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Donnerer, J; Liebmann, I.
Nicotine-Induced Modulation of the Cholinergic Twitch Response in the Ileum of Guinea Pig.
Pharmacology. 2015; 96(1-2):61-67 Doi: 10.1159/000432403
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Leading authors Med Uni Graz: Donnerer Josef
Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Liebmann Ingrid
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Abstract:: In the present study, the direct drug effects of nicotine and its effects on the cholinergic twitch responses of the electrically stimulated longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus strip from the ileum of guinea pig were investigated. Nicotine dose-dependently (0.3-10 µmol/l) evoked the well-known contractile responses on its own. Whereas the interposed twitch responses remained present without a change in height at 1 µmol/l nicotine, a nicotine concentration of 3 µmol/l slightly and a concentration of 10 µmol/l markedly diminished the twitch during their presence. After the washout of 1-10 µmol/l nicotine, the height of the twitch response was also temporarily and significantly reduced by 30-77%. The P2X purinoceptor agonist αβ-methylene ATP (1-10 µmol/l) dose-dependently induced contractions on its own and reduced the twitch response during its presence in the organ bath; however, it did not diminish the twitch responses after washout of the drug as nicotine did. The P2X antagonist pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2'-4'-disulphonic acid, the NMDA channel blocker MK-801 and the inhibitor of small conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (SK) channels apamin reduced the contractile effect of 1 µmol/l nicotine. Apamin also significantly prevented the 'post-nicotine inhibition of the twitch' following the washout of 1-3 µmol/l nicotine. As a conclusion, we provide evidence for a functional interaction between nicotinic receptors and the P2X receptors in the ileum of the guinea pig. The 'post-nicotine inhibition of the twitch' is not due to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor desensitization or transmitter depletion, but most probably the secondary effects of nicotine on SK channels determine the reduced cholinergic motor neuron excitability. © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing): Adenosine Triphosphate - analogs & derivatives; Adenosine Triphosphate - pharmacology; Animals -; Apamin - pharmacology; Dizocilpine Maleate - pharmacology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug -; Electric Stimulation -; Guinea Pigs -; Ileum - drug effects; Ileum - physiology; In Vitro Techniques -; Male -; Muscle Contraction - drug effects; Nicotine - antagonists & inhibitors; Nicotine - pharmacology; Pyridoxal Phosphate - analogs & derivatives; Pyridoxal Phosphate - pharmacology
Find related publications in this database (Keywords): Guinea-pig ileum; Longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus strip; Nicotine; alpha beta-Methylene ATP; Cholinergic twitch response