title: Beta-adrenergic control of motility in the rat colon. I. Evidence for functional separation of the beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptor-mediated inhibition of colon activity.
abstract: The beta-adrenoceptor-mediated inhibitory response in isolated rat colon strips of beta-adrenoceptor agonists (isoproterenol, terbutaline, prenalterol) in the absence and presence of the selective beta-adrenoceptor antagonists metoprolol (beta 1) and IPS 339 (beta 2) demonstrates that both beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors are involved in the inhibition of colonic motility. Neuronal blockade induced by tetrodotoxin suppressed the relatively high (68%) maximal response of prenalterol (partial beta-adrenoceptor agonist) to 23%. The concentration-response curves for terbutaline (beta 2-selective agonist) and isoproterenol (nonselective agonist) were not influenced by tetrodotoxin. The results thus indicate that the beta-adrenergic inhibition of spontaneous activity in the rat colon strip may be mediated at two functional levels within the colon wall: either by beta 2-adrenoceptors in the smooth muscle layer or by beta 1-adrenoceptors in the intramural ganglionic plexuses, which by neuronal elements are coupled to the effector smooth muscle.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ek
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bjellin
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Lundgren
mesh_terms: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003106:Colon / Q000502:physiology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011217:Practolol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D011294:Prenalterol; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013562:Sympathectomy; D013726:Terbutaline / Q000494:pharmacology; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D011412:Propanolamines; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; C014898:IPS 339; D008790:Metoprolol; D007545:Isoproterenol; D011294:Prenalterol; D013726:Terbutaline; D011217:Practolol