title: Developmental changes in the response of rat isolated duodenum to nicotine.
abstract: Developmental changes in the response to ganglionic stimulants, nicotine and dimethylphenylpiperazinium, were investigated in rat isolated duodenum by recording isotonic mechanical activity. The duodenal response to nicotine/dimethylphenylpiperazinium (3 x 10(-7) to 10(-3) M) in neonatal rats was contraction, which was blocked by hexamethonium, tetrodotoxin and hyoscine. The response to nicotine/dimethylphenylpiperazinium (10(-6) to 10(-4) M) in the adult duodenum was relaxation, which was blocked by tetrodotoxin and hexamethonium, but by neither guanethidine nor hyoscine. The transition of the response to nicotine/dimethylphenylpiperazinium from contraction to relaxation occurred at around the 3rd postnatal week. Nicotine-induced relaxation of adult duodenum was significantly inhibited by preincubation with alpha-chymotrypsin, a proteolytic enzyme, and a combination of nucleotide pyrophosphatase and 8-phenyltheophylline, a P1 purinoceptor antagonist. Nicotine-induced relaxation was desensitized by alpha, beta-methylene ATP, a stable P2x purinoceptor agonist. These results suggest that the contractile response of isolated duodenum to nicotine is mediated through cholinergic transmission in neonatal rats and the relaxant response is mediated through non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic transmission, which involves both peptidergic and purinergic transmission, in adult rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomoto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muraki
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D004246:Dimethylphenylpiperazinium Iodide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007551:Isotonic Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009538:Nicotine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D004246:Dimethylphenylpiperazinium Iodide; D009538:Nicotine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C002630:alpha,beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-triphosphate