title: Neurotensin and prostaglandin interactions in smooth muscle of the guinea pig stomach.
abstract: Neurotensin, xenopsin and neuromedin N had a biphasic effect (initial small relaxation followed by a sustained contraction) on the motility of longitudinal muscle strips from the guinea pig gastric corpus. Kinetensin was without effect. Tetrodotoxin, adrenaline, histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, opioid peptides, angiotensin II and antagonists of acetylcholine, and desensitization of the strips to bradykinin did not modify the action of neurotensin. The contraction phase was inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by indomethacin and acetylsalicylate, demonstrating that this activity of neurotensin was dependent on prostaglandin synthesis. The preparation responded to exogenous prostaglandins E1, E2, F1 alpha and F2 alpha with concentration-dependent contractions. The relaxation phase was abolished by verapamil and apamin, indicating the presence of inhibitory neurotensin receptors on smooth muscle cells that are linked to ionic channels.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Group, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, University of Göttingen, F.R.G.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katsoulis
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Conlon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001030:Apamin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D009496:Neurotensin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018028:Receptors, Neurotensin; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D011453:Prostaglandins; D018028:Receptors, Neurotensin; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; C042090:neuromedin N; D001030:Apamin; D009496:Neurotensin; C016832:xenopsin; D014700:Verapamil; D001241:Aspirin