title: Effects of calcitonin and calcitonin gene-related peptide on the substance P-mediated secretion of fluid from the rat submandibular gland.
abstract: 1. The effects of rat calcitonin gene-related peptide (rCGRP), rat calcitonin (rCT) and salmon calcitonin (sCT) on the substance P-mediated (SP-mediated) secretion of fluid from the rat submandibular gland were investigated. 2. Rat CGRP potentiated and prolonged the SP-mediated secretion of fluid from the rat submandibular gland in a dose-dependent manner. CGRP also enhanced methacholine- and phenylephrine-mediated secretion of fluid. 3. The potentiating effect of the combination of rCGRP and SP was somewhat reduced by pretreatment with spantide, human CGRP8-37 and atropine but not by pretreatment with phentolamine or with propranolol. 4. Salmon CT at a low dose mimicked the effect of rCGRP on the SP-mediated secretion of fluid, but its potency was lower than that of rCGRP. However, rCT had no effect on the SP-mediated secretion of fluid. 5. These results suggest that the potentiating effects of rCGRP and SP might involve cholinergic receptors, as well as CGRP and tachykinin receptors, and that sCT, but not rCT, is able to mimic rCGRP in potentiating the secretion of fluid induced by SP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry at Niigata, Nippon Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwabuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D008297:Male; D016210:Methacholine Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013373:Substance P / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; C058636:calcitonin gene-related peptide (8-37); D010656:Phenylephrine; D013373:Substance P; C028815:salmon calcitonin; D002116:Calcitonin; C042867:spantide; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide