title: The effect of substance P on the mechanical and electrical responses of frog, chick and rat skeletal muscle.
abstract: The effect of substance P (SP) on the electrical and contractile responses of skeletal muscles of frog, chick and rat were studied using electrophysiological techniques. In low concentrations, SP increased the amplitude of twitch and tetanic contractions in response to motor nerve stimulation of frog, chick and rat preparations, increased the amplitude and duration of frog sciatic nerve compound action potential and reduced the contracture responses produced by acetylcholine (ACh) or tetraethylammonium (TEA) in the chick skeletal muscle. In all these actions, the effect of SP was calcium-dependent. The results provide evidence that SP had a dual action; a prejunctional facilitatory effect by causing a further release of ACh and/or Ca2+ entry or release, and postjunctional effect by reducing the sensitivity of the postjunctional membrane to depolarizing drugs.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Wali
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D002645:Chickens; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000187:drug effects; D013045:Species Specificity; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D013373:Substance P; D000109:Acetylcholine