title: [Effect of guanabenz on the peristaltic reflex and on the spontaneous rhythmic movements of the ileum isolated from the rabbit: do the alpha-2-adrenoreceptors constitute a homogenous population?].
abstract: The inhibitory effect of the predominantly alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist, guanabenz, on the peristaltic reflex and on the pendular movements of the rabbit isolated ileum was investigated. Guanabenz depressed or abolished the peristaltic reflex as well as the pendular movements. These effects were concentration-dependent. Guanabenz is much more potent inhibiting the peristaltic reflex (IC50 1 X 10(-7) M) than the pendular movements (IC50 1 X 10(-5) M). The choline ester, acetylcholine restored the peristaltic reflex and the anticholinesterase, eserine, restored the pendular movements previously abolished by guanabenz. During the blockade of the peristaltic reflex produced by guanabenz, the pendular movements were virtually not changed. It is therefore reasonable to suppose that the inhibitory effect of guanabenz reflects the different properties of alpha-2 adrenoceptors associated with cholinergic nerve terminals within the myenteric plexus and the longitudinal smooth muscle subserving the peristaltic reflex and the pendular movements.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Pharmacologie, Faculté de Médecine, Yougoslavie.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Beleslin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Terzić
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samardzić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jovanović-Mićic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects*; D006143:Guanabenz / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006146:Guanidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010528:Peristalsis / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006146:Guanidines; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D006143:Guanabenz
vernacular_title: L'effet du guanabenz sur le réflexe péristaltique et sur les mouvements rythmiques spontanés de l'iléon isolé de Lapin: les alpha-2 adrénocepteurs constituent-ils une population homogène?