title: Effects of pGlu-His-Pro-amphetamine (TRH-amphetamine) on the isolated duodenum of the guinea-pig: antagonistic effect of amphetamine on TRH response.
abstract: pGlu-His-Pro-dexamphetamine (TRH-A) produced a contraction through the release of acetylcholine from postganglionic cholinergic neurons in the duodenum of the guinea-pig in the same manner as TRH. However, the affinity of TRH-A (pD2, 4.70) toward isolated duodenum was one thousandth that of TRH (pD2, 7.74). The effects of TRH-A (10(-4)M) were abolished by 10(-7) M TRH, but only partially (about 50%) inhibited by 10(-4) M d-amphetamine. D-Amphetamine showed no stimulatory effect on the myenteric nerves. However, the duodenal response to TRH (10(-6) M) was dose dependently inhibited by d-amphetamine (10(-6), 10(-5), 10(-4) M) while the phasic and tonic contractions caused by high K+ (40 mM) or the contractile responses to acetylcholine (10(-7) M) were not blocked by d-amphetamine. These results indicate that d-amphetamine may act as an antagonist to TRH without influencing the movement of calcium ions in smooth muscle or muscarinic receptors and that contractile responses to TRH-A are mediated through TRH receptors in the myenteric cholinergic nerves.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rips
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000661:Amphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000662:Amphetamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects; D018025:Receptors, Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018025:Receptors, Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011189:Potassium Chloride; C031670:pGlu-His-Pro-amphetamine; D000661:Amphetamine; D000109:Acetylcholine; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid