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Shiina T, Suzuki Y, Horii K, Sawamura T, Yuki N, Horii Y, Shimizu Y. Purinergic inhibitory regulation of esophageal smooth muscle is mediated by P2Y receptors and ATP-dependent potassium channels in rats. J Physiol Sci 2024; 74:26. [PMID: 38654149 PMCID: PMC11036717 DOI: 10.1186/s12576-024-00916-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
Abstract
Purines such as ATP are regulatory transmitters in motility of the gastrointestinal tract. The aims of this study were to propose functional roles of purinergic regulation of esophageal motility. An isolated segment of the rat esophagus was placed in an organ bath, and mechanical responses were recorded using a force transducer. Exogenous application of ATP (10-100 μM) evoked relaxation of the esophageal smooth muscle in a longitudinal direction under the condition of carbachol (1 μM) -induced precontraction. Pretreatment with a non-selective P2 receptor antagonist, suramin (500 μM), and a P2Y receptor antagonist, cibacron blue F3GA (200 μM), inhibited the ATP (100 μM) -induced relaxation, but a P2X receptor antagonist, pyridoxal phosphate-6-azophenyl-2,4-disulfonic acid (50 μM), did not affect it. A blocker of ATP-dependent potassium channels (KATP channels), glibenclamide (200 μM), inhibited the ATP-induced relaxation and application of an opener of KATP channels, nicorandil (50 μM), produced relaxation. The findings suggest that ATP is involved in inhibitory regulation of the longitudinal smooth muscle in the muscularis mucosae of the rat esophagus via activation of P2Y receptors and then opening of KATP channels.
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Affiliation(s)
- Takahiko Shiina
- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Physiology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.
- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Physiology, Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan.
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Physiology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Division of Biological Principles, Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Physiology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Physiology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Institute for Glyco-Core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Physiology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
- Department of Basic Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Physiology, Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
- Division of Animal Medical Science, Center for One Medicine Innovative Translational Research (COMIT), Gifu University Institute for Advanced Study, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan
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Shiina T, Naitou K, Nakamori H, Suzuki Y, Horii K, Sano Y, Shimaoka H, Shimizu Y. Serotonin-induced contractile responses of esophageal smooth muscle in the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus). Neurogastroenterol Motil 2016; 28:1641-1648. [PMID: 27194102 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is a regulatory factor in motility of the gastrointestinal tract including the esophagus. Although we proposed that vagal cholinergic and mast cell-derived non-cholinergic components including serotonin coordinately shorten the esophagus, the precise mechanism of serotonin-induced contractions in the suncus esophagus is still unclear. Therefore, the aims of this study were to determine characteristics of contractile responses induced by serotonin and to identify 5-HT receptor subtypes responsible for regulating motility in the suncus esophagus. METHODS An isolated segment of the suncus esophagus was placed in an organ bath, and longitudinal or circular mechanical responses were recorded using a force transducer. KEY RESULTS Serotonin evoked contractile responses of the suncus esophagus in the longitudinal direction but not in the circular direction. Tetrodotoxin did not affect the serotonin-induced contractions. Pretreatment with a non-selective 5-HT receptor antagonist or double application of 5-HT1 and 5-HT2 receptor antagonists blocked the serotonin-induced contractions. 5-HT1 and 5-HT2 receptor agonists, but not a 5-HT3 receptor agonist, evoked contractile responses in the suncus esophagus. CONCLUSION & INFERENCES The findings suggest that serotonin induces contractile responses of the longitudinal smooth muscle in the muscularis mucosae of the suncus esophagus that are mediated via 5-HT1 and 5-HT2 receptors on muscle cells. The serotonin-induced contractions might contribute to esophageal peristalsis and emetic response.
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- T Shiina
- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Science, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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