Dihydroergocryptine: a pseudo-irreversible alpha-adrenergic antagonist in the guinea pig vas deferens
The ergot alkaloid, dihydroergocryptine, exhibits some of the characteristics of a competitive alpha-adrenergic antagonist. Dihydroergocryptine physiological antagonism is surmountable by high concentrations of alpha-adrenergic agonists and (/sup 3/H)-dihydroergocryptine readily binds and dissociates from crude membranes with the characteristics expected of an alpha-adrenoreceptor ligand. However, during physiological studies, dihydroergocryptine antagonism is not readily reversible by washing. To explain this apparently paradoxical behavior of dihydroergocryptine, the characteristic of (/sup 3/H)-dihydroergocryptine accumulation and efflux in the guinea pig vas deferens were studied. Vas deferens segments accumulated 0.99 pmol (/sup 3/H)-dihydroergocryptine/mg protein. Most of the radioligand was extractable by acid-ethanol. About 5-6% of the radioligand remained bound to extracted tissue residues and appeared to be associated with crude membrane fractions prepared from vas deferens segments. Kinetic analysis of (/sup 3/H)-dihydroergocryptine efflux from vas deferens segments indicated the presence of three compartments of radioligand in this tissue. A large compartment of (/sup 3/H)-dihydroergocryptine emptied slowly and may represent radioligand accumulated into the intracellular space. (/sup 3/H)-Dihydroergocryptine also was released from a compartment which exhibited the size and kinetics characteristic of alpha-adrenoreceptor sites on guinea pig vas deferens crude membranes. A small compartment of (/sup 3/H)-dihydroergocryptine was nonexchangeable and nonextractable by acid-ethanol; this nonextractable radioligand may be bound covalently to membrane sites and/or other tissue components.
- OSTI ID:
- 5394260
- Journal Information:
- Res. Commun. Chem. Pathol. Pharmacol.; (United States), Vol. 31:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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