Characteristics of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptors Involved in Contraction of Feline Ileal Longitudinal Smooth Muscle
Characteristics of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptors Involved in Contraction of Feline Ileal Longitudinal Smooth Muscle
- YiYi Wang Sun Young Park Kyung Hoon Oh Youngsil Min Yun-Jeong Lee Seok-Yong Lee Uy Dong Sohn
- 대한생리학회-대한약리학회
- The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology
- 제15권 제5호
- 등재여부 : KCI등재
- 2011.01
- 267 - 272 (6 pages)
A number of studies have demonstrated that 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) can induce muscle contraction or relaxation response and enhance secretion in the gastrointestinal tract via a multiplicity of 5-HT receptor subtypes. In the present study, we investigated the pharmacological characterization of the 5-HT-induced contractile response in longitudinal smooth muscle isolated from the feline ileum. Addition of 5-HT into muscle chambers enhanced the basal tone and spontaneous activity in a concentration-dependent manner. The neurotoxin tetrodotoxin did not alter the 5-HT-induced contraction of the longitudinal muscles. Neither atropine nor guanethidine affected the contraction. The 5-HT agonists, 5-methylserotonin hydrochloride and mosapride, also evoked concentration-dependent contractions. The 5-HT-induced contraction was enhanced by the 5HT<sub>2</sub> receptor antagonist ketanserin and the 5-HT<sub>3</sub> receptor antagonist ondansetron but was inhibited by the 5-HT<sub>1</sub> receptor antagonist methysergide and 5-HT<sub>4</sub> receptor antagonist GR113808. These results indicate that 5-HT<sub>1</sub> and 5-HT<sub>4</sub> receptors may mediate the contraction of the 5-HT-induced response and 5-HT<sub>2</sub> and 5-HT<sub>3</sub> receptors may mediate 5-HT-induced relaxation in feline ileal longitudinal smooth muscles.