Neurokinin 1 receptors mediate substance P-induced changes in ion transport in guinea-pig ileum.

Tachykinin receptors mediating substance P-induced secretion were examined in muscle-stripped segments of guinea-pig ileum set up in flux chambers. Changes in the short-circuit current (Isc) served as an index of active, electrogenic ion transport. Substance P evoked a transient increase in Isc which was concentration-dependent. The maximal change in Isc occurred at 1 microM concentration. [Sar9,Met(O2)11]-substance P, a neurokinin 1 (NK-1) receptor agonist, evoked a similar concentration-dependent increase in Isc. [Nle10]NKA(4-10) (1 microM) or [Pro7]NKB (1 microM), selective NK2 and NK3 agonists, respectively, had minimal effects on Isc. CP-96,345 (5 microM), a nonpeptide NK-1 antagonist, and the peptide NK-1 antagonist, GR82334 (1 microM), reduced the secretory response to substance P (50 nM) in the presence and absence of tetrodotoxin (0.2 microM). The NK2 antagonist, [Tyr5,D-Trp6,8,9,Arg10]NKA(4-10) MEN 10207 had no effect on the substance P response. Tetrodotoxin (0.2 microM) significantly reduced, but did not abolish the Isc response to substance P (1 microM) and [Sar9,Met(O2)11]substance P (1 microM). The substance P response was unaltered by 5 microM atropine and 50 microM mecamylamine. Piroxicam (10 microM) or pyrilamine (10 microM) or a combination of both had no effect on the tetrodotoxin-resistant substance P response. Electrical field stimulation evoked a biphasic increase in Isc which was significantly reduced by 0.2 microM tetrodotoxin. Atropine (5 microM) reduced the first peak of the biphasic response and mecamylamine (50 microM) had no effect. Similarly, 5 microM CP-96,345 and 1 microM GR82334 did not alter the EFS-induced change Isc. The results suggest that substance P-evoked secretory responses are independent of histamine or prostaglandins. Substance P responses are mediated by an NK-1 receptor type on enteric neurons and possibly epithelial cells.