Effect of endothelin-1 on guinea pig gallbladder smooth muscle in vitro.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
; 260(2): 549-53, 1992 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the pharmacological activity of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on guinea pig gallbladder smooth muscle. Guinea pig gallbladder muscle strips were mounted in 10-ml siliconized organ baths containing Krebs' solution. After 1 hr of equilibration, ET-1 was added cumulatively. ET-1 induced slow-developing and long-duration contractile responses. The EC50 was approximately 10 nM. ET-1 was 5 times less potent than cholecystokinin (EC50, 2 nM), but 20 and 40 times more potent than carbachol (EC50, 200 nM) and histamine (EC50, 400 nM), respectively. The concentration-response curve to ET-1 was not affected by tetrodotoxin (0.1 microM) or by the muscarinic antagonist, atropine (10 microM). The neuronal N-type calcium channel blocker, omega-conotoxin (0.1 microM), had no significant effect on the ET-1 concentration-response curve. In contrast, the contractile effect to ET-1 was reduced markedly by removal of extracellular calcium or by the voltage-dependent calcium channel blockers nicardipine and diltiazem. Substitution of strontium (an inhibitor of intracellular calcium release) for Ca++ significantly reduced the response to ET-1. The cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin had no significant effect on the contractile activity of ET-1. These finding suggest that ET-1 is a potent contractile stimulant of guinea pig gallbladder and that it acts directly on the smooth muscle. The activity depends on extracellular Ca++, suggesting involvement of Ca++ influx via the voltage-dependent Ca++ channel and on intracellular calcium.
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MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Endothélines
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Vésicule biliaire
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Muscles lisses
Limites:
Animals
Langue:
En
Journal:
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
Année:
1992
Type de document:
Article