title: Characterization of tachykinin receptors in urinary bladder from guinea pig.
abstract: The contractile responses to substance P (SP), neurokinin A (NKA), Tyro-neurokinin B (Tyr-NKB), senktide (NK3 receptor selective agonist) and SP methyl ester (SPOMe, NK1 receptor selective agonist) were investigated in detrusor strips from guinea pigs. Except for senktide, all drugs induced a concentration-related contraction with the following rank order of potency: SPOMe greater than SP greater than NKA greater than or equal to Tyr-NKB. After desensitization of NK1 receptors with SPOMe, the rank order of potency was NKA greater than or equal to Tyr-NKB greater than SP greater than SPOMe. Both NK1 and NK2 receptors exist in the detrusor strip from guinea pigs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Toho University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinkai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015288:Neurokinin A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015287:Neurokinin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects*; D018039:Receptors, Tachykinin; D013373:Substance P / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D018039:Receptors, Tachykinin; C054724:senktide; D013373:Substance P; C033611:substance P, methyl ester-; D015288:Neurokinin A; D015287:Neurokinin B