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In the superfused isolated rat urinary bladder, capsaicin as well as electrical field stimulation evoked the release of calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity (CGRP-IR). Carbonyl cyanide p-trichloromethoxyphenylhydrazone (CCCP, threshold 2 μM) reduced both, the capsaicin- and the electrical field stimulation-evoked release of CGRP-IR while a low concentration of Ruthenium Red (RR, 0.6 μM and 2 μM) selectively attenuated the capsaicin-evoked release of CGRP-IR but did not influence the effect of electrical field stimulation. 20 μM RR nearly abolished the capsaicin-evoked release, but also attenuated the effect of electrical field stimulation.
In the isolated guinea-pig bronchus, electrical field stimulation and capsaicin induced non-cholinergic contractions which are known to be caused by tachykinin release from afferent nerve terminals. CCCP (0.6 μM) only reduced the response to field stimulation; a ten-fold higher concentration of CCCP attenuated field stimulation as well as capsaicin-induced contractions. This is in contrast to the reported selective inhibition of capsaic-ininduced contractions by RR.
The present data demonstrate that CCCP generally inhibits evoked neuropeptide release, regardless of the kind of stimulation used while low concentrations of RR preferentially inhibit capsaicin-evoked neuropeptide release.
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Amann, R., Maggi, C.A., Giuliani, S. et al. Effects of carbonyl cyanide p-trichloromethoxyphenylhydrazone (CCCP) and of ruthenium red (RR) on capsaicin-evoked neuropeptide release from peripheral terminals of primary afferent neurones. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 341, 534–537 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171733
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