title: Carbachol contracture of stomach smooth muscle of the newt in calcium-free solution.
abstract: A small muscle preparation of stomach circular muscle of the newt responded to carbachol (CCh) with a phasic contracture. At 20 degrees C, in Ca-free Ringer solution (+1 mM EGTA), the amplitude of CCh contracture was very rapidly inhibited to less than 10% of that in normal Ringer solution (1.8 mM Ca). The amplitude of this CCh contracture was markedly enhanced with increasing [K]0. CCh contracture in Ca-free Ringer solution was also enhanced after K contracture was induced once in the presence of 1.8 mM Ca, followed by soaking in normal Ringer solution. The amplitude of this enhanced CCh contracture persisted up to about 5 min, following rapid decrease to about 70%, and then gradually decreased to a steady level in Ca-free Ringer solution. This decrease in amplitude was prevented by increasing [K]0 during soaking in Ca-free solution; even when the temperature was elevated from 20 to 35 degrees C during the periods of soaking in Ca-free solution, CCh contracture was inhibited only by about 20% in Ca-free high K solution, whereas in Ca-free or Ca-free low Na (Tris) Ringer solution it was inhibited by more than 50%.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D012455:Salamandridae; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002217:Carbachol; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium