Effect of bunazosin, alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocker, on multidirectional contractile response and localization of bunazosin binding sites in human hypertrophied prostate.
作者信息
Moriyama N, Orikasa E, Nakamura T, Kurimoto S, Ishida Y, Kawabe K
机构信息
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
出版信息
Gen Pharmacol. 1995 Sep;26(5):1033-7. doi: 10.1016/0306-3623(94)00277-t.
Effects of bunazosin, an alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocker, on the contraction induced by norepinephrine in human hypertrophied prostate were examined in vitro. 2. Prostatic specimens showed maximum contraction at 10(-4) M norepinephrine in longitudinal and circumferential directions to the urethra. 3. Bunazosin (10(-7) M) blocked norepinephrine-induced contraction with a parallel shift of the dose-response curve in both directions (pA2: 8.76 +/- 0.15; pA2: 8.90 +/- 0.08, respectively). 4. Serial sections of prostates were also evaluated by autoradiography. The binding sites were diffusely distributed in the interstitium. 5. We concluded that bunazosin affects multidirectional contraction in prostates.