title: Modifications of capsaicin-sensitive neurons in isolated guinea pig ileum by [6]-gingerol and lafutidine.
abstract: A segment of guinea pig ileum was used to confirm the hypothesis that [6]-gingerol and lafutidine interact with capsaicin-sensitive neurons. Addition of 30 and 100 microM [6]-gingerol (a pungent constituent of ginger) induced contraction of the ileum immediately. Like capsaicin, [6]-gingerol-induced contraction was inhibited by antagonists of the vanilloid receptor (capsazepine and ruthenium red), tetrodotoxin, and atropine. Treatment with [6]-gingerol up to 0.3 microM, which alone had no effect, enhanced 3 microM capsaicin-induced contraction, but greater than 3 microM [6]-gingerol significantly inhibited capsaicin-induced contraction. Treatment with lafutidine (a new type of antagonist of the histamine H(2) receptor), which was suggested to interact with capsaicin-sensitive neurons in vivo, also showed both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on capsaicin-induced contraction depending on the concentrations. Lafutidine alone had no effect. The enhanced contraction induced by capsaicin in the [6]-gingerol- or lafutidine-treated ileum was also inhibited by antagonists of the vanilloid receptor, tetrodotoxin, and atropine. Capsaicin and [6]-gingerol, but not lafutidine, at 30 microM stimulated [(3)H]choline release from the prelabeled slices of the ileum. These findings suggest that [6]-gingerol and lafutidine act on capsaicin-sensitive cholinergic neurons and modulate the contraction in isolated guinea pig ileum.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Akiyoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Someya
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murayama
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002396:Catechols; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D002396:Catechols; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D010880:Piperidines; D011725:Pyridines; C076948:lafutidine; C007845:gingerol; D002211:Capsaicin