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J Appl Physiol 67: 181-185, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 1 181-185, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Beta-adrenergic relaxation of dog trachealis: contractile agonist-specific interaction

S. M. Koenig, R. W. Mitchell, E. Kelly, S. R. White, A. R. Leff and K. J. Popovich
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.

The phenomenon of contractile agonist-dependent relaxation by isoproterenol (ISO) of active tension elicited by acetylcholine (ACh), histamine (HIS), serotonin (5-HT), and potassium chloride-substituted Krebs-Henseleit solution (KCl) was studied in 210 tracheal smooth muscle (TSM) strips from 28 mongrel dogs in vitro. All TSM strips were contracted to similar active tensions [target tension (TT) = 50% of the maximal active tension elicited by 127 mM KCl] with ACh, HIS, 5-HT, or KCl and relaxed with either ISO, forskolin (FSK), N6,2'-O-dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (db-cAMP), or 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IMX). The concentrations of ISO causing 50% relaxation from TT (RC50) were ACh (2.9 +/- 1.1 x 10(-6) M) greater than 5-HT (8.4 +/- 1.5 x 10(-8) M) approximately KCl (8.1 +/- 2.1 x 10(-8) M) greater than HIS (1.6 +/- 0.2 x 10(-8) M). FSK and IMX relaxed TSM in the same rank order of potency as ISO. In contrast to the contractile agonist-dependent relaxation elicited by ISO, FSK, and IMX, db-cAMP was nearly equipotent in relaxing similarly contracted strips. These results are consistent with contractile agonist-specific interaction with cAMP production by ISO and FSK. These data demonstrate that the phenomenon of contractile agonist-dependent relaxation by ISO is not related specifically to the beta-adrenoceptor.


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