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. 1994 May;112(1):150–160. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb13045.x

Comparison of tachykinin NK1 and NK2 receptors in the circular muscle of the guinea-pig ileum and proximal colon.

C A Maggi 1, R Patacchini 1, S Meini 1, L Quartara 1, A Sisto 1, E Potier 1, S Giuliani 1, A Giachetti 1
PMCID: PMC1910323  PMID: 7518302

Abstract

1. The aim of this study was the pharmacological characterization of tachykinin NK1 and NK2 receptors mediating contraction in the circular muscle of the guinea-pig ileum and proximal colon. The action of substance P (SP), neurokinin A (NKA) and of the synthetic agonists [Sar9]SP sulphone, [Glp6,Pro9]SP(6-11) (septide) and [beta Ala8]NKA(4-10) was investigated. The affinities of various peptide and nonpeptide antagonists for the NK1 and NK2 receptor was estimated by use of receptor selective agonists. 2. The natural agonists, SP and NKA, produced concentration-dependent contraction in both preparations. EC50 values were 100 pM and 5 nM for SP, 1.2 nM and 19 nM for NKA in the ileum and colon, respectively. The action of SP and NKA was not significantly modified by peptidase inhibitors (bestatin, captopril and thiorphan, 1 microM each). 3. Synthetic NK1 and NK2 receptor agonists produced concentration-dependent contraction of the circular muscle of the ileum and proximal colon. EC50 values were 83 pM, 36 pM and 10 nM in the ileum, 8 nM, 0.7 nM and 12 nM in the colon for [Sar9]SP sulphone, septide and [beta Ala8]NKA-(4-10), respectively. The pseudopeptide derivative of NKA(4-10), MDL 28,564 behaved as a full or near-to-full agonist in both preparations, its EC50s being 474 nM and 55 nM in the ileum and colon, respectively. 4. Nifedipine (1 microM) abolished the response to septide and [Sar9]SP sulphone in the ileum and produced a rightward shift and large depression of the response in the colon. The response to [beta Ala8]NKA(4-10) was abolished in the ileum and largely unaffected in the colon. 5. The NK1 receptor antagonists, (+/-)-CP 96,34, FK 888 and GR 82,334 competitively antagonized the response to septide and [Sar9]SP sulphone in both preparations without affecting that to [beta Ala8]NKA(4-10). In general, the NK1 receptor antagonists were significantly more potent toward septide than [Sar9]SP sulphone in both preparations. 6. The NK2 receptor antagonists, GR 94,800 and SR 48,968 selectively antagonized the response to [beta Ala8]NKA(4-10) without affecting that to [Sar9]SP sulphone or septide in the ileum and colon. SR 48,968 produced noncompetitive antagonism of the response to the NK2 receptor agonist in the ileum and competitive antagonism in the colon. 7. MEN 10,376 and the cyclic pseudopeptide MEN 10,573 antagonized in a competitive manner the response to [beta Ala8]NKA(4-10) in the ileum and colon.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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