Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 75, Issue 6 2361-2368, Copyright © 1996 by APS

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EP receptor subtypes implicated in the PGE2-induced sensitization of polymodal receptors in response to bradykinin and heat

T. Kumazawa, K. Mizumura, H. Koda and H. Fukusako
Department of Neural Regulation, Nagoya University, Japan.

1. Our previous studies, in which we used in vitro canine testispermatic nerve preparations, showed that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) augments both bradykinin (BK)- and heat-induced discharges of polymodal receptors. However, the PGE2 concentration required to augment the BK responses were 100 times lower than those necessary for the heat responses, suggesting that different receptors are involved in these phenomena. We studied which receptors for E series of prostaglandins (EP receptors) were responsible, using the antagonist and agonists for three subtypes of EP receptors. 2. PGE2-induced augmentation of the BK responses was unaffected when treated with an antagonist for the EP1 receptor, AH6809. 3. An agonist for the EP3 receptor, M&B28767, at > or = 10 nM, significantly augmented the BK responses in a concentration-dependent manner that mimics the PGE2-induced effect. An agonist for the EP1 receptor, 17-phenyl trinor PGE2 (17-phen PGE2), at the high concentrations of 0.1 and 1 microM, augmented the BK responses in two and four of nine cases tested, respectively. However, this augmentation was not suppressed by the antagonist for the EP1 receptor, AH6809. In addition, an agonist for the EP2 receptor, butaprost, did not affect the BK responses even when applied at 10 microM. 4. In contrast, butaprost at > or = 10 nM significantly augmented the heat responses in a concentration-dependent manner. M&B28767 and 17-phen PGE2, respectively, augmented the heat responses at higher concentrations of 100 nM and 1 microM. 5. These results indicate that the EP3 and EP2 receptor subtypes are differentially implicated in the respective PGE2-induced augmentation of BK responses and heat responses of polymodal receptors.

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