Substance P: a putative sensory transmitter in mammalian autonomic ganglia.
Repetitive presynaptic stimulation elicited slow membrane depolarization in neurons of inferior mesenteric ganglia from guinea pigs. This response was not blocked by cholinergic antagonists but was specifically and reversibly inhibited by a substance P analog, (D-Pro2, D-Phe7, D-Trp9)-substance P, which also depressed the depolarization induced by exogenously applied substance P. The atropine-sensitive slow excitatory and slow inhibitory postsynaptic potentials evoked in neurons of rabbit superior cervical ganglia were not affected by the substance P analog. These and previous results provide strong support for the hypothesis that substance P or a closely related peptide is the transmitter mediating the slow depolarization. The latter may represent a sensory input from the gastrointestinal tract to neurons of the prevertebral ganglia.
D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004064:Digestive System / Q000503:physiopathology; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000187:drug effects*; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000187:drug effects; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D013373:Substance P / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000502:physiology*; D014403:Tubocurarine / Q000494:pharmacology
D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010455:Peptides; C016116:substance P-like peptides; D013373:Substance P; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D001285:Atropine; D014403:Tubocurarine