Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 45, 1190-1195, Copyright © 1998 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Contractile and phosphatidylinositol responses of rat trachea to anticholinesterase drugs

O Shibata, A Tsuda, T Makita, S Iwanaga, T Hara, S Shibata and K Sumikawa
Department of Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.

PURPOSE: Some anticholinesterases (anti-ChE) such as neostigmine and pyridostigmine but not edrophonium, stimulate phosphatidylinositol (PI) response. Although a direct relationship was suggested between the increase in PI response and airway smooth muscle contraction, there are no data regarding the effects of anti-ChE drugs on airway smooth muscle. Thus, we examined the contractile properties and PI responses produced by anti-ChE drugs. METHODS: Contractile response. Rat tracheal ring was suspended between two stainless hooks in Krebs-Henseleit (K-H) solution. (1) Carbachol (CCh), anti-ChE drugs (neostigmine, pyridostigmine, edrophonium) or DMPP (a selective ganglionic nicotinic agonist) were added to induce active contraction. (2) The effects of 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methyl-piperidine methobromide (4-DAMP), an M3 muscarinic receptor antagonist, on neostigmine- or pyridostigmine-induced contraction of rat tracheal ring were examined. (3) Tetrodotoxin (TTX) was tested on the anti-ChE drugs-induced responses. PI response. The tracheal slices were incubated in K-H solution containing LiCl and 3[H]myo-inositol in the presence of neostigmine or pyridostigmine with or without 4-DAMP, an M3 muscarinic receptor antagonist. 3[H]inositol monophosphate (IP1) formed was counted with a liquid scintillation counter. RESULTS: Carbachol (0.1 microM), neostigmine (1 microM), pyridostigmine (10 microM) but not edrophonium or DMPP, caused tracheal ring contraction. 4-DAMP, but not tetrodotoxin, inhibited neostigmine and pyridostigmine-induced contraction. Neostigmine- or pyridostigmine-induced IP1, accumulation was inhibited by 4-DAMP. CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest that anti-ChE drugs activate the M3 receptors at the tracheal effector site.

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