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Effect of low calcium and of oxotremorine on the kinetics of the evoked release of [3H]acetylcholine from the guinea-pig myenteric plexus; comparison with morphine

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    Guinea-pig myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle preparations were superfused at a constant rate and their mechanical activities were monitored.

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    Acetylcholine stores were labelled with [3H] choline during 0.1 Hz supramaximal stimulation and the rate of the release of [3H]ACh evoked by the same supramaximal stimulation was followed in the presence of hemicholinium-3 but without cholinesterase inhibition.

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    The evoked release of [3H]ACh had an initial fast and a late slow component. Low concentration (1.26 mM) of Ca2+ reduced the rate but not the releasable pool size of [3H]ACh, while 50 nM oxotremorine depressed the evoked release of [3H]ACh. Both low Ca2+ and oxotremorine caused a contraction of the preparation.

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    In the presence of 0.5 mM MnCl2 which suppressed contractions, evoked release proceeded at a single rate. The rate of release, but not the size of the releasable pool, was reduced in low Ca2+ and by oxotremorine. The effect of oxotremorine but not that of low Ca2+ was antagonized by atropine.

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    Morphine (1 μM) in the presence of MnCl2 reduced the releasable pool size but not the rate of evoked release. Naloxone overcame the effect of morphine.

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    The results suggest that low Ca2+ and oxotremorine reduced the amount of ACh released per action potential because of a decreased influx, of Ca2+. In contrast, morphine reduced the evoked release of [3H]ACh by decreasing the number of neurones excited by field-stimulation but did not interfere with the release of ACh directly.

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Szerb, J.C. Effect of low calcium and of oxotremorine on the kinetics of the evoked release of [3H]acetylcholine from the guinea-pig myenteric plexus; comparison with morphine. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 311, 119–127 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00510250

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