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Smooth muscle layer-specific variations in the autonomic innervation of bovine myometrium. 1999

T Taneike, and T Kitazawa, and H Funakura, and K Asanuma, and S Tsuji, and M Yamada, and H Teraoka, and A Ohga
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. taneike@rakuno.ac.jp

1. To clarify the autonomic innervation regulating longitudinal muscle (LM) and circular muscle (CM) motility in the bovine uterus, functional (nerve stimulation, adrenergic drug responsiveness) and biochemical studies (catecholamine content, radioligand binding) were conducted on parous luteal-phase myometrium. 2. Electrical field stimulation (EFS; 60 V, 0.5-msec duration) caused tetrodotoxin (1 microM)-sensitive contractions in a frequency-dependent manner (0.5-20 Hz) in both LM and CM layers. 3. The EFS-induced LM contractions were potentiated by propranolol and conspicuously decreased by phentolamine, yohimbine, idazoxan or guanethidine, but were unaffected by prazosin or atropine. 4. On the other hand, CM contractions were only slightly decreased by phentolamine, idazoxan, yohimbine and guanethidine, but were insensitive to propranolol, prazosin or atropine. 5. The noradrenaline content in LM was about five times higher than that in CM. 6. Noradrenaline, adrenaline, clonidine, xylazine, UK14,304 and phenylephrine caused concentration-dependent contractions of both smooth muscle layers. 7. Clonidine, UK14,304 and xylazine were more potent contractile agents than noradrenaline and phenylephrine. 8. The contractile response to noradrenaline was competitively antagonized by yohimbine, but not by prazosin. 9. Binding studies using [3H]-prazosin and [3H]-rauwolscine revealed that the bovine myometrium contained both alpha1- and alpha2-adrenoceptors, but the alpha2-type receptor was dominant in both LM (94% of alpha-adrenoceptors) and CM (88%) layers. 10. The distribution of alpha-adrenoceptors was muscle layer-specific; that is, the concentration of alpha1-receptors in LM was the same as in CM, but the concentration of alpha2-receptors in LM was 2.6 times higher than that in CM. 11. The results of the present study indicate that there are layer-specific variations in the functional innervation of the parous bovine myometrium (exclusive adrenergic innervation in LM and adrenergic [minor] plus nonadrenergic, noncholinergic innervation [major] in CM), and that alpha2-adrenoceptors, which were responsive to the excitatory response of endogenous and exogenous noradrenaline, were dominant in both muscle layers of the bovine myometrium.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009215 Myometrium The smooth muscle coat of the uterus, which forms the main mass of the organ. Uterine Muscle,Muscle, Uterine,Muscles, Uterine,Uterine Muscles
D011224 Prazosin A selective adrenergic alpha-1 antagonist used in the treatment of HEART FAILURE; HYPERTENSION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RAYNAUD DISEASE; PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY; and URINARY RETENTION. Furazosin,Minipress,Pratsiol,Prazosin HCL,Prazosin Hydrochloride,HCL, Prazosin,Hydrochloride, Prazosin
D011942 Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha One of the two major pharmacological subdivisions of adrenergic receptors that were originally defined by the relative potencies of various adrenergic compounds. The alpha receptors were initially described as excitatory receptors that post-junctionally stimulate SMOOTH MUSCLE contraction. However, further analysis has revealed a more complex picture involving several alpha receptor subtypes and their involvement in feedback regulation. Adrenergic alpha-Receptor,Adrenergic alpha-Receptors,Receptors, alpha-Adrenergic,alpha-Adrenergic Receptor,alpha-Adrenergic Receptors,Receptor, Adrenergic, alpha,Adrenergic alpha Receptor,Adrenergic alpha Receptors,Receptor, alpha-Adrenergic,Receptors, alpha Adrenergic,alpha Adrenergic Receptor,alpha Adrenergic Receptors,alpha-Receptor, Adrenergic,alpha-Receptors, Adrenergic
D002395 Catecholamines A general class of ortho-dihydroxyphenylalkylamines derived from TYROSINE. Catecholamine,Sympathin,Sympathins
D002417 Cattle Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor. Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
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
D005260 Female Females
D000316 Adrenergic alpha-Agonists Drugs that selectively bind to and activate alpha adrenergic receptors. Adrenergic alpha-Receptor Agonists,alpha-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists,Adrenergic alpha-Agonist,Adrenergic alpha-Receptor Agonist,Receptor Agonists, Adrenergic alpha,Receptor Agonists, alpha-Adrenergic,alpha-Adrenergic Agonist,alpha-Adrenergic Agonists,alpha-Adrenergic Receptor Agonist,Adrenergic alpha Agonist,Adrenergic alpha Agonists,Adrenergic alpha Receptor Agonist,Adrenergic alpha Receptor Agonists,Agonist, Adrenergic alpha-Receptor,Agonist, alpha-Adrenergic,Agonist, alpha-Adrenergic Receptor,Agonists, Adrenergic alpha-Receptor,Agonists, alpha-Adrenergic,Agonists, alpha-Adrenergic Receptor,Receptor Agonist, alpha-Adrenergic,Receptor Agonists, alpha Adrenergic,alpha Adrenergic Agonist,alpha Adrenergic Agonists,alpha Adrenergic Receptor Agonist,alpha Adrenergic Receptor Agonists,alpha-Agonist, Adrenergic,alpha-Agonists, Adrenergic,alpha-Receptor Agonist, Adrenergic,alpha-Receptor Agonists, Adrenergic
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
D001341 Autonomic Nervous System The ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; and SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM taken together. Generally speaking, the autonomic nervous system regulates the internal environment during both peaceful activity and physical or emotional stress. Autonomic activity is controlled and integrated by the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, especially the HYPOTHALAMUS and the SOLITARY NUCLEUS, which receive information relayed from VISCERAL AFFERENTS. Vegetative Nervous System,Visceral Nervous System,Autonomic Nervous Systems,Nervous System, Autonomic,Nervous System, Vegetative,Nervous System, Visceral,Nervous Systems, Autonomic,Nervous Systems, Vegetative,Nervous Systems, Visceral,System, Autonomic Nervous,System, Vegetative Nervous,System, Visceral Nervous,Systems, Autonomic Nervous,Systems, Vegetative Nervous,Systems, Visceral Nervous,Vegetative Nervous Systems,Visceral Nervous Systems

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