PMID: 9444526Jan 1, 1997Paper

Pharmacological characterization of the contractile effects of galanin (1-29)-NH2, galantide and galanin (1-14)-(alpha-aminobutyric acid8)scyliorhinin-I in the rat gastric fundus

Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology
R KorolkiewiczK Z Korolkiewicz

Abstract

Porcine galanin (1-29)-NH2, galantide (M15) and galanin (1-14)-(alpha-aminobutyric acid8)-scyliorhinin-I used in concentrations of 300, 1,000 and 3,000 nM respectively caused contractions of rat fundus strips. The contractile responses to galanin(1-29)-NH2 were not modified by atropine (10 microM), guanethidine (10 microM), naloxone (1 microM), a mixture of propranolol (10 microM) and phentolamine (10 microM), indomethacin (10 microM), a mixture of mepyramine (10 microM) and cimetidine (10 microM), saralasin (10 microM), and spantide (100 microM). The effects of M15 and galanin(1-14)-(alpha-aminobutyric acid8)-scyliorhinin-I were significantly decreased by atropine for 36 and 18% and by spantide for 37 and 26% respectively. Indomethacin inhibited the muscle response to M15 without influence on the galanin (1-14)-(alpha-aminobutyric acid8)-scyliorhinin-I-induced action. These results support findings that galanin (1-29)-NH2 contracts rat gastric fundus strips by stimulating specific receptors localized on the surface of smooth muscle cells. M15 and galanin(1-14)-(alpha-aminobutyric acid8)-scyliorhinin-I seem to contract smooth muscles not only by acting at galanin receptors, but by interacting with muscarinic or tachykinin recep...Continue Reading

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Jun 11, 2005·Pharmacological Research : the Official Journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society·A UmerR P Korolkiewicz

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