title: Histamine H3 receptor-mediated suppression of inhibitory synaptic transmission in the submucous plexus of guinea-pig small intestine.
abstract: Conventional intracellular microelectrodes and marker injection techniques were used to study the actions of histamine on inhibitory synaptic transmission in the submucous plexus of guinea-pig small intestine. Bath application of histamine (1-300 microM) reversibly suppressed both noradrenergic and non-adrenergic slow inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in a concentration-dependent manner. These effects of histamine were mimicked by the selective histamine H(3) receptor agonist R(-)-alpha-methylhistamine but not the selective histamine H(1) receptor agonist, 6-[2-(4-imidazolyl)ethylamino]-N-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl) heptanecarboxamide (HTMT dimaleate), or the selective histamine H(2) receptor agonist, dimaprit. The histamine H(3) receptor antagonist, thioperamide, blocked the effects of histamine. Histamine H(1) and H(2) receptor antagonists did not change the action of histamine. Hyperpolarizing responses to focal application of norepinephrine or somatostatin by pressure ejection from micropipettes were unaffected by histamine and R(-)-alpha-methylhistamine. The results suggest that histamine acts at presynaptic histamine H(3) receptors on the terminals of sympathetic postganglionic fibers and intrinsic somatostatinergic nerves in the small intestine to suppress the release of the inhibitory neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and somatostatin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, 302 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, 43201-1218, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: H z
authors.initials: Hz
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D017259:Dimaprit / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D017442:Histamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008761:Methylhistamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013368:Submucous Plexus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D017442:Histamine Agonists; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D008761:Methylhistamines; D010880:Piperidines; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3; C069357:alpha-methylhistamine; D002927:Cimetidine; D006632:Histamine; C052075:thioperamide; D009638:Norepinephrine; D010646:Phentolamine; D017259:Dimaprit