Gray Kt, Short Jl, Ventura S
Prostate Research Co-operative, Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Br J Pharmacol. 2008 Sep;155(1):103-9. doi: 10.1038/bjp.2008.245. Epub 2008 Jun 16.
This study investigated whether deletion of the alpha1A-adrenoceptor gene influences contractile responses of mouse prostate to noradrenaline. Responses of mouse prostate to noradrenaline are known to be mediated by alpha1L-adrenoceptors, which are thought to be a functional phenotype of alpha1A-adrenoceptor.
Prostate tissues from alpha1A-adrenoceptor knockout mice which were homozygous (alpha1A -/-) and heterozygous (alpha1A +/-) for the disrupted alpha1A-adrenoceptor gene, as well as wild-type (alpha1A +/+) littermates were mounted in glass-isolated organ baths. Electrical field stimulation of nerves and exogenous application of noradrenaline were used to investigate the effects of alpha1A-adrenoceptor disruption on prostate contractility.
Frequency-response curves to electrical field stimulation (0.5 ms pulse duration, 60 V, 0.1-20 Hz) yielded frequency-dependent contractions. At frequencies of 10 and 20 Hz, prostates from alpha1A -/- mice elicited an approximately 30% decreased response compared with prostates from alpha(1A)+/+ mice. Prazosin (0.3 muM) attenuated responses to electrical field stimulation in prostates from alpha1A +/+ and alpha1A +/- mice but not from alpha1A -/- mice. Increasing concentrations of exogenously administered noradrenaline (10 nM-1 mM) produced mean concentration-response curves in prostates from alpha1A +/+ and alpha1A +/- mice, which were not different. Maximum responses to noradrenaline were decreased by approximately 80% in prostates from alpha1A -/- mice compared with alpha1A +/+ mice. Prazosin attenuated responses to noradrenaline in all genotypes.
alpha1L-Adrenoceptor-mediated responses in mouse prostate are abolished in alpha1A -/- mice, demonstrating that the alpha1A-adrenoceptor gene is essential to the manifestation of the prostatic alpha1L-adrenoceptor phenotype. This implies that alpha1L-adrenoceptors are indeed a functional phenotype of alpha1A-adrenoceptor.
本研究调查了α1A -肾上腺素能受体基因的缺失是否会影响小鼠前列腺对去甲肾上腺素的收缩反应。已知小鼠前列腺对去甲肾上腺素的反应是由α1L -肾上腺素能受体介导的,而α1L -肾上腺素能受体被认为是α1A -肾上腺素能受体的一种功能表型。
将α1A -肾上腺素能受体基因敲除的纯合子(α1A -/-)和杂合子(α1A +/-)小鼠以及野生型(α1A +/+)同窝小鼠的前列腺组织安装在玻璃隔离的器官浴槽中。通过电场刺激神经和外源性应用去甲肾上腺素来研究α1A -肾上腺素能受体缺失对前列腺收缩性的影响。
对电场刺激(脉冲持续时间0.5毫秒,60伏,0.1 - 20赫兹)的频率 - 反应曲线产生了频率依赖性收缩。在10和20赫兹频率下,与α1A +/+小鼠的前列腺相比,α1A -/-小鼠的前列腺引发的反应降低了约30%。哌唑嗪(0.3微摩尔)减弱了α1A +/+和α1A +/-小鼠前列腺对电场刺激的反应,但对α1A -/-小鼠的前列腺无此作用。外源性给予去甲肾上腺素浓度增加(10纳摩尔 - 1毫摩尔)在α1A +/+和α1A +/-小鼠的前列腺中产生平均浓度 - 反应曲线,二者无差异。与α1A +/+小鼠相比,α1A -/-小鼠的前列腺对去甲肾上腺素的最大反应降低了约80%。哌唑嗪减弱了所有基因型对去甲肾上腺素的反应。
α1A -/-小鼠中α1L -肾上腺素能受体介导的小鼠前列腺反应消失,表明α1A -肾上腺素能受体基因对于前列腺α1L -肾上腺素能受体表型的表现至关重要。这意味着α1L -肾上腺素能受体确实是α1A -肾上腺素能受体的一种功能表型。