In the isolated detrusor smooth muscle of the rabbit urinary bladder, acetylcholine, prostaglandin (PG) F
2α, histamine and methoxamine produced dose-dependent contractions. The order of efficacy was acetylcholine>PGF
2α>histamine>methoxamine. Acetylcholine and oxotremorine increased tension remarkably in the rabbit detrusor muscle; and McN-A-343 also developed tension, but with weaker sensitivity and efficacy. The contractile response to acetylcholine was competitively antagonized by atropine (pA
2 9.24) and pirenzepine (pA
2 6.96), respectively. Histamine and 2-pyridylethylamine caused dose-dependent contractions. On the other hand, dimaprit caused no response in this tissue. Mepyramine (pA
2 8.80) competitively antagonized the contraction induced by histamine, whereas cimetidine failed to antagonize the contraction even at a high concentration of 10-5 M. Norepinephrine, phenylephrine and methoxamine have greater efficacies in the ability to contract than clonidine. R(-)- and S(+)-YM-12617 and YM-12617 (pA
2 10.4, 8.31 and 9.75, respectively) and prazosin (pA
2 8.13), phentolamine (pA
2 7.55) and yohimbine (pA
2 6.44) competitively an tagonized the contraction elicited by methoxamine. These results suggest that the contraction of rabbit detrusor muscle can be mediated by α
1-adrenergic receptors as well as M
2-muscarinic and H
1-histaminergic receptors and suggest that the contractile force mediated by α
1-adrenergic receptor agonist is smaller than those stimulated by the other receptor agonists.
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