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J Appl Physiol 67: 2397-2400, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 6 2397-2400, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Somatostatin potentiates cholinergic neurotransmission in ferret trachea

K. Sekizawa, P. D. Graf and J. A. Nadel
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0130.

We studied the effect of somatostatin on contractile responses to electrical field stimulation (EFS) in isolated ferret tracheal segments. Somatostatin (up to 10(-5) M) did not change resting tension, but it potentiated the contractile response to EFS dose dependently, with a maximum effect at 10(-6) M. Thus, at a concentration of 10(-6) M, somatostatin significantly decreased the mean log of EFS frequency producing 50% of maximum contraction from a control value of 0.52 +/- 0.07 to 0.24 +/- 0.06 (SE) Hz (P less than 0.01). The potentiating effect of somatostatin (10(-6) M) was not inhibited by hexamethonium, indomethacin, BW755C, pyrilamine, methysergide, or D,Pro2,D,Trp7,9-SP, but it was inhibited by atropine or by the somatostatin antagonist cyclo[7-aminoheptanoyl-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr(Bzl)]. In contrast to EFS-induced contraction, contractions produced by acetylcholine (10(-9) to 10(-3) M) were not affected by somatostatin at a concentration of 10(-6) M. These results suggest that somatostatin potentiates contractions produced by EFS via presynaptic cholinergic mechanisms and probably through a specific somatostatin receptor.


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