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Title: Modulation of non-adrenergic non-cholinergic inhibitory transmission in rat duodenum : role of opiates and 5-hydroxytryptamine
Authors: Postorino, A.
Serio, Rosa
Mule, Flava
Adamo, E. B.
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe
Marini, Rolando
Keywords: Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT
Rats as laboratory animals
Opioids
Issue Date: 1993
Publisher: Univerista di Pisa
Citation: Postorino, A., Serio, R., Mule, F., Adamo, E. B., Di Giovanni, G., & Marini, R. (1993). Modulation of non-adrenergic non-cholinergic inhibitory transmission in rat duodenum : role of opiates and 5-hydroxytryptamine. Archives Italiennes de Biologie, 131, 235-243.
Abstract: In rat duodenal segments in vitro, electrical field stimulation induced a TTX-sensitive relaxation in the presence of atropine and guanethidine. A correlation between the amplitude of the evoked response and stimulus frequency was observed. Opioid peptides DAGO, DPDPE and DYN caused a dose-dependent increase in the amplitude of the response to EFS. Naloxone shifted to the right the dose-response curves for each opioid peptide significantly enhancing the ED50 values. The amplitude of the response to EFS was enhanced, dose-dependently, also in the presence of 5-HT. Such an effect induced by 5-HT was prevented by 5-HT receptor desensitization, but persisted unchanged after naloxone pretreatment. Opioids failed to affect the response to EFS after 5-HT receptor desensitization. Results suggest that in rat duodenum opioids modulate NANC inhibitory neurotransmission, indirectly the release of 5-HT.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/22774
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