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. 1996 Oct 1;496(Pt 1):245–254. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021681

M1 muscarinic receptor-induced facilitation of ACh and noradrenaline release in the rat bladder is mediated by protein kinase C.

G T Somogyi 1, M Tanowitz 1, G Zernova 1, W C de Groat 1
PMCID: PMC1160840  PMID: 8910212

Abstract

1. [3H]Noradrenaline (NA) AND [14C]acetylcholine (ACh) released by electrical field stimulation were measured simultaneously in strips from the body of rat urinary bladder. 2. [3H]NA and [14C]ACh release was greater during continuous stimulation (CS; 10 Hz, 100 shocks) or in the presence of eserine than during intermittent train stimulation (IS; 10 Hz, 10 shocks every 5 s, 10 times). Atropine (1 microM) or pirenzepine (0.05-0.1 microM) blocked the CS- or eserine-facilitated release. 3. The protein kinase C (PKC) activator phorbol dibutyrate (PDB; 0.05 and 0.5 microM) increased the release of both [3H]NA and [14C]ACh in a concentration-dependent manner. Atropine blocked the PDB-induced facilitation of ACh release but not the facilitation of NA release. 4. The protein kinase A (PKA) activator 8-Br-cAMP did not affect ACh release but enhanced NA release. 5. The PKC inhibitor H-7 (50-100 microM) inhibited the CS- or eserine-facilitated release of both ACh and NA, but did not affect the non-facilitated release evoked by IS. H-7 also inhibited 0.5 microM PDB-induced facilitation of ACh release but not NA release. 6. Down-regulating PKC by pretreatment for 30 min with 5 microM PDB decreased the facilitated release of ACh and the eserine-induced facilitation of NA release. 7. Electrically evoked contractions of the bladder strips exhibited a biphasic response to PDB (2.5 microM), which consisted of an initial enhancement of the peak amplitude and area followed after 20 min by an inhibition of contractions. H-7 inhibited the electrically evoked contractions in a dose-dependent fashion. 8. It is concluded that a phospholipase C-PKC signal transduction pathway is essential for muscarinic receptor-induced facilitation of ACh and NA release but is not involved in the non-facilitated release of transmitters in the rat urinary bladder.

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