Abstract
Tryptamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) infused through the pulmonary circulation of rat isolated lungs released a spasmogen resembling slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis which we have denoted SRS-T and a PGE-like activity. SRS-T was not extractable from Krebs solution by several organic solvents at neural or acid pH. It is therefore unlike other types of SRS activity. The PGE-like release had a threshold at about 2 μg/ml of tryptamine or 5-HT and did not increase with increasing doses (up to 10 μg/ml); this release was abolished by methysergide, BC 105 and BW 501c67 but not by morphine. Comparison of agonist potencies of 5-HT and tryptamine on rat stomach strip and rat pulmonary artery and of antagonist potencies of methysergide, BC 105 and morphine on these tryptamine receptors lead to the conclusion that the release receptors are unlike either of the myotropic receptors. In terms of antagonist specificity the release receptors are closest to those in rat stomach strip.
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