title: Effects of neuronal polypeptides on intestinal smooth muscle; a comparison with non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerve stimulation and ATP.
abstract: Substance P, somatostatin, enkephalin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) did not mimic the inhibitory responses to non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerve stimulation. Substance P (0.1-10 microgram/ml) always caused contraction, enkephalin (0.1-10 microgram/ml) and somatostatin (0.1 microgram/ml) were inactive, while VIP (0.1-1 microgram/ml) produced very slow relaxation, taking about 4 min to reach a maximum after a latency of about 60 sec. Low concentrations of neurotensin (1-10 ng/mg) caused contraction, but at higher concentrations (50-1000 ng/ml) it produced a biphasic response which consisted of an initial contraction followed by a slow relaxation. In high tone preparations, the slow relaxation did not mimic the nerve-mediated response, taking approximately 43 sec. to reach maximum, after a long latency of about 15 sec. In contrast, ATP (0.1-50 microgram/ml) mimicked closely the rapid responses to non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerve stimulation in all preparations, whether the tone was low, medium or high. The time for the inhibitory response to reach maximum was about 15 sec after a latency of approximately 1 sec. Indomethacin (3.4-34 microgram/ml) did not unmask any inhibitory responses to any of the peptides. It is concluded that ATP remains the most likely substance to be the inhibitory transmitter released from non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerves supplying the smooth muscle of the taenia coli.
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007422:Intestines / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D009496:Neurotensin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004745:Enkephalins; D010455:Peptides; D013373:Substance P; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D009496:Neurotensin; D013004:Somatostatin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D007213:Indomethacin