Abstract:
:Nicotine acts as an agonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors play a role in the modulation of neurotransmitter release in both the central and the peripheral nervous system. Moderate reactive oxygen species levels modulate the regulation of physiological functions e.g. neurotransmitter release. Previously in rabbit gastric fundus we demonstrated that nicotine transiently increased neurogenic contraction induced by electrical field stimulation (EFS). In this study we aimed to investigate the effects of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), antioxidizing enzymes catalase and superoxide dismutase (SOD) on nicotine induced increases at cholinergic neurotransmission in rabbit gastric fundus. Although H2O2 did not alter nicotine induced transient neurogenic contractions at concentrations of 10(-6) and 10(-5) M, at high concentration (10(-4) M) H2O2 inhibited nicotine induced increases. Catalase (500 units/ml), enhanced the effect of nicotine but did not alter nicotine induced transient neurogenic contractions at the concentrations of 100 and 250 units/ml. SOD (75,150 and 225 units/ml) did not alter nicotine induced transient neurogenic contractions. In conclusion, at high concentration H2O2 (10(-4) M) inhibited nicotine's transient ability to augment neurogenic contractions and catalase (500 units/ml) enhanced the effect of nicotine.
journal_name
Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Ozger Ilhan S,Sarioglu Y,Vural IM,Dileköz E,Oztürk GS,Ercan ZSdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.03.029subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-06-10 00:00:00pages
267-72issue
1-3eissn
0014-2999issn
1879-0712pii
S0014-2999(08)00365-8journal_volume
587pub_type
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