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. 1995 Feb;114(3):563–569. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb17176.x

Potentiation by endothelin-1 of cholinergic nerve-mediated contractions in mouse trachea via activation of ETB receptors.

P J Henry 1, R G Goldie 1
PMCID: PMC1510007  PMID: 7735683

Abstract

1. We have previously shown that endothelin-1-induced contraction of mouse isolated tracheal smooth muscle was mediated via both ETA and ETB receptors. In the current study, we have investigated endothelin-1-induced potentiation of cholinergic nerve-mediated contractions in mouse isolated trachea and have characterized pharmacologically the endothelin receptors mediating this response. 2. Electrical field stimulation (EFS; 70 V, 0.5 ms duration, 10s train, 0.1-60 Hz) of mouse isolated trachea caused frequency-dependent, monophasic contractions (magnitude of contraction of 60 Hz was 56 +/- 4% Cmax (n = 6), where Cmax is the contractile response to 10 microM carbachol). EFS-induced contractions were abolished by either 0.1 microM atropine or 3 microM tetrodotoxin, but were not affected by 1 microM hexamethonium, indicating that they were induced by stimulation of postganglionic cholinergic nerves. In contrast, contractions induced by exogenously applied acetylcholine were inhibited by atropine, but not by either tetrodotoxin or hexamethonium. 3. The ETB receptor-selective agonist, sarafotoxin S6c, caused marked concentration-dependent potentiation of EFS-induced contractions in mouse isolated tracheal segments. At 0.1 nM, sarafotoxin S6c exerted no direct contractile effect, but significantly increased a standard EFS-induced contraction of 20% Cmax by 8 +/- 2% Cmax (i.e. 1.4 fold, n = 5, P < 0.05). At higher concentrations, 10 nM sarafotoxin S6c induced a large, transient contraction (peak response of 74 +/- 2% Cmax at 10 min; 3 +/- 2% Cmax at 45 min) and enhanced the standard EFS-induced contraction by 30 +/- 4% Cmax (i.e. 2.5 fold, n = 5, P < 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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