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Prenatal terbutaline treatment: tissue-selective dissociation of perinatal changes in beta-adrenergic receptor binding from regulation of adenylate cyclase activity.

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Navarro, HA; Kudlacz, EM; Kavlock, RJ; Slotkin, TA
Published in: Life Sci
1991

The role of prenatal beta-receptor stimulation in development of adrenergic reactivity was examined by administering the beta-agonist, terbutaline, to pregnant rats on gestational days 17, 18 and 19. On gestational day 20, liver membrane beta-receptor binding capabilities showed the depression characteristic of down-regulation, but heart and kidney receptor binding were essentially normal. Basal adenylate cyclase activity in the fetal liver membrane preparation was unchanged by terbutaline exposure and enzymatic reactivity to beta-adrenergic stimulation showed only a slight lowering; forskolin stimulation, however, was markedly increased in the terbutaline group. By postnatal day 2, receptor binding had returned to normal in the liver and remained at control levels in the other two tissues. Responsivity of adenylate cyclase to beta-receptor stimulation was markedly elevated in heart and kidney membranes; the effect represented an alteration at the level of the cyclase itself, rather than the receptor, since both basal activity and forskolin stimulation of the enzyme showed equivalent enhancement. These data thus suggest that early beta-adrenergic stimulation promotes cellular reactivity by fostering the development of membrane transduction mechanisms, rather than through effects on the receptor ligand binding site per se.

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Life Sci

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ISSN

0024-3205

Publication Date

1991

Volume

48

Issue

3

Start / End Page

269 / 274

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Distribution
  • Terbutaline
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Pregnancy
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Organ Size
  • Liver
 

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Navarro, H. A., Kudlacz, E. M., Kavlock, R. J., & Slotkin, T. A. (1991). Prenatal terbutaline treatment: tissue-selective dissociation of perinatal changes in beta-adrenergic receptor binding from regulation of adenylate cyclase activity. Life Sci, 48(3), 269–274. https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(91)90354-e
Navarro, H. A., E. M. Kudlacz, R. J. Kavlock, and T. A. Slotkin. “Prenatal terbutaline treatment: tissue-selective dissociation of perinatal changes in beta-adrenergic receptor binding from regulation of adenylate cyclase activity.Life Sci 48, no. 3 (1991): 269–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(91)90354-e.
Navarro, H. A., et al. “Prenatal terbutaline treatment: tissue-selective dissociation of perinatal changes in beta-adrenergic receptor binding from regulation of adenylate cyclase activity.Life Sci, vol. 48, no. 3, 1991, pp. 269–74. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0024-3205(91)90354-e.
Journal cover image

Published In

Life Sci

DOI

ISSN

0024-3205

Publication Date

1991

Volume

48

Issue

3

Start / End Page

269 / 274

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Distribution
  • Terbutaline
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Pregnancy
  • Pharmacology & Pharmacy
  • Organ Size
  • Liver