VIP antagonist [N-Ac-Tyr1,D-Phe2]-GRF-(1-29)-NH2: an inhibitor of vasodilation in the feline colon. 1990

M A Blank, and K Kimura, and M Fuortes, and B M Jaffe
Department of Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.

The effect of the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) antagonist [N-Ac-Tyr1,D-Phe2]-GRF-(1-29)-NH2 on pelvic nerve-induced colonic vasodilation and VIP release was investigated in chloralose-anesthetized cats. VIP antagonist (10 and 50 nmol/kg in saline) or saline alone was injected into a branch of the superior mesenteric artery immediately before bilateral pelvic nerve stimulation. The increase in conductance in the inferior mesenteric artery during pelvic nerve stimulation was reduced in an apparently dose-dependent fashion by the VIP antagonist (by 35 +/- 10 and 42 +/- 9%, respectively) compared with the pelvic nerve-induced increase in conductance after injection of saline alone. Injection of the VIP antagonist (50 nmol/kg) did not alter conductance in the absence of pelvic nerve stimulation. VIP was released into portal venous blood during pelvic nerve stimulation in the presence of the antagonist (from 103 +/- 29 to 165 +/- 45 pmol/l). This was not significantly different from release in the presence of saline. The effect of the VIP antagonist (10 nmol.kg-1.min-1) on inferior mesenteric arterial vasodilation induced by exogenous VIP was also quantitated. The increase in conductance after VIP injection (0.2 nmol/kg) was significantly reduced when accompanied by simultaneous infusion of the VIP antagonist (by 54 +/- 6%) compared with the increase in conductance during simultaneous infusion of saline. We conclude that [N-Ac-Tyr1,D-Phe2]-GRF-(1-29)-NH2 is an inhibitor of pelvic nerve-induced vasodilation in the feline colon and does not act by modulating VIP release.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008638 Mesenteric Arteries Arteries which arise from the abdominal aorta and distribute to most of the intestines. Arteries, Mesenteric,Artery, Mesenteric,Mesenteric Artery
D009130 Muscle, Smooth Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated, usually spindle-shaped cells with centrally located nuclei. Smooth muscle fibers are bound together into sheets or bundles by reticular fibers and frequently elastic nets are also abundant. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Muscle, Involuntary,Smooth Muscle,Involuntary Muscle,Involuntary Muscles,Muscles, Involuntary,Muscles, Smooth,Smooth Muscles
D009131 Muscle, Smooth, Vascular The nonstriated involuntary muscle tissue of blood vessels. Vascular Smooth Muscle,Muscle, Vascular Smooth,Muscles, Vascular Smooth,Smooth Muscle, Vascular,Smooth Muscles, Vascular,Vascular Smooth Muscles
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D002415 Cats The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801) Felis catus,Felis domesticus,Domestic Cats,Felis domestica,Felis sylvestris catus,Cat,Cat, Domestic,Cats, Domestic,Domestic Cat
D003106 Colon The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the RECTUM. It includes the ASCENDING COLON; the TRANSVERSE COLON; the DESCENDING COLON; and the SIGMOID COLON. Appendix Epiploica,Taenia Coli,Omental Appendices,Omental Appendix,Appendices, Omental,Appendix, Omental
D004558 Electric Stimulation Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses. Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013007 Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone A peptide of 44 amino acids in most species that stimulates the release and synthesis of GROWTH HORMONE. GHRF (or GRF) is synthesized by neurons in the ARCUATE NUCLEUS of the HYPOTHALAMUS. After being released into the pituitary portal circulation, GHRF stimulates GH release by the SOMATOTROPHS in the PITUITARY GLAND. Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor,Somatocrinin,Somatotropin-Releasing Factor 44,Somatotropin-Releasing Hormone,GHRH 1-44,GRF 1-44,Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor 44,Human Pancreatic Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor,Somatoliberin,hpGRF 44,Growth Hormone Releasing Factor,Growth Hormone Releasing Factor 44,Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone,Somatotropin Releasing Factor 44,Somatotropin Releasing Hormone

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