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. 1995 Jun;115(4):677–683. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb14986.x

5-Hydroxytryptamine receptors that facilitate excitatory neuromuscular transmission in the guinea-pig isolated detrusor muscle.

E Messori 1, C A Rizzi 1, S M Candura 1, A Lucchelli 1, B Balestra 1, M Tonini 1
PMCID: PMC1908492  PMID: 7582490

Abstract

1. In isolated detrusor strips from the guinea-pig urinary bladder, contractile responses to electrical field stimulation were mostly mediated by neurally released acetylcholine (ACh) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP). 2. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) produced a concentration-dependent increase in the amplitude of stimulated detrusor strip contractions. The 5-HT concentration-response curve showed a biphasic profile: the high potency phase was obtained at sub-micromolar concentrations (10-300 nM), while the low potency phase in the range 1-30 microM. The maximum response of the first phase was 30% of the total 5-HT response. 3. Like 5-HT, the 5-HT3 receptor agonist, 2-methyl-5-hydroxytryptamine (2-methyl-5-HT: 0.3-100 microM), the 5-HT2 receptor agonist, (+/-)-1-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)-2-aminopropane (DOI: 30 nM-3 microM) and the 5-HT4 receptor agonist, 5-methoxytryptamine (5-MeOT: 0.1-30 microM) potentiated, though with lower potency, detrusor contractions. The resulting concentration-response curves were monophasic in nature. 2-Methyl-5-HT had a maximum effect comparable to that of 5-HT. By contrast, the maximal effects of DOI and 5-MeOT were only 20% and 30% of that elicited by 30 microM 5-HT, respectively. 4. The 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, granisetron (0.3 microM) had no effect on the high potency phase, but caused a rightward parallel shift of the low potency phase of the 5-HT curve (pKB = 7.3).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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