title: The effects of 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin on the cholinergic contraction in guinea pig and human airways in vitro.
abstract: Electrical field stimulation of guinea pig tracheal strips and human bronchial rings, in vitro, evokes a cholinergic contraction mediated by the release of acetylcholine. 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) is a 5-HT1A and 5-HT7 agonist. In this study, we have investigated whether 8-OH-DPAT could modulate the cholinergic contraction in guinea pig and human airways in vitro. 8-OH-DPAT (1 to 30 microM) produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of the cholinergic contraction in guinea pig tracheal strips with a maximal inhibition of 75.8% +/- 4. 7% (30 microM, 0.5 Hz). Pretreatment of the tissues with the 5- HT1/2/7 antagonist methysergide (10 to 30 microM) significantly attenuated the inhibitory effects of 8-OH-DPAT (10 to 30 microM) on the cholinergic contraction. Pretreatment with ketanserin (10 microM), a 5-HT2 antagonist, tropisetron (1 microM), a 5-HT3/4 antagonist, SDZ 216-525 (1 to 10 microM) and pindobind (10 microM), both selective 5-HT1A antagonists, or capsaicin (10 microM), which depletes sensory nerves from neuropeptides, had no effect on the inhibition of the cholinergic contraction by 8-OH-DPAT (10 to 30 microM). 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT) (10 to 100 microM), a 5-HT1/2/7 agonist, partially mimicked the inhibitory effects of 8-OH-DPAT on the cholinergic contraction. 8-OH-DPAT (10 to 30 microM) also inhibited the cholinergic contraction in human bronchial rings in vitro with a maximal inhibition of 46.2% +/- 7.2% (30 microM, 1 Hz). SDZ 216-525 (10 microM) had no effect, whereas methysergide (30 microM) partially prevented the effect of 8-OH-DPAT in human airways. 8-OH-DPAT (30 microM) did not displace the concentration-response curve to acetylcholine (10 nM-30 mM) in guinea pig and human airways in vitro. These results suggest that 8-OH-DPAT inhibits the cholinergic contraction in guinea pig and human airways in vitro through stimulation of prejunctional atypical 5-HT receptors, possibly of the 5-HT7 subtype, located on postganglionic cholinergic nerves.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Pharmacology Unit, Laboratory of Pneumology and Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pype
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Demedts
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Leyn
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deneffe
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Verleden
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000187:drug effects*; D016084:Bronchoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000187:drug effects*; D046508:Culture Techniques; D000081005:Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007650:Ketanserin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008784:Methysergide / Q000494:pharmacology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010869:Pindolol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D014132:Trachea / Q000187:drug effects*; D000077526:Tropisetron
chemical_list: D000081005:Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; D007211:Indoles; D009479:Neuropeptides; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D017366:Serotonin Receptor Agonists; D013844:Thiazoles; C084712:pindobind; C080378:SDZ 216-525; D012701:Serotonin; D000077526:Tropisetron; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; C047087:5-carboxamidotryptamine; D007650:Ketanserin; D010869:Pindolol; D000109:Acetylcholine; D002211:Capsaicin; D008784:Methysergide