Anticholinergic properties of progesterone in the isolated ileum of the guinea-pig


Por: Rodríguez R., Fernandez G., Ramírez R., Medina M.

Publicada: 1 ene 1996
Resumen:
To determine if the cholinergic system is involved in the intestinal smooth muscle relaxant action of progesterone, segments of guinea-pig ileum were mounted in 20 ml chambers containing Krebs solution. In one group of experiments, we studied the effect of various doses of progesterone and atropine on the twitch-like contraction of the ileum caused by electrical stimulation. In the second group of experiments, dose-response curves were constructed for acetylcholine, histamine, and barium chloride alone and in the presence of progesterone or atropine. Progesterone, like atropine, decreased in a dose-dependent manner the phasic contractions and tone of the unstimulated intestinal segments, and exerted a rapid, reversible, and dose-dependent inhibitory action on intestinal responses to electrical stimulation. In addition, in the presence of the hormone or atropine,the dose-response curve to acetylcholine was dearly shifted to the right in a parallel manner with no change in maximal response. At the concentrations tested neither progesterone nor atropine blocked the contractile effect of barium chloride on the ileum and only slightly reduced the spasmogenic action of histamine. These results suggest that the relaxant action of progesterone on the intestinal smooth muscle may be mediated through muscarinic receptors, indicating that progesterone is an endogenous product with anticholinergic activity.

Filiaciones:
Rodríguez R.:
 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Mexico, P.O. Box 70-297, Mexico City 04510, Mexico

Fernandez G.:
 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Ramírez R.:
 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Medina M.:
 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
ISSN: 02724391
Editorial
Wiley-Liss Inc., DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 38 Número: 1
Páginas: 50-55
WOS Id: A1996VF05000006