Enteric neural modulation of slow-wave activity in cat colon |
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Authors: | Chuang Du PhD Dr Jeffrey L Conklin MD Glenn Hammer MD |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 52242 Iowa City, Iowa;(2) Veterans Administration Medical Center, 52242 Iowa City, Iowa |
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Abstract: | These studies test the hypothesis that the generation of colonic slow waves can be modulated by stimulation of intrinsic enteric nerves and attempt to identify a neurotransmitter that may be responsible for this change in slow-wave activity. Isolated segments from the mid-colon of the cat generated regular, continuous slow waves at 6.5±1.1 cpm. Activation of the intrinsic nerves by electrical field stimulation transiently reduced the rate of slow-wave generation to 4.7±0.7 cpm (P<0.001). The response to electrical stimulation was blocked by tetrodotoxin and -chymotrypsin. The following antagonists were not effective in blocking the response: atropine, hexamethonium, phenoxybenzamine, propranolol, methysergide, naloxone, or imidazole. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (5×10–7 M) decreased slow wave frequency to 4.5±0.4 cpm. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) fragment 10-28 inhibited the effect of electrical field stimulation but also decreased the slow-wave frequency. VIP-immunoreactive nerves were much more abundant in the plexus submucosus extremus than in the circular muscle of the muscularis externa. Thus, pacemakers for colonic slow waves may be modulated by intrinsic colonic nerves, and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide may be the neurotransmitter responsible for this modulation.This work was supported by NIH grants DK 1750 and Digestive Diseases Core Center grant AM 34986 and a grant from the Veterans Administration. |
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Keywords: | gastrointestinal motility plexus submucosus extremus vasoactive intestinal polypeptide enteric nervous system smooth muscle interstitial cells of Cajal |
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