A selective tonic activation of gastrointestinal smooth muscle by substance P

Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther. 1978 Oct;235(2):219-29.

Abstract

Mechanical and electrical activity of smooth muscle preparations from fundus, corpus, and antrum of guinea-pig stomach and from distal ileum of guinea-pig were recorded, and the effects of Substance P were examined. Substance P activated selectively the tonic activity of corpus, fundus, and ileum of guinea-pig before and after blockade of phasic contractions. The tonic activation of Substance P is accompanied by increasing of number and amplitude of spike discharges and by decreasing of amplitude of slow potentials in corpus. The tonic activation of Substance P is potentiated parallel with reduction of Ca++ up to 0.6 mmol.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Motility / drug effects
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Ileum / drug effects
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Male
  • Membrane Potentials / drug effects
  • Muscle Contraction / drug effects*
  • Muscle, Smooth / drug effects*
  • Organ Specificity
  • Stomach / drug effects*
  • Substance P / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Substance P
  • Calcium