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Effects of cholinoceptor antagonists on the suckling-induced and experimentally evoked release of oxytocin.
British Journal of Pharmacology 1978 July
1 In the anaesthetized lactating rat, the suckling of the young causes the regular release (about every 7 min) of brief pulses of oxytocin (0.5 to 1.0 mu), which each produce a single transient increase in intramammary pressure.2 The effects of several cholinoceptor antagonists were studied in relation to this natural reflex, and also the release of oxytocin evoked by the intraventricular injection of cholinomimetics.3 Reflex milk ejection was blocked by the nicotinic antagonists mecamylamine and hexamethonium, and the inhibition was dose-dependent (ED(50) of 1 mg/kg i.v. and 5 mg/kg i.v., respectively). Despite the use of high doses, the muscarinic antagonists atropine (200 mg/kg), hyoscine (90 mg/kg) and benzhexol (30 mg/kg) all failed to prevent the reflex release of oxytocin.4 Acetylcholine (20 to 100 mug), bethanechol (0.2 to 4.0 mug) and carbachol (0.01 to 0.2 mug) injected into the cerebral ventricals stimulated a sustained release of oxytocin, which produced multiple increases in intramammary pressure. Nicotine (200 mug) was relatively ineffective by this route.5 The release of oxytocin by intraventricular bethanechol or carbachol was abolished by atropine (0.1 to 1.0 mg/kg) but not by mecamylamine (5 mg/kg) or hexamethonium (5 mg/kg).6 None of the antagonists used significantly affected either the release of oxytocin following electrical stimulation of the neurohypophysis or the mammary sensitivity to endogenous or exogenous oxytocin.7 The results suggest that the neural pathway controlling the reflex release of oxytocin during suckling in the rat contains a cholinergic component, which acts through nicotinic receptors. A second cholinergic pathway, of the muscarinic type, may also exist. The role of these two pathways is discussed.
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