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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Neurokinin-containing nerve fibers were localized to guinea pig airway parasympathetic ganglia in control tissues but not in tissues pretreated with capsaicin. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether neurokinins, released during axonal reflexes or after antidromic afferent nerve stimulation, modulate ganglionic synaptic neurotransmission. The neurokinin type 3 (NK(3)) receptor antagonists SB-223412 and SR-142801 inhibited vagally mediated cholinergic contractions of bronchi in vitro at stimulation voltages threshold for preganglionic nerve activation but had no effect on vagally mediated contractions evoked at optimal voltage or field stimulation-induced contractions. Intracellular recordings from the ganglia neurons revealed that capsaicin-sensitive nerve stimulation potentiated subsequent preganglionic nerve-evoked fast excitatory postsynaptic potentials. This effect was mimicked by the NK(3) receptor agonist senktide analog and blocked by SB-223412. In situ, senktide analog markedly increased baseline tracheal cholinergic tone, an effect that was reversed by atropine and prevented by vagotomy or SB-223412. Comparable effects of intravenous senktide analog on pulmonary insufflation pressure were observed. These data highlight the important integrative role played by parasympathetic ganglia and indicate that activation of NK(3) receptors in airway ganglia by endogenous neurokinins facilitates synaptic neurotransmission.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0363-6119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
R320-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Bronchi, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Bronchoconstriction, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Ganglia, Parasympathetic, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Piperidines, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Quinolines, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Receptors, Neurokinin-3, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Substance P, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Trachea, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Vagotomy, pubmed-meshheading:12121843-Vagus Nerve
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Endogenous neurokinins facilitate synaptic transmission in guinea pig airway parasympathetic ganglia.
pubmed:affiliation
The Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA. bjc@jhmi.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.