title: Role of endothelin ETA and ETB receptors in the guinea-pig urinary bladder contraction.
abstract: The distribution and function of endothelin receptors in the guinea-pig urinary bladder were examined. Specific [125I]endothelin-1 binding sites with both the endothelin ET(A) and ET(B) receptor subtypes were distributed in the muscle layer. Endothelin-1 elicited a tonic contraction which was inhibited by cyclo(D-Asp-Pro-D-Val-Leu-D-Trp) (BQ123) but not by N-cis-2,6-dimethylpiperidinocarbonyl-L-gamma-methylleucyl-D-1-methoxycarbonyltryptophanyl-D-norleucine (BQ788) and which was inhibited more strongly by a combination of BQ123 and BQ788. Sarafotoxin S6c elicited a contraction which was abolished by BQ788. The concentration of endothelin-1 in the muscle layer was 707.0+/-67.5 pg/g wet weight. Thus, endothelin-1 may regulate muscle tone via both subtypes of endothelin receptors in an autocrine manner in the guinea-pig urinary bladder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai-Yamashita
authors.forename: Kimihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Kohtaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D065130:Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists; D065131:Endothelin B Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D065130:Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists; D065131:Endothelin B Receptor Antagonists; D019332:Endothelin-1; D044022:Receptor, Endothelin A; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B