Dual modulation by thrombin of the motility of rat oesophageal muscularis mucosae via two distinct protease-activated receptors (PARs): a novel role for PAR-4 as opposed to PAR-1.

Abstract:

:Since protease-activated receptors (PARs) are distributed throughout the gastrointestinal tract, we investigated the role of PARs in modulation of the motility of the rat oesophageal muscularis mucosae. Thrombin produced contraction of segments of the upper and lower part of the smooth muscle. Trypsin contracted both the muscle preparations only at high concentrations. SFLLR-NH(2) and TFLLR-NH(2) (PAR-1-activating peptides), but not the PAR-1-inactive peptide FSLLR-NH(2), evoked a marked contraction. In contrast, the PAR-2 agonist SLIGRL-NH(2) and the PAR-4 agonist GYPGKF-NH(2) caused no or only a negligible contraction. In oesophageal preparations precontracted with carbachol, thrombin produced a dual action i.e. relaxation followed by contraction. TFLLR-NH(2) further contracted the precontracted preparations with no preceding relaxation. GYPGKF-NH(2), but not the inactive peptide GAPGKF-NH(2), produced marked relaxation. Trypsin or SLIGRL-NH(2) caused no relaxation. The PAR-1-mediated contraction was completely abolished in Ca(2+)-free medium and considerably attenuated by nifedipine (1 microM) and in a low Na(+) medium. The PAR-4-mediated relaxation was resistant to tetrodotoxin (10 microM), apamin (0.1 microM), charybdotoxin (0.1 microM), L-N(G)-nitroarginine methyl ester (100 microM), indomethacin (3 microM), propranolol (5 microM) or adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate, 8-bromo, Rp-isomer (30 microM). Thus, thrombin plays a dual role in modulating the motility of the oesophageal muscularis mucosae, producing contraction via PAR-1 and relaxation via PAR-4. The PAR-1-mediated effect appears to occur largely through increased Na(+) permeability followed by activation of L-type Ca(2+) channels and subsequent influx of extracellular Ca(2+). Our data could provide evidence for a novel role of PAR-4 as opposed to PAR-1, although the underlying mechanisms are still open to question.

journal_name

Br J Pharmacol

authors

Kawabata A,Kuroda R,Kuroki N,Nishikawa H,Kawai K

doi

10.1038/sj.bjp.0703590

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-10-01 00:00:00

pages

578-84

issue

3

eissn

0007-1188

issn

1476-5381

journal_volume

131

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