title: Relaxation of rat distal colon by activation of muscarinic, neuronal receptors: possible involvement of P(2y)-purinoceptors.
abstract: McN-A-343, which is a ligand at muscarinic receptors on myenteric ganglia, was found to concentration-dependently (1-44 microM) elicit non-adrenergic relaxation of the longitudinal muscle of rat distal colon, having been precontracted with carbachol (1 microM). This effect was partly antagonized by the muscarinic receptor antagonist, pirenzepine (0.3 microM), the nerve blocker, tetrodotoxin (1 microM), or by drugs which interfere with purinergic neurotransmission (apamin [0.5 microM], reactive blue 2 [50 microM]). Blockade of nitric oxide synthase (L-NNA [100 microM]), or of the cAMP (H-89 [1 microM]), or cGMP (ODQ [10 microM]) second messenger pathways did not affect the relaxatory response to McN-A-343 (14 microM). An additional, non-neurogenic component of the relaxation to this compound on carbachol induced tone is suggested to reflect a partial antagonism of the muscarinic receptors on the gut muscle by McN-A-343.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Börjesson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nordgren
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Delbro
mesh_terms: D008455:(4-(m-Chlorophenylcarbamoyloxy)-2-butynyl)trimethylammonium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009129:Muscle Tonus / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D058910:Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects*; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D058910:Purinergic P2 Receptor Agonists; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D008455:(4-(m-Chlorophenylcarbamoyloxy)-2-butynyl)trimethylammonium Chloride; D002217:Carbachol; D008012:Lidocaine; D011188:Potassium