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ArticleVeterinary research communications1997

In vitro responses to noradrenaline of small intestine taken from normal and grass sickness-affected horses.

A Murray, G T Pearson, D F Cottrell

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Article in Veterinary research communications, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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A MurrayDepartment of Preclinical Veterinary Sciences, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK.
G T Pearson
D F Cottrell
University of Edinburgh · GB

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Abstract

Small intestine was taken from the caudal flexure of the duodenum and the terminal ileum proximal to the ileocaecal fold of 25 horses, 9 with acute grass sickness (AGS), 12 with subacute grass sickness (SAGS) and 12 with chronic grass sickness (CGS). The motility in the samples was measured isometrically either within 1 h of death or after storage for 24 h at 4 degree C. In control tissue, noradrenaline produced contractions of muscle strips which did not involve a muscarinic cholinergic mechanism and which were unaffected by the alpha 1 antagonist prazosin but were blocked by the alpha 2 antagonist yohimbine. Pretreatment with the alpha antagonist phentolamine prevented the contractile response to noradrenaline and the background contractions either continued at a reduced rate and amplitude or were abolished after a few minutes. Thus, following alpha blockade, noradrenaline reduced the background contraction rate by an effect on inhibitory beta adrenoceptors. The rate of background contractions in duodenal preparations was significantly greater than that in control ideal preparations. Although cold storage for 24 h caused a reduction in the background contraction rates of the control preparations, there was no effect on the contractile responses to noradrenaline, the associated pharmacology being similar to that of fresh tissue. This suggests that noradrenaline-evoked contraction was not dependent on enteric neural elements. The response to noradrenaline by grass sickness-affected tissue was generally similar to that of tissue from control horses, with an immediate contraction which was alpha 2 sensitive. The contractile response to noradrenaline after propranolol was significantly reduced in the CGS group and there were significant differences between the AGS, CGS and control groups. There was a significant difference between the ileal preparations from the control and SAGS groups in their response to noradrenaline following pretreatment with propranolol.

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Adrenergic alpha-AgonistsAdrenergic alpha-AntagonistsAnimalsAutonomic Nervous System DiseasesDose-Response Relationship, DrugDuodenumEpinephrineFemaleHorse DiseasesHorsesIleumIntestine, SmallIn Vitro TechniquesMaleMuscle ContractionMuscle, SmoothAdrenergic alpha-AgonistsAdrenergic alpha-AntagonistsEpinephrineNorepinephrinePhentolaminePrazosinYohimbine

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