title: Pharmacological comparison of the effect of ibogaine and 18-methoxycoronaridine on isolated smooth muscle from the rat and guinea-pig.
abstract: Ibogaine and 18-methoxycoronaridine are naturally occurring alkaloids reported to possess antiaddictive properties in several models of drug dependence. We have examined their effect at mu-opioid receptors regulating neurogenic contractions of several smooth muscle preparations and also against spontaneous contractions of the rat isolated portal vein. Ibogaine (pIC(50) 5.28) and 18-methoxycoronaridine (pIC(50) 5.05) caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of cholinergic contractions of the guinea-pig ileum which was not affected by the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone (1 microM). In the rat isolated vas deferens ibogaine and 18-methoxycoronaridine caused a concentration-dependent enhancement of purinergic contractions. Both agents (30 microM) caused a 3 - 5 fold rightward displacement of DAMGO-induced inhibition of purinergic contractions, but similar effects were observed for ibogaine against alpha(2)-adrenoceptor-mediated inhibition of neurogenic responses. In the guinea-pig isolated bladder both ibogaine (10 microM) and 18-methoxycoronaridine (10 microM) caused a 2 fold increase in the purinergic component of neurogenic contractions without significantly altering cholinergic contractions or responses to exogenous ATP. In contrast, ibogaine (1 - 30 microM), but not 18-methoxycoronaridine, caused a concentration-dependent enhancement of spontaneous contractions of the rat isolated portal vein. In summary, while ibogaine and 18-methoxycoronaridine modulated electrically-evoked contractions in the three preparations examined, we have no evidence for a selective interaction with pre-junctional mu-opioid receptors. The pronounced enhancement of purinergic contractions produced by both agents is a novel finding and worthy of further investigation.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, The Medical School, E. Floor, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Mundey
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Blaylock
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Glick
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Maisonneuve
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007050:Ibogaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D007050:Ibogaine; C103345:18-methoxycoronaridine