title: Common ionic mechanisms of excitation by substance P and other transmitters in guinea-pig submucosal neurones.
abstract: 1. Intracellular recordings were made from submucosal neurones and single-electrode voltage-clamp methods were used to record membrane currents. The actions of substance P (SP), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), muscarine, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), forskolin and nerve stimulation were studied. 2. Substance P, 5-HT (in the presence of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists), muscarine, VIP, forskolin and slow excitatory synaptic transmission all produced identical responses: an inward current associated with a membrane conductance decrease at the resting potential. The actions of any one occluded the actions of any other and all responses were pertussis-toxin insensitive. 3. These agonists produced a voltage-independent decrease in a 'leak' potassium conductance between -40 and -120 mV in 14% of neurones. 4. These agonists decreased a voltage-dependent, calcium-activated potassium conductance between -40 and -80 mV in all other (86%) neurones. The agonists still evoked an inward current without apparent conductance change at potentials between -90 and -130 mV. 5. In a low calcium solution containing cobalt or cadmium, the agonists produced an inward current associated with a conductance increase from -40 to -120 mV. Ion replacement studies indicated this current was due to an increase in a cation-selective (mainly sodium) conductance. 6. The agonists also reduced the inwardly rectifying potassium current that is activated by somatostatin and alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists in these neurones. The agonists did not alter the inwardly rectifying potassium current that is present in these neurones in the absence of somatostatin or alpha 2-agonists. 7. Thus, SP, 5-HT, muscarine, VIP and the release of slow excitatory transmitters all appear to act through a common intracellular transduction pathway, an increase in adenylate cyclase. This results in an activation of a sodium-selective cation current and an inhibition of three distinct potassium conductances: the background potassium conductance, the calcium-activated potassium conductance and the inwardly rectifying potassium conductance activated by somatostatin and alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists.
authors.affiliation: Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
authors.forename: K Z
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Surprenant
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000294:innervation*; D016623:Ion Pumps / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009116:Muscarine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010477:Perfusion; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000187:drug effects; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016623:Ion Pumps; D005576:Colforsin; D012701:Serotonin; D013373:Substance P; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D009116:Muscarine; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D002118:Calcium