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Holzer, P; Lippe, IT.
Protein kinase C may regulate the tonic component of intestinal smooth muscle contraction in response to substance P.
Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 1989; 339(1-2):214-220 Doi: 10.1007/BF00165146
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Leading authors Med Uni Graz: Holzer Peter
Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Lippe Irmgard Theresia
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Abstract:: (1) The study investigated a possible involvement of protein kinase C (PKC) in the substance P-induced contraction of the longitudinal muscle of the guinea-pig isolated ileum. (2) The predominant effect of the PKC activator, phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDB), was to change the time course of the response to substance P. While the initial peak contraction was hardly influenced by PDB, the fading of the contraction was accelerated to an extent that any tonic contraction which normally followed the initial peak response was prevented. This inhibitory effect of PDB on the tonic contraction was immediate in onset and related to its concentration (20-200 nM); responses to half-maximally (2-7 nM) or maximally effective (0.74 microM) concentrations of substance P were affected in the same manner. Tetrodotoxin (0.6 microM) did not alter the effect of PDB. Phorbol-13-monoacetate (2 microM), a phorbol ester which does not stimulate PKC, failed to change the time course of the substance P-induced contraction. (3) The tonic component of half-maximal contractile responses to histamine (0.2-0.4 microM) was also depressed by PDB (0.2 microM) whereas the tonic component of maximal responses to histamine (9 microM) was enhanced. (4) PDB (0.2 microM) reduced desensitization to substance P as judged by the reduction of the peak response to substance P (2-7 nM) following a 10-min exposure to a high concentration of the peptide (0.74 microM). (5) The PKC inhibitor, polymyxin B (0.1-0.3 mM), reduced the peak contractile response to substance P, slowed the fading of the contraction, and antagonized the inhibitory effect of PDB on the tonic contraction.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing): Animals -; Enzyme Activation - drug effects; Female -; Guinea Pigs -; Histamine - pharmacology; Intestines - drug effects; Male -; Muscle Contraction - drug effects; Muscle, Smooth - drug effects; Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate - pharmacology; Polymyxin B - pharmacology; Protein Kinase C - antagonists & inhibitors; Substance P - pharmacology