Chloride removal selectively inhibits phasic contractions of guinea pig ileal longitudinal smooth muscle

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 1741-1744 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Rangachari ◽  
C. R. Triggle ◽  
E. E. Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Longitudinal Muscle ◽  
Bathing Solution ◽  
Cholinergic Stimulation ◽  
High Potassium ◽  
Longitudinal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Anionic Composition ◽  
Chloride Removal

Removal of external chloride selectively and reversibly inhibits the phasic responses of the guinea pig ileal longitudinal muscle to high potassium and cholinergic stimulation. The binding of calcium to a relatively superficial pool is affected by chloride removal. Alterations in anionic composition of bathing solution affects the availability of calcium for excitation–contraction (E–C) coupling in smooth muscle.

The effect of ouabain on the guinea pig ileum longitudinal smooth muscle: 1. ATPase activities in a sarcolemma-enriched fraction prepared with the aid of divalent cation depletion of the intact muscle

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 1190-1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. James ◽  
B. D. Roufogalis
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Divalent Cation ◽  
Microsomal Fraction ◽  
Longitudinal Muscle ◽  
Divalent Cations ◽  
Guinea Pig Ileum ◽  
Longitudinal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Intact Muscle

Depletion of divalent cations before fractionation of the longitudinal muscle of the guinea pig ileum yielded a sarcolemma-enriched microsomal fraction free of mitochondria. A major portion of the ATPase activity in the presence of Mg, Na, and K was due to stimulation by Na alone. A further small stimulation by K was demonstrated only in the presence of an activating factor from the 105 000 × g supernatant. Ouabain inhibited only the K activation and had no effect on the Na-stimulated Mg-ATPase.

Amphibian toxins from the skin of Bufo regularis have inhibitory effect on electrically invoked contractile response and bimodal effects on tone of longitudinal muscle of guinea pig ileum

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-22
Author(s):  
Tesfaye Tolessa
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Longitudinal Muscle ◽  
Contractile Response ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Muscle Strip ◽  
Organ Bath ◽  
Guinea Pig Ileum ◽  
Longitudinal Smooth Muscle

The skins of some amphibians contain potentially bioactive principles that may have pharmaceutical, medicinal, toxicological or chemical importance. In addition, such active principles can be used as tools in biomedical research. The present study aims at isolating and purifying bioactive principles from the skin of Bufo regularis and studying their effect on isolated longitudinal smooth muscle strip of guinea pig ileum. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to isolate toad toxins. The effects of crude, semi-purified and purified extracts were tested on longitudinal smooth muscle of guinea pig ileum using organ bath method. Effect of the toxins was studied on electrically-induced contractile response and the basal tone of the longitudinal muscle strip. HPLC purification resulted in four different bioactive components with a λmax UV absorbance pattern of around 295 nm. When tested on guinea pig ileum they had persistent inhibitory effect on the electrically-induced contractile responses. The pattern of effect was initial excitatory followed by long lasting inhibitory effect on tone of longitudinal muscle. The HPLC eluate at 79th min in methanol preparative run corresponding to the eluate at 40th min in the acetonitrile run had the maximum bioactivity. Hence, it was concluded that the skin of B. regularis contains four different components which vary in their potency on isolated smooth muscle strip of guinea pig ileum.Keywords: Bufo regularis, organ bath, longitudinal muscle of ileum, toad toxin, electrical field stimulation

The actions of praziquantel and 1-methyladenine in guinea pig ileal longitudinal muscle

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 1460-1462 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Jim ◽  
D. J. Triggle
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Muscarinic Receptor ◽  
Longitudinal Muscle ◽  
Receptor Stimulation ◽  
Extracellular Concentration ◽  
Mechanical Responses ◽  
Channel Function ◽  
Longitudinal Smooth Muscle

Praziquantel (10−4 M) and 1-methyladenine (5 × 10−4 M) produced mechanical responses in guinea pig ileal longitudinal smooth muscle that were approximately 20% of those produced by muscarinic receptor stimulation. These responses were insensitive to tetrodotoxin and atropine but were dependent upon the extracellular concentration of Ca2+ and were abolished by D 600 at a concentration (10−6 M) which abolished the Ca2+-dependent muscarinic responses. Thus, praziquantel and 1-methyladenine may act as modulators of Ca2+ channel function in guinea pig ileal muscle.

The Morphology of the Gut of the Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)

1959 ◽  
Vol s3-100 (50) ◽  
pp. 183-198
Author(s):  
G. BURNSTOCK
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Salmo Trutta ◽  
Longitudinal Muscle ◽  
Circular Muscle ◽  
Living System ◽  
Cardiac Stomach ◽  
Longitudinal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Brown Trout Salmo Trutta ◽  
Pyloric Stomach ◽  
Longitudinal Layer

