title: Modulation of spontaneous motility by GABAA receptor antagonism in the guinea pig isolated ileum.
abstract: Rhythmic neurally mediated spontaneous contractions of the longitudinal muscle in the isolated ileum of the guinea pig, sensitive to tetrodotoxin and atropine, were depressed and most often abolished by the GABAA receptor antagonists, bicuculline methiodide, RU 5135, and picrotoxin, a Cl- -ionophore blocker, as well as by GABA desensitization. 3-Mercaptopropionic acid, known to prevent GABA release, also reduced these naturally occurring spontaneous contractions. All these strongly indicate a physiological involvement of endogenous GABA in the control of spontaneous rhythmic activity in the intestine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D015097:3-Mercaptopropionic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000731:Androstanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001378:Azasteroids / Q000494:pharmacology; D001640:Bicuculline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D058787:GABA-A Receptor Antagonists; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015097:3-Mercaptopropionic Acid; D000109:Acetylcholine; D000731:Androstanes; D001378:Azasteroids; D001640:Bicuculline; D002217:Carbachol; D058787:GABA-A Receptor Antagonists; D010852:Picrotoxin; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; C017069:bicuculline methiodide; C032061:RU 5135