Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Functional evidence for a 5‐HT 2B receptor mediating contraction of longitudinal muscle in human small intestine

1995; Wiley; Volume: 114; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb14935.x

ISSN

1476-5381

Autores

R. A. Borman, David Burleigh,

Tópico(s)

Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

Resumo

Application of 5-hydroxytryptamine induces contraction of longitudinal muscle strips from human terminal ileum. The response was resistant to antagonism by ketanserin, ondansetron or DAU6285, but was non-surmountably antagonized by methysergide. The selective 5-HT2B/2C receptor antagonist, SB 200646A evoked a concentration-dependent, parallel and dextral displacement of the concentration-response curve to 5-HT, yielding a pA2 estimate of 7.17. Application of yohimbine, a 5-HT1 and 5-HT2B receptor antagonist, also induced a rightward shift of the response curve to 5-HT, yielding a pA2 estimate of 8.10. In conclusion, it appears that a 5-HT2B receptor mediates the contractile response of the longitudinal muscle of human small intestine to 5-HT.

Referência(s)