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The aim of this study is to evaluate the potency of piboserod (SB 207266), a selective 5-HT4 receptor antagonist, at inhibiting the 5-HT4-mediated potentiating effect of serotonin (5-HT) on the neurally-mediated contractile responses of human detrusor strips to electrical field stimulations (EFS). Strips of human detrusor muscle were mounted in Krebs-HEPES buffer under a resting tension of 500 mg and EFS (20 Hz, 1 ms duration at 300 mA for 5 s) was applied continuously at 1 min intervals. After stabilization of the EFS-induced contractions, concentration-response curves to 5-HT (0.1 nM–100 μM) were constructed in the absence or presence of 1 or 100 nM of piboserod. The experiments were performed in the presence of methysergide (1 μM) and ondansetron (3 μM) to block 5HT1/5HT2 and 5-HT3 receptors, respectively. 5-HT potentiated the contractile responses to EFS of human bladder strips in a concentration-dependent manner, with a maximum mean of 60.0±19.9% of the basal EFS-evoked contractions. Piboserod did not modify the basal contractions but concentration-dependently antagonized the ability of 5-HT to enhance bladder strip contractions to EFS. In presence of 1 and 100 nM of piboserod, the maximal 5-HT-induced potentiations were reduced to 45.0±7.9 and 38.7±8.7%, respectively. A mean apparent antagonist dissociation constant value (KB) of 0.56±0.09 nM was determined. These data show the ability of piboserod to antagonize with high potency the enhancing properties of 5-HT on neurally-mediated contractions of isolated human bladder strips. Therefore, the 5-HT4 receptor might represent an attractive pharmacological target for the treatment of overactive bladder.
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Darblade, B., Behr-Roussel, D., Gorny, D. et al. Piboserod (SB 207266), a selective 5-HT4 receptor antagonist, reduces serotonin potentiation of neurally-mediated contractile responses of human detrusor muscle. World J Urol 23, 147–151 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-005-0499-z
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