Protein Information

Name alpha 2 adrenergic receptor (protein family or complex)
Synonyms Alpha adrenoceptor; Alpha adrenoceptor; Alpha adrenergic receptor; Alpha adrenergic receptors; Alpha adrenoceptors; Alpha adrenoceptors; alpha1 Adrenoceptors; alpha1 Adrenoceptor…

Compound Information

Name amitraz
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7894355 Queiroz-Neto A, Juang SJ, Souza KR, Akamatsu A: Antinociceptive effect of amitraz in mice and rats. Braz J Med Biol Res. 1994 Jun;27(6):1407-11.

The writhing test (using 10 ml/kg of a 0.6% acetic acid solution as a painful stimulus) was performed in 140 male Swiss mice weighing 20-30 g, divided into 14 groups that received ip injections of saline, amitraz (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 4.0 mg/kg), xylazine or detomidine (1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 4.0 mg/kg), in order to compare the effect of amitraz to that caused by xylazine and detomidine, and to investigate the participation of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors which were blocked by idazoxan (1 mg/kg).
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2552275 Costa LG, Wu DS, Olibet G, Murphy SD: Formamidine pesticides and alpha 2-adrenoceptors: studies with amitraz and chlordimeform in rats and development of a radioreceptor binding assay. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 1989 Jul-Aug;11(4):405-11.

The interaction of the formamidine pesticides chlordimeform (CDM) and amitraz (AMZ) with rat brain alpha2-adrenoceptors was investigated.
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11312645 Altobelli D, Martire M, Maurizi S, Preziosi P: Interaction of formamidine pesticides with the presynaptic alpha (2)-adrenoceptor regulating. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2001 May 1;172(3):179-85.

The effects of the formamidine pesticides amitraz and chlordimeform on the alpha (2)-adrenergic receptor subtype that mediates the release of [(3) H] noradrenaline by synaptosomes from rat hypothalami were studied.
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2580664 Sellers AF, Lowe JE, Cummings JF: Trials of serotonin, substance P and alpha 2-adrenergic receptor effects on the equine large colon. Cornell Vet. 1985 Apr;75(2):319-23.

Both the acaricide, amitraz, and the tranquilizer xylazine appeared to act on the equine large colon via yohimbine-sensitive alpha 2-adrenergic receptors.
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12046725 Doganay Z, Aygun D, Altintop L, Guven H, Bildik F: Basic toxicological approach has been effective in two poisoned patients with amitraz ingestion: case reports. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2002 Jan;21(1):55-7.

Amitraz, a formamidine insecticide and acaricide used in veterinary practice, presents side effects in humans related to its pharmacological activity on alpha 2-adrenergic receptors.
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7712020 Roeder T: Pharmacology of the octopamine receptor from locust central nervous tissue (OAR3). Br J Pharmacol. 1995 Jan;114(1):210-6.

Some PIIs had a more than 30 times higher affinity for OARs than for alpha-adrenoceptors which are the vertebrate homologues of the insect octopamine receptors. 5.
A variety of substances with known insecticidal activity such as chlordimeform, demethylchlor-dimeform, amitraz or AC 6 had high affinity for the locust neuronal octopamine receptor.
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1664208 M'diaye K, Bounias M: Sublethal effects of the formamidine amitraz on honeybees gut lipids, following in vivo injections. Biomed Environ Sci. 1991 Dec;4(4):376-83.

The toxicity of AMZ to honeybees thus likely involves the mobilization of lipids from the gut, via action of this formamidine pesticide on alpha-adrenoceptors.
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