Mechanisms of neurokinin A- and substance P-induced contractions in rat detrusor smooth muscle in vitro

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Teresa QuinnAlan W Baird

Abstract

To investigate the mechanisms of neurokinin A- and substance P-induced contractions of rat urinary bladder smooth muscle, and to compare them with those of the muscarinic agonist carbachol. Rat urinary bladder strips were suspended under 1 g of tension in a physiological buffer at 37 degrees C, gassed with 95% O(2)/5% CO(2). Mechanical activity was recorded isometrically during exposure to neurokinin A and substance P. Both agents produced concentration-dependent contractions of smooth muscle strips which were unaffected by tetrodotoxin (1 micro mol/L), peptidase inhibitors (captopril, thiorphan and bestatin; 1 micro mol/L each) or piroxicam (10 micro mol/L). The rank order of potency of agonists was neurokinin A > substance P > carbachol. Contractile responses to neurokinin A and substance P, like the contractile responses to carbachol, were abolished in a nominally Ca(2+)-free medium and significantly reduced by nifedipine (1 micro mol/L). SKF-96365 (60 micro mol/L), an inhibitor of receptor-mediated Ca(2+) entry, abolished the nifedipine-resistant response to substance P and carbachol, and significantly attenuated the response to neurokinin A. Depleting intracellular Ca(2+) stores with thapsigargin (1 micro mol/L) significan...Continue Reading

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