title: Low pH-induced release of calcitonin gene-related peptide from capsaicin-sensitive sensory nerves: mechanism of action and biological response.
abstract: Protons can release in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-like immunoreactivity from peripheral endings of capsaicin-sensitive afferents. Here we have studied the mechanism by which proton promotes CGRP-like immunoreactivity release and whether the neuropeptide released might exert a biological action. In muscle slices of guinea-pig urinary bladder high pH (pH 8 or 9) media neither enhanced CGRP-like immunoreactivity outflow nor affected the capsaicin-evoked CGRP-like immunoreactivity release. The CGRP-like immunoreactivity release evoked by superfusion with pH 5 medium was not affected by tetrodotoxin (0.3 microM) indomethacin (10 microM) or the protein kinase C inhibitor H-7 (30 microM). However, it was reduced by 35% in the presence of the voltage-sensitive Ca(2+)-channel antagonists nifedipine (1 microM) and omega-conotoxin (0.1 microM) and by 80% in presence of the capsaicin "antagonist" Ruthenium Red (10 microM). The CGRP-like immunoreactivity release by capsaicin (10 microM) was reduced by 80% in the presence of Ruthenium Red, and not affected by voltage-sensitive Ca(2+)-channel blockers, while that evoked by 80 mM K+ was decreased by 82% in the presence of nifedipine and omega-conotoxin. The Ca(2+)-channel agonist Bay K 8644 enhanced the high K(+)-evoked CGRP-like immunoreactivity release but not that induced by capsaicin or pH 5 medium. Exposure to pH 6 solution of one half of the neck of guinea-pig urinary bladder induced a slowly developing inhibition of electrically evoked contractions, that was absent in the half pre-exposed in vitro to a desensitizing dose of capsaicin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal Medicine IV, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geppetti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Del Bianco
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patacchini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santicioli
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tramontana
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D000143:Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009489:Neurosecretion / Q000187:drug effects*; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D012430:Ruthenium Red / Q000494:pharmacology; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation*; D020960:omega-Conotoxins
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D015220:Calcium Channels; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D010879:Piperazines; D020960:omega-Conotoxins; C053423:Conus magus toxin; D012430:Ruthenium Red; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D009543:Nifedipine; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D011188:Potassium; D002211:Capsaicin; D007213:Indomethacin