title: Bombesin-stimulated acetylcholine release from myenteric plexus neurons.
abstract: The ability of bombesin to stimulate acetylcholine release from guinea pig myenteric plexus neurons was studied using a primary neuronal culture system. Bombesin caused dose-dependent increases in [3H]-acetylcholine (ACh) release from guinea pig myenteric plexus neurons. ACh release in response to 0.5 mM bombesin (160 +/- 12% of control) was blocked by exposure to a calcium-free medium (116 +/- 13%) by nifedipine (101 +/- 11%) and by omega conotoxin (107 +/- 10%). Bombesin-stimulated ACh release was inhibited the protein kinase C inhibitor, H7, but was not affected by inhibitors of the cAMP signaling pathway. Interactions with inhibitory neuropeptides was implied by sensitivity of bombesin-stimulated ACh release to neuropeptide Y and galanin. The findings suggest that bombesin activation of protein kinase C in myenteric neurons results in increased acetylcholine release.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0331.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Mulholland
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Simeone
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001839:Bombesin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D009197:Myenteric Plexus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000109:Acetylcholine; D001839:Bombesin; D002118:Calcium