title: Influence of serotonin on the human ureter: an in vitro pharmacological study.
abstract: The influence of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) on human ureteral smooth muscle was explored in a series of in vitro experiments. 5-HT evoked a dose-dependent contraction of the ureter. The effect of 5-HT was unaltered by blockade of 5HT3 and 5HT4 receptors and muscarinic cholinergic receptors. The 5HT2 receptor antagonist ketanserin (KT; 10(-5)-10(-4) M) and mixed 5HT1/5HT2 receptor antagonist methysergide (MS; 5 x 10(-5) M) inhibited the effect of 5-HT. Since the antagonist dissociation constant at 5HT2 receptors for both KT and MS is found to be approximately 10(-9) M, it is concluded that this contractile effect may have been mediated by some other, as yet uncharacterized 5-HT receptor. We believe that 5-HT is a potential neurotransmitter in the human upper ureteral smooth muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gidener
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kirkali
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Güven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008784:Methysergide / Q000494:pharmacology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077526:Tropisetron; D014513:Ureter / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D012701:Serotonin; D000077526:Tropisetron; D001285:Atropine; D007650:Ketanserin; D008784:Methysergide