title: The effect of ascorbate on the acetylcholine release from guinea-pig ileal myenteric plexus.
abstract: The effect of ascorbate on the release of acetylcholine from the longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus preparation of the guinea-pig isolated ileum has been investigated using a bioassay and an isotopic technique. Ascorbate at 5 mM increased the spontaneous output of acetylcholine and enhanced DMPP-induced output of acetylcholine, while iso-ascorbate, 5 mM, did not. Ascorbate did not influence either the spontaneous or the DMPP-induced release of acetylcholine from synaptosomes of the ileal myenteric plexus. These results suggest that ascorbate promotes acetylcholine release from intramural cholinergic nerves.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozuka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D004246:Dimethylphenylpiperazinium Iodide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000294:innervation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009197:Myenteric Plexus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004246:Dimethylphenylpiperazinium Iodide; D002794:Choline; D000109:Acetylcholine; D001205:Ascorbic Acid