ABSTRACT

Adrenergic Treatments for Asthma 149

1. Epinephrine Epinephrine is a physiological activator of 13-adrenoceptor proteins whose function is to catalyze the formation of a 5-GTP from G-proteins (31). a.- GTP, in turn, activates adenylyl cyclase to generate cyclic AMP from ATP. These events are illustrated in Figure 5.