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Tachykinins and reflexly evoked atropine-resistant motility in the guinea pig colon in vivo

S Giuliani, A Lecci, A Giachetti and CA Maggi

Pharmacology Department, A. Menarini Pharmaceuticals, Florence, Italy.

Distension of a balloon placed in the proximal colon of anesthetized, guanethidine- and naloxone-pretreated guinea pigs elicited a series of long-lasting regular phasic pressure waves which were suppressed by hexamethonium. Activity evoked by a low degree of balloon distension was largely, but not completely, suppressed by atropine. Further balloon distension in atropine-treated animals enabled us to study the effect of tachykinin receptor antagonists on the atropine-resistant and hexamethonium-sensitive response to distension. The selective tachykinin receptor antagonists, (+/-)-CP 96,345 for the NK-1 receptor and L 659,877, MEN 10,376 and SR 48,968 for the NK-2 receptor, inhibited with varying potency the atropine-resistant response to distension. These antagonists also blocked the contraction of the guinea pig colon produced by the i.v. administration of selective NK-1 and NK-2 receptor agonists. In vitro experiments, using mucosa-free circular muscle strips from the guinea pig colon, proved the existence of functional NK-1 and NK-2 receptors in this tissue. We conclude that both NK-1 and NK-2 receptors participate in the atropine-resistant reflex contractions produced by localized balloon distension of the guinea pig colon in vivo.

Volume 265, Issue 3, pp. 1224-1231, 06/01/1993
Copyright © 1993 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics




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