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. 1991 Dec;104(4):938–944. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb12530.x

Effects of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide antagonists on cholinergic neurotransmission in dog and cat trachea.

Z Q Xie 1, T Hirose 1, H Hakoda 1, Y Ito 1
PMCID: PMC1908857  PMID: 1667294

Abstract

1. The effects of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) antagonists [AC-Tyr1, D-Phe2]-GRF(1-29)-NH2 and [4-Cl-D-Phe6, Leu17]-VIP on excitatory neuroeffector transmission in the dog and cat trachea were investigated by use of microelectrode, double sucrose-gap and tension recording methods. 2. In the dog trachea, repetitive stimuli at high frequency (20 Hz) markedly enhanced the amplitude of contraction, the amplitude of contractions evoked by 50 stimuli at 20 Hz relative to that evoked by 5 stimuli being 14.2 +/- 3.8 times (n = 7, +/- s.d.). In the cat, the summation was much less marked, the amplitude of contractions evoked by 50 stimuli relative to that evoked by 5 stimuli being only 2.1 +/- 0.6 times (n = 5, +/- s.d.). Neither VIP antagonist had any effect on the relationship between the number of stimuli at 20 Hz and the relative amplitude of contraction in the dog trachea, but did enhance the amplitude of contractions to 1.1-1.5 times control in the cat trachea. 3. VIP antagonists dose-dependently enhanced the amplitude of excitatory junction potentials (e.j.ps) evoked by a single stimulus in the cat trachea, without changing the resting membrane potential or input membrane resistance of the smooth muscle cells. However, neither antagonist had any effect on the amplitude of the e.j.p. in the dog trachea. 4. Neither VIP antagonist had any effect on the post-junctional response of smooth muscle cells to exogenously applied acetylcholine (ACh; 10(-9)-10(-5) M) in the dog or cat trachea.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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