title: Presynaptic histamine H1- and H3-receptors modulate sympathetic neurotransmission in isolated guinea pig vas deferens.
abstract: The action of (R)-alpha-methylhistamine (alpha-MeHA), a selective H3-receptor agonist, on field stimulation induced contraction of guinea pig vas deferens was composed of 2 components: the "inhibition" (0.1-100 nmon.L-1) and the "enhancement" (1-10 mumol.L-1). In the presence of histamine H1 antagonist, chlorpheniramine (1 mumol.L-1), alpha-MeHA (0.1 nmol.L-1-10 mumol.L-1) showed only a concentration-dependent inhibition. Selective histamine H3-receptor antagonist, thioperamide (1 nmol.L-1-10 mumol.L-1) antagonized the inhibitory effect of alpha-MeHA and increased the contractile amplitude of vas deferens elicited by field pulses when thioperamide was used alone. alpha-MeHA 10 mumol.L-1 enhanced the contractile amplitude, which was reversed by chlorpheniramine 1 mumol.L-1, but not by ranitidine (1 mumol.L-1). Pyridelethylamine, an H1-receptor agonist, facilitated concentration-dependently the contractile response of vas deferens. The effect was antagonized by chlorpheniramine, but not by ranitidine. Dimaprit, an H2-receptor agonist had no effect on the field stimulation induced sympathetic response. Both alpha-MeHA and pyridelethylamine failed to influence the contraction of vas deferens elicited by direct field stimulation in smooth muscle or by exogenously applied norepinephrine. It was concluded that histamine H1- and H3-receptors existed in sympathetic terminals of guinea pig vas deferens and facilitated or inhibited the sympathetic neurotransmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi-an, China.
authors.forename: X X
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002744:Chlorpheniramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D017259:Dimaprit / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D017442:Histamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008761:Methylhistamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects*; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects*; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation
chemical_list: D017442:Histamine Agonists; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D008761:Methylhistamines; D010880:Piperidines; D002744:Chlorpheniramine; C069357:alpha-methylhistamine; D011899:Ranitidine; C052075:thioperamide; D017259:Dimaprit