Abstract:
:1. We have investigated the mechanism of smooth muscle contraction evoked by activation of 5-HT1-like receptors in dog isolated saphenous vein. 2. In the presence of the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist, ritanserin (0.1 microM), concentration-effect curves (10 nM-300 microM) for 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-induced smooth muscle contraction were biphasic. This could be attributed to a direct action on 5-HT1-like receptors at low concentrations of 5-HT (10 nM-10 microM) and an indirect (through the release of noradrenaline from sympathetic neurones) activation of postjunctional alpha-adrenoceptors at higher 5-HT concentrations. In contrast, concentration-effect curves (100 nM-100 microM) for sumatriptan-induced contractions were not biphasic, and were due solely to activation of 5-HT1-like receptors. 3. Smooth muscle contractions evoked either by low concentrations of 5-HT or by sumatriptan were abolished by removal of extracellular calcium and were markedly inhibited, but not abolished, by the calcium channel blocker, verapamil (1-30 microM). In contrast, contractions evoked by high concentrations of 5-HT were markedly less sensitive to removal of extracellular calcium or to verapamil. 4. 5-HT and sumatriptan also inhibited (to a maximum of about 50%) prostaglandin E2 (PGE2, 5 microM)-stimulated adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) formation. This effect was mimicked by the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist, azepexole (B-HT933) but not by the alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonist, methoxamine.5. In contrast to mediation of smooth muscle contraction, the 5-HT1-like receptor-mediated inhibition of PGE2-stimulated cyclic AMP formation evoked by 5-HT or sumatriptan was not attenuated by removal of extracellular calcium or by verapamil (1 microM).6. A directly-acting inhibitor of adenylyl cyclase, 2',3'-dideoxyadenosine (1 mM) inhibited PGE2-stimulated cyclic AMP formation but did not produce smooth muscle contraction.7. These results suggest that contractile responses of dog isolated saphenous vein arising through activation of 5-HT1-like receptors are associated with both an influx of extracellular calcium ions (to a large extent via voltage-dependent channels) and an inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. However, although these two responses are coupled to the same receptor, they appear to be independent.
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Br J Pharmacoljournal_title
British journal of pharmacologyauthors
Sumner MJ,Feniuk W,McCormick JD,Humphrey PPdoi
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb09026.xsubject
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1992-03-01 00:00:00pages
603-8issue
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0007-1188issn
1476-5381journal_volume
105pub_type
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