Relaxation of Ruminal Smooth Muscle by Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP)
- 12 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A
- Vol. 34 (1-10) , 317-320
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0442.1987.tb00287.x
Abstract
Summary: The effect of VIP was studied in muscle strips isolated from sheep rumen. This neuropeptide caused a concentration‐dependent (10−9‐5 ṁ 10−8 mol/l) reduction of acetylcholine‐induced (5.5 ṁ 10−6 mol/l) isotonic contraction of the muscle strips. The inhibitory effect of VIP was not affected by incubation of the preparations with phentolamine, propranolol or tetrodotoxin; the relaxation exerted by VIP is therefore myogenic. Because nerve fibres containing VIP have recently been identified in ruminal smooth muscle, VIP probably acts on ruminal smooth muscles as an inhibitory transmitter.Zusammenfassung: Relaxation der glatten Muskulatur des Pansens durch vasoaktives intestinales Polypeptid (VIP)Der Einfluß von VIP auf aus dem Pansen des Schafes isolierte Muskelstreifen wurde untersucht. Dieses Neuropeptid bewirkte eine konzentrationsabhängige (10−9‐5 ṁ 10−8 mol/l) Verringerung der durch Acetylcholinin hervorgerufenen Kontraktion der Muskelstreifen. Der hemmende Effekt von VIP auf die Kontraktion der glatten Muskulatur des Pansens wurde durch Inkubation mit Phentolamin, Propranolol bzw. Tetrodotoxin nicht beeinflußt. Die durch VIP verursachte Relaxation ist deshalb myogen. Da kürzlich in der glatten Muskulatur des Pansens VIP‐haltige Nervenfasern nachgewiesen wurden, dürfte VIP als inhibitorischer Transmitter auf die glatte Muskulatur des Pansens wirken.Keywords
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