The content of noradrenaline and adrenaline in the rat heart after administration of rauwolfia alkaloids

Zusammenfassung Die chemisch verwandten Rauwolfia-Alkaloide Raunescin, Isoraunescin, Deserpidin, Rescinnamin und Reserpin verursachen einen starken Abfall des Noradrenalingehaltes des Rattenherzens, wenn sie intraperitoneal in einer Dosis von 5 mg/kg gegeben werden. Der Adrenalingehalt wird nicht deutlich oder einheitlich ver?ndert. α-Yohimbin, das chemisch zu einer andern Gruppe geh?rt, hat keine Wirkung auf den Noradrenalingehalt des Herzens.

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This work was supported by a grant from the U. S. Public Health Service (H-2205) and by funds from the Eugene Higgins Trust.     

Uptake of noradrenaline in high altitude native's heart

Summary Uptake of³H-noradrenaline by the heart was studied with sections of isolated atria obtained from high or lowlanders. In native highlanders, affinity for³H-noradrenaline by human atria is more significant than in lowlanders. Furthermore, the Michaelis Menten constant is lower in high altitude native's heart.     

Differences in the content and turnover of noradrenaline in rat heart atria and ventricles and circadian-phase-dependency

In light-dark-synchronized male rats the levels of noradrenaline in heart atria were about 3 times that found in heart ventricles. Noradrenaline turnover rate which were about 8-9 fold greater for the atria than for the ventricles displayed a circadian-phase-dependency with increased rates in the dark period in both parts of the rat heart.     

Depletion and repletion of noradrenaline in adrenergic nerves of the rat after decaborane treatment

Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe der Fluoreszenz-Technik werden die Veränderungen in sympathischen Fasern der Ratteniris nach Noradrenalin-Depletion durch Boron-Hydrid Decarboran (Dopa-Dekarboxylase-Hemmer) analysiert.

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This work has been supported by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council under project No. B70-14x-97-06B, B70-14x-711-05B and Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.     

Increased cardiac noradrenaline turnover in the rat after acute exposure to environmental heat

Summary In male rats, the cardiac turnover of noradrenaline is significantly increased on acute exposure to an environmental temperature of 32°C, when compared to control experiments performed at 23°C.Supported by a grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.     

Heart norepinephrine concentration after chronic alcohol ingestion in the rat

Summary The effect of long-term alcohol ingestion on the norepinephrine concentration of the heart was investigated in rats. The alcoholic animals showed a highly significant increase in cardiac norepinephrine concentration as compared with the corresponding controls. It is further suggested that continued exposure to high levels of norepinephrine may play a role in the development of cardiomyopathy in chronic alcoholism.     

Development of noradrenaline uptake in the human foetal heart

Summary The development of NA-uptake mechanisms in the human foetal heart start at the same time as the adrenergic terminals were visible. The highest³H-NA values in the human foetal heart were only 25–30% of those found in the mouse heart.Acknowledgment. The technical assistance of Miss Marjo Martonen is gratefully acknowledged. This investigation was supported by a grant from the National Research Council for Medical Science, Finland.     

Effect of in vivo irradiation of the rat on the taurine concentration of the heart

Summary The taurine concentration in the heart of the rat (moles/g of tissue) was not modified during 10 days after an in vivo irradiation of 900 R.     

Subcellular localization of noradrenaline and ATP in C1300 mouse neuroblastoma

Summary A density and velocity gradient centrifugation study of C₁₃₀₀ mouse neuroblastoma showed that ATP is nearly absent from noradrenaline-containing granules and is mainly localized in mitochondria, suggesting that in this tissue ATP is not involved in the storage of noradrenaline.This work was supported by a grant from the ASLK Cancer Fund (Belgium).     

Visceral localization of 14C gentamicin in the rat after administration of a single dose

When administered intravenously to Rats, 14C Gentamicin decreased very fast in all tissues, except in kidney and cartilage. Some flexures of the small intestine contained radioactive carbon, and that was evidence for the biliary elimination of a part of the aminoglycoside. In animals with water restriction, the distribution of the antibiotic in tissues was similar to the distribution in animals with free access to water.     

Autoradiographic localization of radioactivity in female rat neocortex after injection of tritiated estradiol

Zusammenfassung Durch autoradiographische Untersuchung wurde die Einlagerung von Radioaktivität in ein begrenztes Gebiet des Neocortex der Rattenweibchen nach einmaliger Verabreichung von³H-Östradiol im Alter von 5 bis 50 Tagen nachgewiesen. Die reduzierten Silberkörner zeigen eine vorwiegend perinukleare Akkumulation, was für die Zellen der östrogen-Zielgewebe typisch ist.     

Diurnal fluctuation of sensitivity to noradrenaline in the rat and thyroid adrenal interaction

Summary Diurnal fluctuation of the sensitivity to noradrenaline, which disappeared after thyroidectomy, was restored after novotyrol treatment. Dexamethasone treatment did not result in the restoration of the diurnal fluctuation of noradrenaline calorigenic action in adrenalectomized animals.     

Binding of 5-hydroxytryptamine and noradrenaline by rat lung

Résumé Après injection i.v. de 5-hydroxatryptamine-C¹⁴ et de noradrénaline-H³ à des rats, on a préparé et centrifugé des homogénates de leurs poumons dans un gradient linéaire de sucrose. Après sacrifice immédiat ces deux amines sont retrouvées dans une grande fraction de particules pulmonaires sédimentant dans 1M de sucrose. Après 30 min les poumons des rat offrent un pic additionel de noradrénaline-H³ correspondant à une densité de sucrose de 0.4 à 0.5.

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This work was supported in part by Grant No. 13315 from the U.S. Public Health Service and by Grant No. 435 from the Connecticut Heart Association. Assistance provided by Ayerst Laboratories and Astra Laboratories is also gratefully acknowledged.