The effects of efaroxan (RX 821037A; 2-[2-(2-ethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuranyl)]-2-imidazoline HCl) at alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptors were investigated in isolated tissues, pithed rats and conscious rats. In isolated tissues, efaroxan competitively antagonised the inhibitory effects of p-aminoclonidine in the electrically stimulated (0.1 Hz) rat vas deferens, (pA2 = 8.89) and the contractile effects of phenylephrine on the rat anococcygeus muscle (pA2 = 6.03). Efaroxan had a selectivity ratio (alpha 2/alpha 1) of 724 compared to a value of 182 for idazoxan. In pithed rats, the i.v. doses of efaroxan (mumol/kg) producing 2-fold shifts in dose-response curves for UK-14,304 at prejunctional cardiac alpha 2-adrenoceptors and postjunctional vascular alpha 2-adrenoceptors, and for cirazoline at postjunctional vascular alpha 1-adrenoceptors, were 0.05, 0.13 and 2.96, respectively. In conscious fasted rats, prazosin (5 mg/kg p.o.) increased resting glucose levels and exacerbated the hyperglycaemic effects of UK-14,304 and adrenaline. In contrast, efaroxan (1-5 mg/kg p.o.) had little effect on resting plasma glucose but markedly antagonised the hyperglycaemic actions of UK-14,304 and adrenaline. Efaroxan increased resting plasma insulin levels and markedly potentiated the rise in insulin levels produced by adrenaline; this latter effect was prevented by the co-administration of propranolol. These results demonstrate that efaroxan is a potent and selective alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist and provide further support for the involvement of alpha 2-adrenoceptors in glucose homeostasis.
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