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  • Title: Characterization of receptors on postganglionic cholinergic neurons in the guinea-pig isolated ileum.
    Author: Ennis C, Janssen PA, Schnieden H, Cox B.
    Journal: J Pharm Pharmacol; 1979 Apr; 31(4):217-21. PubMed ID: 36459.
    Abstract:
    Dopamine, apomorphine, noradrenaline and isoprenaline reduced the response of the isolated guinea-pig ileum to exogenous acetylcholine by a maximum of 40%. Propranolol reversed this inhibition whilst phentolamine and pimozide were ineffective, suggesting that the drugs were acting on a post-synaptic beta-adrenoceptor. The same agonists were more effective as inhibitors of the response to transmural electrical stimulation of the ileum, lower doses producing almost complete inhibition. This inhibition was partially antagonized by phentolamine, pimozide and propranolol. Clonidine proved to be the most potent inhibitor of the response to transmural electrical stimulation, whilst phenylephrine was ineffective. pA2 determinations showed that phentolamine was a potent antagonist of clonidine but a weak antagonist of apomorphine whilst for pimozide the opposite was true. The results suggest that there are two populations of prejunctional receptors on the cholinergic nerves innervating the smooth muscle of the guinea-pig ileum. One receptor is similar to a classical prejunctional alpha-adrenoceptor and the other resembles a central dopamine receptor.
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