PMID: 7524340Sep 1, 1994Paper

Effects of substance P on adrenal responses to acetylcholine in conscious calves

The American Journal of Physiology
A V Edwards, C T Jones

Abstract

The effect of intra-aortic infusions of substance P (SP; 10 or 20 pmol.min-1.kg-1) on adrenal responses to acetylcholine (4.5 nmol.min-1.kg-1 ia) have been investigated in functionally hypophysectomized calves given exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone (0.7 pmol.min-1.kg-1). At the lower dose, SP had no effect on cortisol output. In contrast, SP inhibited the output of both catecholamines and enkephalins in response to acetylcholine, without affecting the output of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). Increasing the dose of SP to 20 pmol.min-1.kg-1 ia significantly reduced the outputs of both cortisol and CRF (P < 0.025 and 0.01 respectively). It is concluded that SP is capable of modulating both adrenal cortical and medullary responses to acetylcholine and that the latter are more sensitive to this influence than the former.

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