title: Investigation into the 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced relaxation of the circular smooth muscle of guinea-pig stomach fundus.
abstract: The 5-HT receptor that mediates relaxation of circular muscle strips of the guinea-pig stomach fundus under resting tone was investigated. Concentration-dependent relaxation was obtained in the presence of atropine (0.2 microM) with 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) (apparent mean pEC50 value, 5.27), 5-carboxamidotryptamine (7.35), 5-methoxytryptamine (4.98) and 5-methyltryptamine (4.58). 1-(m-Trifluoromethyl-phenyl)piperazine and 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n- propylamino)tetralin acted as partial agonists while 2-methyl-5-hydroxytryptamine, alpha-methyl-5-hydroxytryptamine, sumatriptan, metoclopramide and cisapride had little or no effect on the guinea-pig stomach fundus. The concentration-response curve for 5-HT was not affected by tetrodotoxin (0.3 microM), guanethidine (5 microM) or indomethacin (2 microM), suggesting that the relaxation is non-neuronal in origin and is independent of the release of catecholamines or prostanoids. The non-selective 5-HT receptor antagonist, metitepine (0.03-0.1 microM), the 5-HT1C/5-HT2 receptor antagonists, mianserin (0.3-1 microM), pizotifen (0.3-1 microM), ketanserin (3-10 microM), and the 5-HT1A/5-HT2 receptor antagonist, spiperone (3 microM), shifted the concentration-response curves for 5-HT to the right. A 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, ICS205-930 (1 microM), propranolol (1 microM) and phentolamine (1 microM) failed to block the 5-HT-induced relaxation. In conclusion, the results found with agonists and antagonists are compatible with the view that a 5-HT1-like receptor is involved in 5-HT-induced direct relaxation of circular muscle of guinea-pig stomach fundus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ishizaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005748:Gastric Fundus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D012701:Serotonin; D001285:Atropine