Noradrenaline content in the heart and spleen of the mouse under normal conditions and after administration of some drugs

Br J Pharmacol Chemother. 1962 Dec;19(3):527-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1962.tb01458.x.

Abstract

The noradrenaline content of the heart and spleen was investigated in normal mice and in mice treated with drugs. A modification of the methods of Bertler, Carlsson & Rosengren (1958) was used for extraction, and of v. Euler & Floding (1955) for fluorimetric estimation of the amine. In normal mice the mean noradrenaline content of the heart was 0.55 mug/g and that of the spleen 0.26 mug/g fresh tissue. Iproniazid (100 mg/kg), nicotine (0.1 mg/kg) and histamine (0.5 mg/kg), given 1 and 3 hr before killing the mice, did not significantly change the concentration of noradrenaline in the heart. Neither did nicotine and histamine, administered 1 hr before death, significantly alter the noradrenaline content of the spleen. The rapid changes in the catechol amine content of mouse tissues reported with these drugs by De Schaepdryver & Preziosi (1959) were not observed. In contrast, reserpine (2.5 mg/kg), methyl reserpate methyl ether (1 mg/kg), and methyl 18-epireserpate methyl ether (2 mg/kg) caused severe depletion of noradrenaline from the heart and spleen of the mice.

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetics, General*
  • Animals
  • Catecholamines*
  • Ethers*
  • Heart*
  • Histamine*
  • Iproniazid*
  • Mice
  • Myocardium*
  • Nicotine*
  • Norepinephrine*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations*
  • Reserpine*
  • Spleen*

Substances

  • Anesthetics, General
  • Catecholamines
  • Ethers
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Nicotine
  • Histamine
  • Reserpine
  • Iproniazid
  • Norepinephrine