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The handling of radiolabeled meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) by salivary glands was evaluated. In the submaxillary glands of rats, the uptake of 125I-MIBG was decreased after 1) nerve injury induced by 6-hydroxydopamine, 2) inhibition of the uptake-1 pathway by desmethylimipramine, and 3) surgical denervation. However, the reduction in 125I-MIGB uptake was less than that of 3H-norepinephrine (3H-NE) and of the endogenous content of NE in the glands. Yet, the sympathomimetic phenylpropanolamine displaced about the same fraction of 125I-MIBG as 3H-NE. These results suggest that 40% or more of 125I-MIBG resides in extraneuronal sites but that at least 30% and possibly more lies in the adrenergic nerve terminals. Fasting and feeding rats produced changes in the rates of disappearance of 125I-MIBG and 3H-NE from the submaxillary gland that were different, and the rates of loss of 125I-MIBG cannot be used as an index of adrenergic nerve activity. In man, the concentrations of 123I-MIBG in the salivary glands, particularly the parotid gland, are readily visible and measureable. Imipramine reduced the uptake of 123I-MIBG into parotid glands little or not at all; some of the 123I-MIBG may enter neurons via an imipramine-insensitive pathway, but a substantial fraction probably arrives in intraneuronal locations. Thus, phenylpropanolamine displaced over 50% of the parotid pool of 123I-MIBG. However, in only the most severe case of generalized autonomic neuropathy was the uptake of 123I-MIBG reduced.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Radiolabeled meta-iodobenzylguanidine and the adrenergic neurons of salivary glands. 345 62

1 The clinical pharmacological properties of viloxazine hydrochloride (ICI 58,834, Vivalan), a new antidepressant of novel chemical structure, have been investigated in a series of double-blind randomized studies comparing it with placebo and imipramine. Throughout the studies, viloxazine hydrochloride was given in single doses of 100 mg (expressed as base), and imipramine hydrochloride was given in single doses of 50 mg (expressed as salt). 2 The effect of viloxazine upon the following parameters was measured: pulse rate, blood pressure, forced expiratory volume, reaction time, critical flicker frequency, salivary flow, pupil size and palpebral fissure size. In addition, the possible interaction between viloxazine and alcohol was investigated using measurements of reaction time. 3 Both viloxazine and imipramine produced a transient tachycardia, but no consistent effect on blood pressure was seen. Neither drug had any effect upon forced expiratory volume. 4 The differences that emerged between viloxazine and imipramine were that viloxazine depressed critical flicker frequency whereas imipramine did not, and imipramine prolonged reaction time whilst viloxazine did not. Imipramine reduced salivary flow and increased the size of the pupil and palpebral fissure. Viloxazine did neither. 5 Imipramine was shown to potentiate alcohol whereas, at the doses used, viloxazine did not. 6 It is concluded that viloxazine appears to have less anticholinergic and possibly less sympathomimetic properties than imipramine. It is also concluded that viloxazine, unlike imipramine, does not potentiate alcohol.
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PMID:The clinical pharmacology of viloxazine hydrochloride-a new anti-depressant of novel chemical structure. 2245 23