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J Appl Physiol 59: 1236-1241, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 59, Issue 4 1236-1241, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Metabolism of norepinephrine during nerve stimulation in dog trachea

J. A. Russell and K. W. Kircher

We determined the relative importance of neuronal and extraneuronal uptake in the metabolism of norepinephrine (NE) released during electrical stimulation (ES) of isolated canine tracheal smooth muscle (TSM). Strips of TSM were labeled with L-[3H]NE (2 X 10(-7) M) and mounted for superfusion. Superfusate was collected continuously before, during, and after ES (15 V, 0.5 ms, 5 Hz). Measurements were made of [3H]NE and its metabolites in superfusate and in tissue. Neuronal uptake followed by metabolism was estimated by measuring the amount of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycol (DOPEG). Extraneuronal uptake was estimated by measuring O-methylated metabolites (OMM). ES caused large increases in the efflux of NE, DOPEG, and OMM from TSM. However, the overflow of OMM was six times greater than that of DOPEG. Cocaine (10(-5) M) abolished the increased efflux of DOPEG during ES and enhanced the overflow of NE and OMM. We conclude that extraneuronal uptake constitutes the primary metabolic pathway for NE released from adrenergic nerves innervating TSM.


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