title: Histamine H(3) receptor-mediated inhibition of endogenous acetylcholine release from the isolated, vascularly perfused rat stomach.
abstract: We studied the effects of histamine H(3) receptor ligands on the release of endogenous acetylcholine from the isolated, vascularly perfused rat stomach. The stomach was perfused via the celiac artery with modified Krebs-Ringer solution containing physostigmine. Released acetylcholine from the portal vein was electrochemically measured using high-performance liquid chromatography and an enzyme system. Vagus nerves were electrically stimulated twice for 2 min (0.5 or 2.5 Hz). Acetylcholine release evoked at 2.5 Hz was slightly inhibited by histamine and effectively potentiated by thioperamide, a histamine H(3) receptor antagonist. Acetylcholine release evoked at 0.5 Hz in the presence of atropine was not influenced by thioperamide, but effectively inhibited by histamine, R-alpha-methylhistamine or imetit, histamine H(3) receptor agonists. These inhibitory effects were abolished by thioperamide or pertussis toxin. These results suggest that histamine attenuates acetylcholine release from vagus nerves through histamine H(3) receptor-mediated and pertussis toxin-sensitive mechanisms in the rat stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokotani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008761:Methylhistamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010477:Perfusion; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3 / Q000502:physiology*; D013890:Thiourea / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D008761:Methylhistamines; D010880:Piperidines; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C077430:imetit; C069357:alpha-methylhistamine; D001285:Atropine; D006632:Histamine; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D013890:Thiourea; C052075:thioperamide; D000109:Acetylcholine