Wright, T. J. and Huddart, H. (1999) Electrophysiological and pharmacological characteristics of buccal smooth muscle of the pest slug Deroceras reticulatum. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 169 (8). pp. 561-568. ISSN 0174-1578
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Buccal mass muscle of the pest slug Deroceras reticulatum was examined by conventional tension recording and the sucrose-gap electrophysiological technique. Elevated potassium salines induced dose-dependent depolarisations accompanied by tonic contractures with superimposed rapid twitch contractions. The latter were suppressed at over 40 mmol · l−1 external potassium, where depolarisation-induced inactivation of voltage-sensitive calcium channels may have occurred. Acetylcholine caused significant dose-dependent depolarisations and tonic contractures, while 5-hydroxy tryptamine induced lower depolarisations accompanied by phasic contractile activity superimposed on low level tonic force. Of the purines examined only guanosine triphosphate caused significant mechanical activity above a threshold of 0.1 μmol · l−1. The tetrapeptides inhibited buccal muscle spontaneous activity, but the related small cardioactive peptide B was weakly excitatory. The amino acids glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid were weakly excitatory on buccal muscle while the molluscicides metaldehyde and methiocarb disrupted normal mechanical activity of the feeding musculature. Acetylcholine and 5-hydroxytryptamine appear to have major roles in regulating feeding muscle activity, seemingly modulated by guanosine triphosphate and inhibited by phenylalanine-methionine-arginine-phenylalanine-NH2 and phenylalanine-leucine-arginine-phenylalanine-NH2.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Acetylcholine - Deroceras reticulatum - FMRFamide - FLRFamide - GTP 5-Hydroxytryptamine - Metaldehyde - Methiocarb - Sucrose Gap |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Departments: | UNSPECIFIED |
| ID Code: | 10999 |
| Deposited By: | Mr Richard Ingham |
| Deposited On: | 29 Jul 2008 10:14 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 14:56 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/10999 |
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