GALANIN - NEUROMODULATORY AND DIRECT CONTRACTILE EFFECTS ON SMOOTH-MUSCLE PREPARATIONS
GALANIN - NEUROMODULATORY AND DIRECT CONTRACTILE EFFECTS ON SMOOTH-MUSCLE PREPARATIONS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1985.tb09455.x
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
WAHLESTEDT, C
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作者:
EKBLAD, E;HAKANSON, R;WAHLESTEDT, C
1 The effects of galanin, a newly isolated neuropeptide, and of a galanin fragment (galanin 1-10) were studied on various smooth muscle preparations in vitro. Direct motor effects as well as effects on electrically induced (neuronally mediated) responses (neuromodulatory effects) were observed. 2 Both gatanin and galanin 1-10 evoked a strong contractile response in rat jejunal longitudinal muscle. This effect was a direct one on the smooth muscle. 3 Addition of galanin to guine-pig taenia coli inhibited the contractile responses to electrical stimulation, mediated by endogenous substance P and acetylcholine. In the rabbit iris sphincter, galanin reduced the acetylcholine-mediated but not the substance P-mediated contraction evoked by electrical stimulation. The neuromodulatory effects seem to be presynaptic and require the whole or possibly only the C-terminal part of the galanin molecule, since galanin 1-10 was ineffective. 4 Rabbit femoral artery and vein, gastroepiploic and basilar arteries and guinea-pig trachea and main bronchi did not respond to either galanin or galanin 1-10.