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  • Title: Stimulation of acetylcholine release from myenteric neurons of guinea pig small intestine by forskolin and cyclic AMP.
    Author: Yau WM, Dorsett JA, Youther ML.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1987 Nov; 243(2):507-10. PubMed ID: 2445953.
    Abstract:
    Forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase, was used to examine the regulation of [3H]acetylcholine (ACh) release by cyclic AMP (cAMP)-related mechanisms in myenteric plexus-longitudinal muscle preparations of guinea pig small intestine. Forskolin evoked a dose-related increase in [3H]ACh release. Both dibutyryl-cAMP and 8-Br-cAMP significantly elevated [3H]ACh secretion. In the presence of phosphodiesterase inhibitors (theophylline and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine), the basal [3H]ACh output was increased. There was a significantly greater stimulation when forskolin was used to incite endogenous cAMP synthesis and phosphodiesterase inhibitors were simultaneously applied to prevent cAMP breakdown. The enhancement of forskolin-stimulated release by theophylline or 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine strongly implicates a synergistic interaction between the two. These findings suggest that forskolin acts to increase ACh release by a modulation of endogenous cAMP and further support a cAMP-mediated mechanism in the secretion of ACh from myenteric cholinergic neurons.
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