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Andrology
January 2025
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.
Background: 6-Nitrodopamine (6-ND) released from rat vas deferens acts an endogenous modulator of vas deferens contractility.
Objectives: To investigate whether rat isolated seminal vesicles (RISV) releases 6-ND, the mechanisms involved in the release, and the modulatory role of 6-ND on tissue contractility.
Methods: Rat seminal vesicles were removed and placed in Krebs-Henseleit's solution at 37°C for 30 min, and an aliquot was used to analyze the concentrations of 6-ND, dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).
Nitric Oxide
December 2024
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
6-Nitrodopamine (6-ND) modulates vas deferens, seminal vesicles, and corpus cavernosum contractility; however, its role on the lower urinary tract organs has not been evaluated. Investigations of isolated urinary bladders from wild-type (WT) mice revealed 6-ND release was comparable to that of dopamine and adrenaline, whereas noradrenaline was hardly detected, as assessed by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. In vitro, 6-ND induced concentration-dependent relaxations in carbachol pre-contracted bladders with high potency (pEC: 8.
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October 2024
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 126 Tessália Vieira de Camargo St, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-887, Brazil.
The positive chronotropic action induced by 6-nitrodopamine (6-ND) is selectively blocked by β-adrenoceptor antagonists at concentrations that do not affect the positive chronotropic effect induced by dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline. Here, the effects of ( ±)-propranolol, ( ±)-4-NO-propranolol, and ( ±)-7-NO-propranolol were investigated in the rat isolated right atrium. The atrium was mounted in glass chambers containing gassed (95%O:5%CO) and warmed (37 °C) Krebs-Henseleit's solution, and the isometric tension registered (PowerLab system).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) is one of the first substrates undergoing phosphorylation upon catecholaminergic stimulation. Yet, the role of RyR2 phosphorylation in the adrenergic response remains debated. To date, three residues in RyR2 are known to undergo phosphorylation upon adrenergic stimulation.
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August 2024
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.
6-Cyanodopamine is a novel catecholamine released from rabbit isolated heart. However, it is not known whether this catecholamine presents any biological activity. Here, it was evaluated whether 6-cyanodopamine (6-CYD) is released from rat vas deferens and its effect on this tissue contractility.
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