Abstract
Liver cells were obtained from adult rats by a collagenase perfusion technique and cultured as monolayers in serum-free media. Epinephrine and isoproterenol both induced large increases in intracellular adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cAMP) within 1-2 min whereas epinephrine (but not isoproterenol) induced 2- to 3-fold increases in the rate of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid transport within 2-4 hr after a 1 hr lag. Propranolol abolished the increase in cAMP elicited by epinephrine and isoproterenol, but did not block the induction of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid transport by epinephrine. In contrast, dihydroergotamine abolished and phentolamine diminished the induction of alpha-aminoisobutyric acid transport by epinephrine but did not decrease the stimulation of cAMP levels by epinephrine. Epinephrine dose response curves for cAMP and alpha-aminoisobutyric acid transport were similar. Once exposed to epinephrine, cells became refractory to further stimulation of cAMP levels by epinephrine.
MeSH Terms
Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists/pharmacology
Aminoisobutyric Acids/metabolism
Animals
Biological Transport/drug effects
Cells, Cultured
Cyclic AMP/metabolism
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Epinephrine/pharmacology
Isoproterenol/pharmacology
Kinetics
Liver/metabolism
Rats
Chemicals
Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
Aminoisobutyric Acids
Cyclic AMP
Isoproterenol
Epinephrine
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Pariza M W
Butcher F R
Becker J E
Potter V R
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