We have recently demonstrated that adenosine controls the release of catecholamines (CA) from carotid body (CB) acting on A2B receptors. Here, we have investigated the hypothesis that this control is exerted via an interaction between adenosine A2B and dopamine D2 receptors present in chemoreceptor cells and if it is, the location of this interaction on the CB hypoxic transduction cascade. Experiments were performed in vitro in CB from 3 months rats. The effect of adenosine A2B and dopamine D2 receptor agonists applied alone or conjunctly, was studied on the basal and evoked release (10% O2 and ionomycin) of CA from CB. We have observed that the inhibitory action of propylnorapomorphine, a D2 selective agonist, on the normoxic and 10%O2-evoked release of CA was abolished by NECA, an A2 agonist, meaning that an interaction between the D2 and A2B receptors controls the release of CA from CB. Further, propylnorapomorphine inhibits the release of CA evoked by ionomycin, being this effect totally reversed by NECA. The present results provide direct pharmacological evidence that A2B and D2 receptors interact to modulate the release of CA from rat CB between the steps of Ca2+ entry and increase in intracellular free Ca2+, and the activation of exocytosis and neurotransmitter release, of the stimulus-secretion coupling process.