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. 1996 Apr;117(8):1613–1618. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15330.x

Investigation into the 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced atropine-resistant neurogenic contraction of guinea-pig proximal colon.

S Kojima 1, Y Shimo 1
PMCID: PMC1909545  PMID: 8732267

Abstract

1. The aim of this study was to characterize the receptors mediating the atropine-resistant neurogenic contraction to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in the longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig proximal colon and to determine the type of tachykinin receptors involved in the contractile response to 5-HT by the use of selective antagonists. 2. In the presence of atropine (0.3 microM), guanethidine (5 microM), hexamethonium (100 microM), ketanserin (0.1 microM) and indomethacin (3 microM), 5-HT (0.01-3 microM) produced concentration-dependent neurogenic contractions of colonic strips and at 0.3 microM produced a maximal effect (pEC50 = 7.39 +/- 0.09, n = 18). The 5-HT4 receptor stimulant, 5-methoxytryptamine (5-MeOT, 0.03-10 microM) also produced neurogenic contractions with similar maximum effect to those of 5-HT (pEC50 = 6.89 +/- 0.16). 3. The 5-HT4 receptor antagonist, DAU 6285 (3 microM) shifted the concentration-response curves to both 5-HT and 5-MeOT to the right without significant depression of the maximum, but the 5-HT1/5-HT2 receptor antagonist, metitepine (0.1 microM) and the 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, ondansetron (0.3 microM) had no effect on the control curves to 5-HT and 5-MeOT. 4. The selective NK1 receptor antagonist, FK 888 (1 microM) markedly attenuated the contractions to 5-HT and 5-MeOT. In contrast, the selective NK2 receptor antagonist, SR 48968 (10 nM) and the selective NK3 receptor antagonist, SR 142801 (10 nM) had no effect on the contractions to 5-HT and 5-MeOT. 5. These results indicate that the 5-HT-induced atropine-resistant neurogenic contraction of guinea-pig proximal colon is due to activation of 5-HT4 receptors, presumably located on excitatory motor neurones, innervating the longitudinal muscle. The contraction evoked by activation of the 5-HT4 receptors is mediated primarily via NK1 receptors but not NK2 or NK3, suggesting that the 5-HT4 receptor-mediated contraction is evoked indirectly via tachykinin release from tachykinin-releasing excitatory neurones.

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