Journal article

HISTOCHEMICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE THAT PITUITARY ADENYLYL-CYCLASE ACTIVATING PEPTIDE IS INVOLVED IN INHIBITORY NEUROTRANSMISSION IN THE TAENIA OF THE GUINEA-PIG CECUM

K MCCONALOGUE, JB FURNESS, MA VREMEC, JJ HOLST, K TORNOE, PD MARLEY

JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 1995

Abstract

The possibility that pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) is an inhibitory neurotransmitter has been investigated in the taenia of the guinea-pig caecum. The action of PACAP on muscle contractility and its ability to alter levels of adenosine-3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) and guanosine-3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) were investigated. PACAP-1-27 was an effective agonist, giving relaxations comparable in magnitude to isoproterenol; its EC50 was 3.4 x 10(-7) M. PACAP (10(-6) M) caused an almost two-fold increase in cyclic AMP levels; but the level of cyclic GMP was not affected. The relaxation caused by PACAP was slow in onset, with a latency of 5.8 +/- 0.8 ..

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