1. In the trout gut a short oesophagus containing only striated circular muscles opens into a large cardiac stomach possessing inner circular and outer longitudinal smooth muscle-coats, as well as a musculsris mucosse. Ahout 45 pyloric caeca come off the intestine, which, while containing muscle-coats, does not possess a muscularis mucosae. In the rectum, the longitudinal muscle is as thick as the circular muscle-coat, hut in other regions the circular muscle is dominant, especially in the pyloric stomach where it is over 10 times as thick ss the longitudinal layer. 2. The mucosa is distinguished by the presence of a prominent layer of dense collagen, the stratum compactum, which is perforated only by nerves and blood-vessels. This layer forms a firm and relatively inextensible (approximately 10% extensibility) basis to the gut-wall. It limits the extensibility of the smooth muscle to 75% radially in the stomach and 25% radially and longitudinally in the intestine. In contrast, the stomachs of the pike and perch, which do not possess a stratum compactum, extend up so 200%. 3. A detailed description of the regional junctions and sphincters gives a basis for the interpretation of events occurring in the living system. Valves at the junction of the pneumatic duct with the oesophagus, and between the duodenum and pyloric stomach, serve to prevent the regurgitation of gas and semi-digested food respectively. A complex sphincter mechanism exists at the pylorus, and to a lesser extent at the antrum. A series of about five circular muscle-constrictors represents the anus. 4. It is suggested that the cells forming the stratum granulosum, a layer closely associated with the stratum compactum, are composed of active fibroblast cells producing collagen. 5. The rectum contains a muscular annulo-spiral septum of unknown function which protrudes into the lumen.

Increased responsiveness of jejunal longitudinal muscle in Trichinella-infected rats

1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (1) ◽  
pp. G124-G129 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Vermillion ◽  
S. M. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Muscle Function ◽  
Longitudinal Muscle ◽  
Trichinella Spiralis ◽  
Passive Tension ◽  
Active Tension ◽  
Maximum Tension ◽  
Longitudinal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle Function

We examined in vitro changes in contractility of jejunal longitudinal muscle strips in rats infected with the nematode parasite Trichinella spiralis. Length-passive tension relationships were unchanged. However, muscle from infected rats on days 5 and 6 postinfection (PI) generated maximal active tension induced by carbachol at significantly less stretch (39.9 +/- 1.0 and 34.3 +/- 6.3%, respectively) than control tissues (66.0 +/- 2.3%). In infected rats on day 5 PI, the maximum tension generated by carbachol (1.6 +/- 0.4 g/mm2) and by 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HTP) (2.6 +/- 0.1 g/mm2) was significantly greater than in control tissue (0.5 +/- 0.2 g/mm2). On removal of calcium from the medium, responses of muscle from control and infected rats were reduced in a proportionate manner. The increased responsiveness to carbachol and 5-HTP was maximal by day 5 PI and was associated with a decrease in the ED50 value for 5-HTP but not for carbachol. All changes were reversed by 23 days PI. These results indicate that T. spiralis infection in the rat is associated with alterations in jejunal longitudinal smooth muscle function.

Characterization of the effects of AHN 086, an irreversible ligand of "peripheral" benzodiazepine receptors, on contraction in guinea-pig atria and ileal longitudinal smooth muscle

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. T. Bolger ◽  
A. H. Newman ◽  
K. C. Rice ◽  
H. W. M. Lueddens ◽  
A. S. Basile ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Calcium Channels ◽  
Benzodiazepine Receptors ◽  
Significant Inhibition ◽  
Bay K 8644 ◽  
Longitudinal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors ◽  
Inotropic Responses ◽  
Guinea Pig Atria

The effects of AHN 086 and its reversibly acting structural analogue Ro 5-4864 were studied in the spontaneously beating guinea-pig atria and field-stimulated guinea-pig ileal longitudinal smooth muscle in the presence and absence of dihydropyridine calcium channel modulators. The treatment of guinea-pig atria with AHN 086 followed by extensive washing did not alter contraction. However, AHN 086 (0.5 μM) potentiated (88%) the positive inotropic responses by BAY K 8644, an effect that was not reversed by extensive washing of the tissue. Higher concentrations of AHN 086 (> 2 μM) irreversibly inhibited the intropic, but not the chronotropic responses to BAY K 8644, nifedipine, and isoproterenol. Ro 5-4864 (10 μM) produced a reversible enhancement of the inotropic responses and block of the chronotropic responses to BAY K 8644. In guinea-pig ileal longitudinal smooth muscle, both AHN 086 and Ro 5-4864 reversibly inhibited field-stimulated contractions. Neither Ro 5-4864 nor AHN 086 affected the ability of nifedipine to inhibit field-stimulated contractions of ileal longitudinal smooth muscle. Treatment of intact atria with 5 μM AHN 086 followed by extensive washing resulted in a significant inhibition (30–50%) of [3H]Ro 5-4864 binding to peripheral benzodiazepine receptors and of [3H]nitrendipine binding to voltage-operated calcium channels, but did not affect [3H]dihydroalprenolol binding to β-adrenergic receptors on atrial membranes. The same treatment applied to intact ileal longitudinal smooth muscle affected neither [3H] (−)-quinuclidinyl benzilate binding to muscarine receptors nor [3H]nitrendipine binding, but did result in a significant inhibition (30–50%) of [3H]Ro 5-4864 binding to ileal longitudinal smooth muscle membranes. The pharmacology of AHN 086 suggests that there is a different relationship between peripheral benzodiazepine receptors and voltage-operated calcium channels in guinea-pig atria and ileal longitudinal smooth muscle.Key words: calcium channels, peripheral benzodiazepine receptors, dihydropyridines, benzodiazepines, dihydropyridine binding sites.

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