Evidence for two types of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor on secretomotor neurons of the guinea-pig ileum

Abstract

Flat sheet preparations of the mucosa plus submucosa from the guinea-pig ileum were placed in Ussing chambers so that short circuit currrent (Isc), an index of electrolyte movement across the mucosa, could be measured. In these preparations, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) increases Isc indirectly by stimulating both cholinergic and non-cholinergic secretomotor neurons. The 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, ICS 205–930 (10−13–10−5 M), substantially depressed the secretory response due to 5-HT (10−6 M), but not that produced by direct activation of muscarinic receptors on the mucosal epithelium with carbachol (10−6 M), or by stimulation of secretomotor neurons with substance P (10−8 M) or 1,1-dimethyl-4-..