期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1972
卷号:69
期号:2
页码:520-522
DOI:10.1073/pnas.69.2.520
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Stimulation of the hypogastric nerve to the guinea pig vas deferens in the presence of phenoxybenzamine produced an enhanced release of both dopamine-{beta}-hydroxylase (EC 1.14.2.1 ) and norepinephrine. Addition of colchicine, vinblastine, or cytochalasin-B to the incubation medium caused an almost complete inhibition of release of both the amine and the enzyme. Colchicine and cytochalasin-B produced a blocking effect but did not, however, modify the ratio of dopamine-{beta}-hydroxylase to norepinephrine recovered in the bath fluid. The findings indicate that norepinephrine and dopamine-{beta}-hydroxylase are released from sympathetic nerve terminals by exocytosis and that this process is dependent upon the integrity of both microtubules and microfilaments.