AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 5 1634-H1639, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Beta-adrenergic receptors on canine coronary collateral vessels: characterization and function

R. D. Feldman, J. P. Christy, S. T. Paul and D. G. Harrison
Department of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.

The present studies were performed to examine the role of beta-adrenergic receptors in modulating smooth muscle tone in mature coronary collaterals. To examine the beta-adrenergic receptor population present, radioligand binding-cover slip autoradiographic studies were performed on sections of native canine coronary vessels and sections of coronary collaterals developed after placement of Ameroid constrictors. Specific binding of the nonselective beta-adrenergic antagonist [125I]iodopindolol to vascular smooth muscle in segments of both collaterals and native coronary arteries was saturable and stereospecific. Maximal binding and the potency of beta-adrenergic subtype-selective antagonists were similar in all segments. Beta-adrenergic relaxation of native coronary vessels and collateral vessels were studied in isolated organ chambers after preconstriction with prostaglandin F2 alpha. Both native coronary arteries and collateral segments demonstrated beta-adrenergic-mediated relaxation with affinities for both agonists and antagonists compatible with a mixed population of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptors. These studies indicate that during development, the new collateral vascular smooth muscle expresses a functional population of beta-adrenergic receptors, comparable to that in native vessels.

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