β ₂ ‐Adrenoceptors indirectly support impaired β ₁ ‐adrenoceptor responsiveness in the isolated type 2 diabetic rat heart

What is the central question of this study? Are there specific contributions of β1 - and β2 -adrenoceptor subtypes to the impaired β-adrenoceptor responsiveness of the type 2 diabetic heart? What is the main finding and its importance? In hearts isolated from the Zucker diabetic fatty rat model of type 2 diabetes, we showed that the β1 -adrenoceptors are the main subtype to regulate heart rate, contraction and relaxation. Notably, the β2...