Evaluation of smooth muscle bioassays for prostaglandins E 1 and F 1 alpha.
Evaluation of smooth muscle bioassays for prostaglandins E 1 and F 1 alpha.
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前列腺素 E 1 和 F 1 α 平滑肌生物测定的评估。
DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1968.25.6.783
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发表时间:
1968
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
W. E. Brown
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作者:
J. Weeks;J. R. Schultz;W. E. Brown
METHODSGeneral. All muscles were mounted in 25-ml smooth muscle baths (ME-5500, Metro Scientific Co., Farmingdale, New York)(3). Contractions were recorded on a Grass polygraph with Grass FT. 03 force transducers and cCisotonic springs”(1 g/cm for rabbit duodenum, 0.3 g/cm for all other muscles). Over the range of contraction, the deviation from isotonicity was less than 10%. The transducers were mounted on supports which could be raised or lowered vertically by cranking threaded rods. The polygraph base line was set 5 mm above the bottom of the 50-mm wide chart, a weight equal to the resting tension for the muscle was hung on the transducer, and the pen adjusted to this base line. Before each test compound was added, the pen was brought to this base line by raising or lowering the transducer(ie, the muscle was returned to its initial resting tension). This procedure mimicked conventional kymographic recording with muscle levers. Gerbil colon and rat stomach fundus generally returned to the initial base line, but guinea pig ileum and especially rabbit duodenum frequently required adjustment of the transducer to bring the pen to base line. These adjustments, however, were small in relation to the magnitude of the contraction. Up to four muscles were tested at one time. For convenience and uniformity the time of exposure to test compounds, wash, and recovery was controlled by a singlecycle program timer (model RC-5, Industrial Timer Corporation, Parsipanny, New York) which opened and closed a solenoid valve (type S90A180M, Hoke, Inc., Cresskill, New Jersey) between the muscle bath and saline solution reservoir. From 100 to 125 ml of saline solution passed through the baths during the wash portion of the cycle. Exposure and recovery times were selected to allow maximal effect of the compound and relaxation after washing.After the muscles were mounted and allowed to stabilize, a midrange concentration of prostaglandin was added and washed out. This step was included since PGEr potentiates a variety of agonists, including acetylcholine, in several smooth muscle preparations(see ref. 4 for references and discussion). Then, a near-maximal concentration of acetylcholine was added. When the contraction was greatest the gain on the polygraph was adjusted so that the pen excursion was 40 mm above base line. Thus, all subsequent contractions were related to this initial response to acetylcholine. For tests on PGEl in rabbit duodenum, the gain on the polygraph was doubled so