scholarly journals EFFECTS OF Gymnodinium breve TOXIN ON THE SMOOTH MUSCLE PREPARATION OF GUINEA-PIG ILEUM

1974 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. GRUNFELD ◽  
M.Y. SPIEGELSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Muscle Preparation ◽  
Guinea Pig Ileum ◽  
Smooth Muscle Preparation ◽  
Gymnodinium Breve

Noncholinergic contractile response to nicotine in the guinea pig isolated tracheal smooth muscle

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Kizawa ◽  
Issei Takayanagi
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Contractile Response ◽  
Tracheal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Muscle Preparation ◽  
Smooth Muscle Preparation ◽  
Substance P Antagonist

The existence of substance P immunoreactive nerves in the trachea of guinea pig is known. In this study, capsaicin induced a long-lasting and marked contraction in the guinea pig trachea and nicotine-induced contraction was partially reduced in the capsaicin-treated muscle. Furthermore, the contractile response to nicotine (10−5 M) in the presence of atropine (10−7 M) was abolished by a substance P antagonist, [D-Arg1, D-Pro2, D-Trp7,9 Leu11]substance P (10−5 M). These findings suggest that noncholinergic contractile response to nicotine may be due to the release of material(s) resembling substance P in the isolated tracheal smooth muscle preparation of guinea pig.

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