title: Pharmacological action of the phospholipase A2 from the venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis on the smooth muscle of the rat stomach.
abstract: Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) from the venom of the snake Trimeresurus flavoviridis produced an increase in resting tension of isolated strips of rat stomach fundus. The contractions of the fundus strips induced by the PLA2 were significantly inhibited by treatment with 10(-6) M indomethacin and in Ca2+-free medium, while treatment of the fundus strips with nordihydroguaiaretic acid caused a marked potentiation of the PLA2-induced contraction. Atropine (10(-6) M), chlorpheniramine (10(-6) M) and methysergide (10(-6) M) had no effects on the contractions induced by PLA2, while tetrodotoxin (10(-6) M) significantly potentiated the contraction. From these results, it appears that exogenously applied PLA2 may cause contraction of the rat stomach fundus through the liberation of endogenous arachidonic acid which may then be transformed into prostaglandins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Hoshi University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasuya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Samejima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003435:Crotalid Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012911:Snakes; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D003435:Crotalid Venoms; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015237:Dinoprost; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D010740:Phospholipases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007213:Indomethacin