The Effects of Cholinergic Stimulation and of Nucleoside Transport Inhibition on Spikes and Spike Patches in the Canine Small Intestine in Vivo.
From: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
European journal of pharmacology
- Publish Date: Jul 2007
- ISSN: 0014-2999
- Volume: 568
- Issue: 1-3
- Pages: 234-41
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Lammers Wim J E P, Ver Donck L, Schuurkes Jan A J, et al. The Effects of Cholinergic Stimulation and of Nucleoside Transport Inhibition on Spikes and Spike Patches in the Canine Small Intestine in Vivo.. Eur. J. Pharmacol. Jul 2007;568:234-41
Abstract
Muscarinic agonists are known to enhance small intestinal contractions. A similar effect was also seen in pilot experiments with a nucleoside transport inhibitor. However, there is no information on their effects on the spatial pattern of action potential propagation. In an anesthetized, open-abdomen, canine (n=8) model, the propagation patterns of the slow wave and the ensuing action potentials (= spikes) were recorded before and during the i.v. administration of bethanechol or nucleoside transport inhibitor. Vehicle injections in 8 dogs served as controls. Electrical recordings were made using a 240-electrode array positioned on a 5-cm segment of the jejunum in situ. The incidence and the propagation of the action potentials were analyzed. Bethanechol dose-dependently increased the number of both longitudinally and circumferentially propagating spikes per slow wave. As during control, spikes in bethanechol propagated for a limited distance before terminating spontaneously, thereby exciting only a limited area (= patch). However, bethanechol did not change the size of the longitudinal spike patches (18.8+/-6.9 mm(2) at baseline and 25.0+/-18.6 mm(2) at 0.5 mg/kg) nor of the circular spike patches (90.0+/-41.2 mm(2) at baseline and 95.4+/-36.5 mm(2) at 0.5 mg/kg). The nucleoside transport inhibitor increased the occurrence of circular spikes in a step-wise fashion (>or=0.5 mg/kg). The size of the nucleoside transport inhibitor-induced circular spike patches (136.6+/-46.8 mm(2)) was larger than those during baseline or muscarinic stimulation. Muscarinic agonists stimulate small intestinal contractility by inducing more action potentials, which in turn would trigger increased calcium release from intracellular stores. On the other hand, nucleoside transport inhibition enhances contractility by increasing both the number and the size of the circular spike patches.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Action Potentials, Animals, Bethanechol, Dogs, Female, Intestine, Small, Muscarinic Agonists, Nucleoside Transport Proteins
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