title: Endothelin 1 action on isolated rat stomach and the role of calcium ions in ET 1 induced depolarization of smooth muscle cells BC3H1.
abstract: Endothelins; (ET1, ET2 and ET3) are a family of peptides which acts on different smooth muscle preparations inducing a slow long lasting contraction. We investigated the effects of ET 1 modulatory action on adrenergic, cholinergic and serotoninergic transmission on an isolated mouse's stomach with gastric nerves. The endothelin 1 stimulation of the mouse stomach tone was abolished by the specific serotonin antagonist methizergid. This study suggests that endothelin 1 plays a role in the regulation of nonvascular smooth muscle tone. The endothelin effect was dependent on free intracellular Ca++ which can be recruited from an extracellular solution as well as from intracellular stores. Complete reduction of Ca++ from the extracellular solution with a simultaneous depletion of calcium stores abolished endothelin 1 depolarization of BC3H1 cells.
authors.affiliation: Fraser Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hukovic
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hadziselimovic
mesh_terms: D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D018674:Adrenergic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009568:Nitrendipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA
chemical_list: D018674:Adrenergic Antagonists; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D010455:Peptides; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D019284:Thapsigargin; D001498:3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester; D020866:omega-Conotoxin GVIA; D009568:Nitrendipine; D002118:Calcium