Species and Vessel | Functional Subtype | Reference |
---|---|---|
Prejunctional | ||
Rat | ||
Femoral vein | α2D | Paiva et al., 1999 |
Dog | ||
Mesenteric artery | α2A | Daniel et al., 1995 |
Mesenteric vein | α2A | Paiva et al., 1999 |
Saphenous vein | α2A, α2C | Paiva et al., 1997 |
Human | ||
Gastric artery | α2A | Guimarães et al., 1998 |
Ileocolic artery | α2A | Guimarães et al., 1998 |
Saphenous vein | α2A | Molderings and Göthert, 1995 |
Postjunctional | ||
Mouse | ||
Tail artery | α2D, α2C | Chotani et al., 2000 |
Pressor response (anesthetized mouse) | α2B, α2D | Link et al., 1996 |
Pressor response (pithed mouse) | α2B, α2D | McCafferty et al., 1999 |
Rat | ||
Cremaster arterioles | α2D | Leech and Faber, 1996 |
Cremaster venules | α2D | Leech and Faber, 1996 |
Pressor response (pithed rat) | α2D, α2B | Gavin and Docherty, unpublished data |
Dog | ||
Saphenous vein | α2A | Hicks et al., 1991; MacLennan et al., 1997 |
Pig | ||
Common digital artery | α2A | Blayloch and Wilson, 1995 |
Palmar lateral vein | α2A | Blayloch and Wilson, 1995 |
Human | ||
Choriocapillaris (retinal pigmented epithelium) | α2A | Bylund and Chacko, 1999 |
Saphenous vein | α2C | Gavin et al., 1997 |
1-150 Because α2A and α2D-adrenoceptors are orthologous, this table also shows the species distribution of each ortholog.