title: Influences of indomethacin on contractions induced by endothelins in guinea pig isolated gallbladder.
abstract: Endothelins (ETs) potently contract guinea pig gallbladder (GPGB) via endothelin-A and -B (ETA and ETB) receptors. This study assesses the possible participation of eicosanoids in the mediation of responses of the GPGB (Krebs' solution, 37 degrees C, 0.5 g load) triggered through each receptor type. Indomethacin (INDO; 5.6 microM) shifted the curve to endothelin-1 (ET-1) (0.1-100 nM) to the right, enhancing the CK50 (concentration causing 50% of response to KCl 80 mM) from 0.9 to 6.8 nM and reducing its EH (response to 100 nM) from 170 +/- 13 to 123 +/- 9 (% of response to 80mM KCl). INDO strongly depressed responses to sarafotoxin S6c (S6c; control CK50 0.9 nM), reducing its EH from 108 +/- 5 to 21 +/- 4. Neither BQ-123 nor BQ-788 (1 microM) changed responses to ET-1, but each markedly reduced responsiveness to ET-3 (control: CK50 of 9.7 nM and EH of 153 +/- 14; BQ-123: approximately = 100 nM and 44 +/- 12; BQ-788 approximately = 100 nM and 65 +/- 18). In the presence of BQ-123, INDO further depressed responses to ET-3 (EH 26 +/- 6), whereas in the presence of BQ-788, such responses were strongly enhanced (EH 126 +/- 9). These findings strongly suggest that contractions of GPGB caused via ETB receptors are mediated to a large extent by contractile eicosanoids, whereas those caused (at least by ET-3) via ETA receptors are limited by relaxant eicosanoids. The cellular sources and nature of the eicosanoids released by ETs remain to be established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, CCB, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Nora
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cardozo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dorléans-Juste
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rae
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D010880:Piperidines; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; C086539:BQ 788; C072247:cyclo(Trp-Asp-Pro-Val-Leu); D007213:Indomethacin