-7 cells. A selected number of drugs also were tested for their effect on the small, but measurable spontaneous activity of the wild-type alpha(1a)- and alpha(1b)-AR expressed in COS-7 cells. The results of our study demonstrate that a large number of structurally different alpha-blockers display profound negative efficacy at both the alpha(1a)- and alpha(1b)-AR subtypes. For other drugs, the negative efficacy varied at the different constitutively active mutants. The most striking difference concerns a group of N-arylpiperazines, including 8-[2-[4-(5-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl]ethyl]-8-azaspiro [4, 5] decane-7,9-dione (REC 15/3039), REC 15/2739, and REC 15/3011, which are inverse agonists with profound negative efficacy at the wild-type alpha(1b)-AR, but not at the alpha(1a)-AR.
nverse agonism and neutral antagonism at alpha(1a)- and alpha(1b)-adrenergic receptor subtypes / O., Rossier; L., Abuin; Fanelli, Francesca; A., Leonardi; S., Cotecchia. - In: MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0026-895X. - ELETTRONICO. - 56(1999), pp. 858-866.
Data di pubblicazione: | 1999 |
Titolo: | nverse agonism and neutral antagonism at alpha(1a)- and alpha(1b)-adrenergic receptor subtypes |
Autore/i: | O., Rossier; L., Abuin; Fanelli, Francesca; A., Leonardi; S., Cotecchia |
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Volume: | 56 |
Pagina iniziale: | 858 |
Pagina finale: | 866 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000083241200002 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-0032749712 |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 10531388 |
Citazione: | nverse agonism and neutral antagonism at alpha(1a)- and alpha(1b)-adrenergic receptor subtypes / O., Rossier; L., Abuin; Fanelli, Francesca; A., Leonardi; S., Cotecchia. - In: MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 0026-895X. - ELETTRONICO. - 56(1999), pp. 858-866. |
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