title: Sensory nerve-mediated relaxation of guinea-pig isolated pulmonary artery: prejunctional modulation by alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists but not sumatriptan.
abstract: 1. Effects of the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists, UK14304 and clonidine, the 5-HT1 receptor agonist, sumatriptan and the kappa-opioid receptor agonist, GR103545, on sensory neurotransmission in histamine-contracted guinea-pig isolated pulmonary artery (GPPA) have been studied. 2. Electrical field stimulation (EFS) induced frequency-dependent relaxations of histamine-contracted GPPA, which were attenuated by tetrodotoxin and capsaicin pretreatment but not by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). 3. Substance P (0.3 microM) induced relaxations which were subject to rapid tachyphylaxis. Neither the NK1 receptor antagonist, (+/-)-CP 96,345, nor desensitization to substance P had any effect of EFS-induced relaxations of histamine-contracted GPPA. 4. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP; 3 and 30 nM) induced concentration-dependent relaxations of histamine-contracted GPPA. The putative CGRP receptor antagonist, CGRP8-37 (1 microM), markedly attenuated EFS-induced relaxations as well as relaxations induced by a low concentration of CGRP. 5. Sumatriptan (0.1 and 1 microM) and the selective kappa-opioid receptor agonist, GR103545 (10 and 100 nM) had no effect on EFS-induced relaxations of histamine-contracted GPPA. In contrast, the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists UK14304 (1-100 nM) and clonidine (300 nM) attenuated responses to EFS, the attenuation of UK14304 (100 nM) being reversed by yohimbine (300 nM). 6. It is concluded that in GPPA, where a presynaptic inhibition of sensory neurotransmission by alpha 2-adrenoceptor activation could be shown, there was no evidence for such modulation by either sumatriptan-sensitive 5-HT1 receptors or kappa-opioid receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropharmacology, Glaxo Group Research Ltd., Ware, Herts.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Worton
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: O'Shaughnessy
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Connor
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000068438:Brimonidine Tartrate; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018170:Sumatriptan; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D007211:Indoles; D010879:Piperazines; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D011810:Quinoxalines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; C071609:GR 89696; D015016:Yohimbine; D013373:Substance P; D000068438:Brimonidine Tartrate; D006632:Histamine; D018170:Sumatriptan; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide