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Lavinka PC, Dong X. Molecular signaling and targets from itch: lessons for cough. COUGH 2013; 9:8. [PMID: 23497684 PMCID: PMC3630061 DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-9-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Itch is described as an unpleasant sensation that elicits the desire to scratch, which results in the removal of the irritant from the skin. The cough reflex also results from irritation, with the purpose of removing said irritant from the airway. Could cough then be similar to itch? Anatomically, both pathways are mediated by small-diameter sensory fibers. These cough and itch sensory fibers release neuropeptides upon activation, which leads to inflammation of the nerves. Both cough and itch also involve mast cells and their mediators, which are released upon degranulation. This common inflammation and interaction with mast cells are involved in the development of chronic conditions of itch and cough. In this review, we examine the anatomy and molecular mechanisms of itch and compare them to known mechanisms for cough. Highlighting the common aspects of itch and cough could lead to new thoughts and perspectives in both fields.
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- Pamela Colleen Lavinka
- The Solomon H, Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Center for Sensory Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
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Schild JH, Kunze DL. Differential distribution of voltage-gated channels in myelinated and unmyelinated baroreceptor afferents. Auton Neurosci 2012; 172:4-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2012.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AbstractThe peripheral nervous system (PNS) has classically been separated into a somatic division composed of both afferent and efferent pathways and an autonomic division containing only efferents. J. N. Langley, who codified this asymmetrical plan at the beginning of the twentieth century, considered different afferents, including visceral ones, as candidates for inclusion in his concept of the “autonomic nervous system” (ANS), but he finally excluded all candidates for lack of any distinguishing histological markers. Langley's classification has been enormously influential in shaping modern ideas about both the structure and the function of the PNS. We survey recent information about the PNS and argue that many of the sensory neurons designated as “visceral” and “somatic” are in fact part of a histologically distinct group of afferents concerned primarily autonomic function. These afferents have traditionally been known as “small dark” neurons or B-neurons. In this target article we outline an association between autonomic and B-neurons based on ontogeny, cell phenotype, and functional relations, grouping them together as part of a common reflex system involved in homeostasis. This more parsimonious classification of the PNS, made possible by the identification of a group of afferents associated primarily with the ANS, avoids a number of confusions produced by the classical orientation. It may also have practical implications for an understanding of nociception, homeostatic reflexes, and the evolution of the nervous system.
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Capsaicin-sensitive chemoceptive B-afferents: A neural system with dual sensory-efferent function. Behav Brain Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Capsaicin-sensitivity and the sensory vagus: Do these exceptions prove or disprove the B-neuron rule for autonomic afferents? Behav Brain Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Li BY, Glazebrook P, Kunze DL, Schild JH. KCa1.1 channel contributes to cell excitability in unmyelinated but not myelinated rat vagal afferents. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 300:C1393-403. [PMID: 21325638 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00278.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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High conductance calcium-activated potassium (BK(Ca)) channels can modulate cell excitability and neurotransmitter release at synaptic and afferent terminals. BK(Ca) channels are present in primary afferents of most, if not, all internal organs and are an intriguing target for pharmacological manipulation of visceral sensation. Our laboratory has a long-standing interest in the neurophysiological differences between myelinated and unmyelinated visceral afferent function. Here, we seek to determine whether there is a differential distribution of BK(Ca) channels in myelinated and unmyelinated vagal afferents. Immunocytochemistry studies with double staining for the BK-type K(Ca)1.1 channel protein and isolectin B4 (IB4), a reliable marker of unmyelinated peripheral afferents, reveal a pattern of IB4 labeling that strongly correlates with the expression of the K(Ca)1.1 channel protein. Measures of cell size and immunostaining intensity for K(Ca)1.1 and IB4 cluster into two statistically distinct (P < 0.05) populations of cells. Smaller diameter neurons most often presented with strong IB4 labeling and are presumed to be unmyelinated (n = 1,390) vagal afferents. Larger diameter neurons most often lacked or exhibited a very weak IB4 labeling and are presumed to be myelinated (n = 58) vagal afferents. Complimentary electrophysiological studies reveal that the BK(Ca) channel blockers charybdotoxin (ChTX) and iberiotoxin (IbTX) bring about a comparable elevation in excitability and action potential widening in unmyelinated neurons but had no effect on the excitability of myelinated vagal afferents. This study is the first to demonstrate using combined immunohistochemical and electrophysiological techniques that K(Ca)1.1 channels are uniquely expressed in unmyelinated C-type vagal afferents and do not contribute to the dynamic discharge characteristics of myelinated A-type vagal afferents. This unique functional distribution of BK-type K(Ca) channels may provide an opportunity for afferent selective pharmacological intervention across a wide range of visceral pathophysiologies, particularly those with a reflexogenic etiology and pain.
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- Bai-Yan Li
- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University, 723 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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TRPA1 channels mediate cold temperature sensing in mammalian vagal sensory neurons: pharmacological and genetic evidence. J Neurosci 2008; 28:7863-75. [PMID: 18667618 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1696-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Cold thermoreceptors have been described in different territories of the vagus nerve. Application of cold temperature to these visceral afferents can evoke major protective reflexes and thermoregulatory responses. However, virtually nothing is known about the transduction mechanisms underlying cold sensitivity in vagal afferents. Here, we investigated the effects of cold stimulation on intracellular calcium responses and excitability of cultured vagal sensory neurons in the rat nodose ganglion. A large fraction of vagal neurons were activated by cold, with a mean threshold of approximately 24 degrees C. Cooling was accompanied by development of a small inward current and the firing of action potentials. Most cold-sensitive neurons were also activated by heat and capsaicin, suggesting a nociceptive function. The pharmacological response to TRPM8 and TRPA1 agonists and antagonists suggested that, unlike results observed in somatic tissues, TRPA1 is the major mediator of cold-evoked responses in vagal visceral neurons. Thus, most cold-evoked responses were potentiated by cinnamaldehyde, menthol, icilin, and BCTC [4-(3-chloro-pyridin-2-yl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid (4-tert-butyl-phenyl)-amide], agonists of TRPA1, and were inhibited by ruthenium red, camphor, and HC03001 [2-(1,3-dimethyl-2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-7H-purin-7-yl)-N-(4-isopropylphenyl)acetamide]. Results in mouse nodose neurons revealed a similar pharmacological profile of cold-evoked responses. Furthermore, experiments in TRPA1 knock-out mice showed a large reduction in the percentage of cold-sensitive neurons compared with wild-type animals. Together, these results support an important role of TRPA1 channels in visceral thermosensation and indicate major differences in the transduction of temperature signals between somatic and visceral sensory neurons.
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Docherty RJ, Charlesworth G, Farrag K, Bhattacharjee A, Costa S. The use of the rat isolated vagus nerve for functional measurements of the effect of drugs in vitro. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2005; 51:235-42. [PMID: 15862468 DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2004.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/25/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In this article we describe how to dissect, set up and use the rat isolated vagus nerve in a 'grease gap' apparatus which provides a simple and practical method for measuring the effects of drugs on the membrane potential of axons in the nerve in vitro. Some discussion of the origins and development of the technique as well as the strengths and disadvantages of the preparation as a neuropharmacological tool are included. The vagus nerve conducts action potentials in at least three distinct types of axons that can be measured extracellularly as compound action potentials and distinguished on the basis of their conduction velocity and excitability. Activity in myelinated A fibres and unmyelinated C fibres can be measured separately easily. The axons express receptors for a wide range of putative neurotransmitter agents including 5-HT, GABA and ATP as well as other agents such as capsaicin, anandamide, bradykinin and prostanoids. Responses to all of these chemicals can be measured as a depolarization of the nerve fibres. The vagus nerve is an important target for a wide range of drugs and the isolated preparation provides a fairly simple preparation for studying their effects. The isolated vagus nerve is also a convenient system in which the effects of drugs that have been discovered using heterologous expression systems can be assayed on receptors and ion channels that are expressed in a native neural system.
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- R J Docherty
- Centre for Neuroscience Research, GKT School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom.
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The excitability and activity of vagal afferent nerves innervating the airways can be pharmacologically increased and decreased. Autacoids released as a result of airway inflammation can lead to substantial increases in afferent nerve activity, consequently altering pulmonary reflex physiology. In a manner analogous to hyperalgesia associated with inflammation in the somato-sensory system, increases in vagal afferent nerve activity in inflamed airways may lead to a heightened cough reflex, and increases in autonomic activity in the airways. These effects may contribute to many of the symptoms of inflammatory airway disease. Here we provide a brief overview of some of the mechanisms by which the afferent activity in airway nerves can be pharmacologically modified.
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- Michael J Carr
- UCB Research Inc, 840 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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The patch clamp technique is widely utilized for studying the electrophysiological properties of enzymatically isolated sensory neurons. Unfortunately, dissociation of the ganglion severs the afferent fibers. As a result, isolated neurons can only be broadly categorized according to somatic action potential waveforms, ion channel subtypes, chemical sensitivities and cell diameter. Such restricted classifications contrast with the continuum of conduction velocities (CVs), discharge patterns, sensory modalities and functional properties of visceral and spinal afferents. Previous reports of patch clamp recordings using intact ganglion have been limited to young animal preparations. This raises concerns regarding postnatal development and impedes the use of chronic models of disease or injury, which often necessitate the use of a more mature animal preparation. Here, we present a methodology for preparing nodose ganglion from adult rat (250-400 g) for study using the patch clamp technique. Successful whole cell recordings were obtained from approximately 50% of the cells selected for study, the majority of which had intact afferent fibers. Measures of somatic discharge and afferent fiber CV at both room and physiological temperatures were consistent with investigations using sharp microelectrodes. Voltage clamp recordings of whole cell Na(+), Ca(2+) and K(+) ion channel currents were comparable to those obtained using isolated neuron preparations. The ability to classify voltage- and ligand-gated ion channel type with afferent fiber CV in an adult preparation adds a valuable new dimension to cellular investigations of the diverse functional and chemical properties of the peripheral afferent nervous system.
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- B Y Li
- Biomedical Engineering Program, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University, Room SL 174, 723 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Undem BJ, Carr MJ. Pharmacology of airway afferent nerve activity. Respir Res 2002; 2:234-44. [PMID: 11686889 PMCID: PMC59581 DOI: 10.1186/rr62] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2001] [Accepted: 04/03/2001] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Afferent nerves in the airways serve to regulate breathing pattern, cough, and airway autonomic neural tone. Pharmacologic agents that influence afferent nerve activity can be subclassified into compounds that modulate activity by indirect means (e.g. bronchial smooth muscle spasmogens) and those that act directly on the nerves. Directly acting agents affect afferent nerve activity by interacting with various ion channels and receptors within the membrane of the afferent terminals. Whether by direct or indirect means, most compounds that enter the airspace will modify afferent nerve activity, and through this action alter airway physiology.
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- B J Undem
- Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
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Irnich D, Burgstahler R, Bostock H, Grafe P. ATP affects both axons and Schwann cells of unmyelinated C fibres. Pain 2001; 92:343-350. [PMID: 11376907 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(01)00277-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recent studies indicate that effects of ATP on unmyelinated afferent nerve fibres contribute to the transduction of nociceptive and non-nociceptive stimuli. In the present study, effects of ATP were studied on axons and Schwann cells of C fibres in isolated rat vagus nerves. A combination of a computerised threshold tracking technique with photometric and confocal measurements of the free intracellular Ca2+ concentration revealed differences in the effect of ATP and related compounds. Pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',5'-disulphonic acid (iso-PPADS, an antagonist of ionotropic P2X receptors) completely blocked the excitatory effect of alpha,beta-meATP on unmyelinated axons, whereas the effects of ATP and 2-Cl-ATP were only slightly changed. Moreover, the threshold lowering effects of ATP and 2-Cl-ATP, but not of alpha,beta-meATP, were accompanied by intracellular Ca2+ transients. In confocal imaging experiments, the lectin IB4 was used to identify unmyelinated nerve fibres and their ensheathing Schwann cells. The Schwann cells were identified as the cellular elements underlying ATP-induced Ca2+ transients. In addition, an increase in axonal excitability of C fibres was seen during a rise in [Ca2+]i induced by inhibition of the endoplasmic Ca2 ATPase with cyclopiazonic acid. These data show that an increase of the extracellular ATP concentration in an intact peripheral nerve trunk activates both axons and Schwann cells. It appears that P2 nucleotide receptors on Schwann cells may contribute to the excitatory effect of ATP observed on unmyelinated, including nociceptive, axons.
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- Dominik Irnich
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany Department of Physiology, University of Munich, D-80336 Munich, Germany Sobell Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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Partial elimination of vagal sensory afferents by subdiaphragmatic vagal section has variously been reported to eliminate, to reduce, or to have no effect on fever produced by peripheral lipopolysaccharide and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta). However, to adequately test the idea that vagal afferents convey immune information to the brain, all vagal input to the central nervous system must be eliminated. This was accomplished by bilateral electrolytic lesions of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Reflex bradycardia evoked by intravenous phenylbiguanide was eliminated in NTS-lesioned rats, verifying the lesion's effectiveness. IL-1beta (2 microg/kg) was given to conscious, unrestrained rats via an indwelling intraperitoneal catheter and produced rapid fever (approximately 1 degree C) with an onset latency of 15 min and peak response at 30 min, with a second, smaller peak at 130 min. NTS lesions attenuated the first fever peak, with a lesser, non-significant effect on the second peak. The thermogenic capacity of NTS-lesioned rats was evaluated using 3 different strategies: (1) thermogenesis evoked by CNS injections of prostaglandin E2, (2) 3 h exposure to a 4 degrees C environment, and (3) heat production of intrascapular brown fat produced by intravenous infusion of the beta3-adrenergic agonist BRL 37344. NTS-lesioned rats were equivalent, or even superior to control animals in their thermogenic response to these non-immune-related stimuli. Therefore, the impaired febrile response of NTS-lesioned rats to IL-1beta cannot be attributed to reduced thermogenic capacity. Finally, these results suggest that fever elicited by intraperitoneal IL-1beta is, at least in part, dependent on the integrity of NTS neurons, but also that mechanisms independent of vagal afferent projections to the NTS must also play a role in immune-to-brain signaling.
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- F J Gordon
- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Chopra B, Giblett S, Little JG, Donaldson LF, Tate S, Evans RJ, Grubb BD. Cyclooxygenase-1 is a marker for a subpopulation of putative nociceptive neurons in rat dorsal root ganglia. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:911-20. [PMID: 10762321 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00979.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Immunocytochemical and morphometric techniques were used to quantify the distribution of cyclooxygenase (cox)-containing neurons in rat L5 dorsal root ganglia (DRG). Cox-1 immunolabelling was almost exclusively restricted to small diameter DRG neurons (< 1000 microm2), and was extensively colocalized with calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and isolectin B4 (IB4). Cox-1 was present in 65% and 70% of CGRP- and IB4-labelled neurons, respectively. Cox-1 labelling was also found in neurons expressing the sensory neuron-specific (SNS) Na+ channel. Cox-2 labelling was absent in DRG from normal rats. In the Freund's adjuvant model of monoarthritis, the proportion of cox-1-positive DRG neurons was unchanged and no neurons were found to be labelled for cox-2. In primary tissue culture, cox-1 immunolabelling persisted in vitro for up to 9 days and was present in morphologically identical neurons. The selective expression of cox-1 in peripheral ganglia was confirmed by the small number of nodose ganglion neurons and superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons labelled for cox-1. These data suggest that cox-1 is a marker for a subpopulation of putative nociceptive neurons in vitro and in vivo, and suggests that the prostaglandins synthesized by these neurons may be important for nociceptor function. These data may have important implications for the mode and mechanism of action of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leicester, PO Box 138, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
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Li Z, Chapleau MW, Bates JN, Bielefeldt K, Lee HC, Abboud FM. Nitric oxide as an autocrine regulator of sodium currents in baroreceptor neurons. Neuron 1998; 20:1039-49. [PMID: 9620707 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80484-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Arterial baroreceptors are mechanosensitive nerve endings in the aortic arch and carotid sinus that play a critical role in acute regulation of arterial blood pressure. A previous study has shown that nitric oxide (NO) or NO-related species suppress action potential discharge of baroreceptors. In the present study, we investigated the effects of NO on Na+ currents of isolated baroreceptor neurons in culture. Exogenous NO donors inhibited both tetrodotoxin (TTX) -sensitive and -insensitive Na+ currents. The inhibition was not mediated by cGMP but by NO interaction with channel thiols. Acute inhibition of NO synthase increased the Na+ currents. NO scavengers (hemoglobin and ferrous diethyldithiocarbamate) increased Na+ currents before but not after inhibition of NO synthase. Furthermore, NO production in the neuronal cultures was detected by chemiluminescence and immunoreactivity to the neuronal isoform of NO synthase was identified in fluorescently identified baroreceptor neurons. These results indicate that NO/NO-related species function as autocrine regulators of Na+ currents in baroreceptor neurons. Modulation of Na+ channels may represent a novel response to NO.
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- Z Li
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The Cardiovascular Center, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Middlekauff HR, Rivkees SA, Raybould HE, Bitticaca M, Goldhaber JI, Weiss JN. Localization and functional effects of adenosine A1 receptors on cardiac vagal afferents in adult rats. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 274:H441-7. [PMID: 9486246 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.2.h441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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There is evidence to suggest that during ischemia adenosine acts on cardiac vagal afferent neurons to activate systemic reflexes and to modulate cardiac nociception. The purpose of this study was to determine whether adenosine receptors are present and have direct cellular electrophysiological actions on cardiac vagal afferent neurons. In radioreceptor assays of nodose ganglion tissue from rats, binding was detectable for A1 (39.6 +/- 1.2 fmol/mg protein) but not A2a adenosine receptors. These findings were confirmed using the complementary approach of receptor-labeling autoradiography. Using in situ hybridization, we saw specific labeling over approximately 50% of neurons in the nodose ganglia, but not over nonneuronal cells. In colabeling studies, cardiac vagal afferent neurons were identified by retroneuronal labeling with fluororuby. Of cardiac vagal afferents approximately one-half were strongly positive for A1 adenosine receptors (immunocytochemistry). In patch-clamping experiments, adenosine inhibited peak inward calcium current in 7 of 11 cells by 48 +/- 13%. In conclusion, adenosine A1 receptors reside on a subset of vagal afferent neurons, including cardiac vagal afferents, and have electrophysiological effects that modulate neuroexcitability in cultured nodose ganglion neurons.
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- H R Middlekauff
- Division of Cardiology, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA
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Meyrelles SS, Sharma RV, Whiteis CA, Davidson BL, Chapleau MW. Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to cultured nodose sensory neurons. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1997; 51:33-41. [PMID: 9427504 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(97)00212-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Recent advances have enabled transfer of genes to various types of cells and tissues. The goals of the present study were to transfer genes to nodose sensory neurons using replication-deficient adenovirus vectors and to define the conditions needed to optimize the gene transfer. Neurons were dissociated from rat nodose ganglia and maintained in culture. Cultures were exposed for 30 min to vectors containing the beta-galactosidase gene lacZ driven by either the Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) or the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. Cultures were fixed and treated with X-gal to evaluate lacZ expression 1-7 days after exposure to virus. Increasing concentrations of virus led to dose-related increases in the number of neurons expressing lacZ. LacZ was expressed in 8 +/- 2, 39 +/- 6, and 82 +/- 3% of neurons 1 day after exposure to 10(7), 10(8), and 10(9) pfu/ml of AdRSVlacZ, respectively (P < 0.05). The same doses of AdCMVlacZ led to expression in 41 +/- 9, 60 +/- 10, and 86 +/- 4% of neurons. Expression driven by the CMV promoter was essentially maximal within 1 day and remained stable for at least 7 days. In contrast, expression driven by the RSV promoter was less on day 1 but increased over time (1-7 days). There was no lacZ expression in vehicle-treated cultures and exposure to the adenovirus vectors did not adversely influence cell viability. Exposure of the neuronal cultures to an adenovirus vector containing the gene for green fluorescent protein (AdRSVgfp, 10(9) pfu/ml) enabled visualization of successful gene transfer in living neurons. The results indicate that gene transfer to cultured nodose neurons can be accomplished using adenovirus vectors. The expression of the transferred gene persists for at least 7 days, occurs more rapidly when expression is driven by the CMV compared with the RSV promoter, and occurs without adversely affecting cell viability.
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- S S Meyrelles
- Cardiovascular Center, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Li Z, Lee HC, Bielefeldt K, Chapleau MW, Abboud FM. The prostacyclin analogue carbacyclin inhibits Ca(2+)-activated K+ current in aortic baroreceptor neurones of rats. J Physiol 1997; 501 ( Pt 2):275-87. [PMID: 9192300 PMCID: PMC1159476 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.275bn.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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1. Previous studies indicate that prostacyclin (PGI2) increases the activity of baroreceptor afferent fibres. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that PGI2 inhibits Ca(2+)-activated K+ current (IK(Ca))in isolated baroreceptor neurones in culture. 2. Rat aortic baroreceptor neurones in the nodose ganglia were labelled in vivo by applying a fluorescent dye (DiI) to the aortic arch 1-2 weeks before dissociation of the neurones. Outward K+ currents in baroreceptor neurones evoked by depolarizing voltage steps from a holding potential of -40 mV were recorded using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. 3. Exposure of baroreceptor neurones to the stable PGI2 analogue carbacyclin significantly inhibited the steady-state K+ current in a dose-dependent and reversible manner. The inhibition of K+ current was not caused indirectly by changes in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. The Ca(2+)-activated K+ channel blocker charybdotoxin (ChTX, 10(-7) M) also inhibited the K+ current. In the presence of ChTX or in the absence of Ca2+, carbacyclin failed to inhibit the residual K+ current. Furthermore, in the presence of high concentrations of carbacyclin, ChTX did not cause further reduction of K+ current. 4. Carbacyclin-induced inhibition of IK(Ca) was mimicked by 8-bromo-cAMP and by activation of G-protein with GTP gamma S. The inhibitory effect of carbacyclin on IK(Ca) was abolished by GDP beta S, which blocks G-protein activation, and by a selective inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, PKI5-24. 5. The results demonstrate that carbacyclin inhibits ChTX-sensitive IK(Ca) in isolated aortic baroreceptor neurones by a G-protein-coupled activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. This mechanism may contribute to the PGI2-induced increase in baroreceptor activity demonstrated previously.
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- Z Li
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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Raybould HE, Zittel TT. Inhibition of gastric motility induced by intestinal glucose in awake rats: role of Na(+)-glucose co-transporter. Neurogastroenterol Motil 1995; 7:9-14. [PMID: 7627868 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.1995.tb00203.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Carbohydrates are a component of chyme that initiate feedback control of gastric emptying. The aim of the study was to investigate the mechanism by which sensors in the intestine are activated by carbohydrate to initiate intestinal feedback of gastric motor function. Intestinal perfusion with D-glucose inhibited gastric motility in awake rats. This response was reproduced by 3-O-methyl glucose, a non-metabolizable analogue of glucose that is absorbed by the Na(+)-glucose co-transporter, but not by 2-deoxy-D-glucose, and was attenuated by perfusion of the intestine with phloridzin, a competitive blocker of the Na(+)-glucose co-transporter. Feeding a high carbohydrate diet to increase the number of co-transporters reduced the response to intestinal glucose. It was concluded that activation of sensors to initiate feedback inhibition of gastric motility may be dependent either on rapid accumulation of glucose within epithelial cells or on activation of the Na(+)-glucose co-transporter.
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- H E Raybould
- CURE: VA/UCLA Gastroenteric Biology Research Center, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles, Department of Medicine, California, USA
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Kukorelli T, Détári L. Effects of viscerosensory stimulation on hypothalamically elicited predatory behavior in cats. Physiol Behav 1994; 55:705-10. [PMID: 8190798 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90048-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Hypnogenic (HS) or arousing (AS) stimulations of the small intestine (INT), splanchnic (SPL), and vagal (VAG) nerves were used to modify the predatory behavior (PB) elicited by stimulating the lateral hypothalamus (LHS). HS induced EEG synchronization and sleep. AS aroused the cat from slow-wave sleep. LHS induced the cat to attack an anesthetized rat and bite its neck after an exploratory activity. The following parameters of PB were determined: biting latency (BL), the interval between the beginning of LHS and the touching the rat by the cat's muzzle; exploratory time (ET), which begins with an environmental search and culminates in orienting toward the rat; attack time (AT), in which the cat stalks and bites the rat. HS, delivered for 5, 10, 15 min to INT, SPL, and VAG prior to LHS, increased BL and ET and did not affect AT. AS, delivered for 10 s to INT or VAG prior to LHS, decreased BL by reducing ET. SPL AS shortened BL by decreasing both ET and AT. The viscerosensory effects on PB were decreased by increasing the intensity of LHS; a ferocious attack with BL less than 10 s was not influenced by either HS or AS. These results indicate that the viscerosensory influence can modify PB by inhibiting or facilitating the priming events of the attack.
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- T Kukorelli
- Department of Comparative Physiology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Tokimasa T, Tsurusaki M, Akasu T. Chemosensitivity of C-cells in bullfrog dorsal root ganglia to substance P and adenosine 5'-triphosphate. Neurosci Lett 1993; 163:169-72. [PMID: 7508588 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90374-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Dissociated bullfrog dorsal root ganglion cells were voltage clamped in the whole-cell configuration. In small C-cells having 20 microns as averaged diameter, substance-P (0.1-1 microM) inhibited an M-type potassium current while ATP (1-10 microM) activated a sodium-potassium current. In large A-cells (approximately 65 microns in diameter) in which ATP has been shown to inhibit M-current, substance P (0.1-1 microM) also inhibited this potassium current without activating the sodium-potassium current. Results provided evidence for the distinction between A- and C-cells in terms of their chemosensitivity.
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- T Tokimasa
- Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan
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Undem BJ, Hubbard W, Weinreich D. Immunologically induced neuromodulation of guinea pig nodose ganglion neurons. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1993; 44:35-44. [PMID: 7691918 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(93)90376-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The influence of specific antigen challenge on the excitability of C-cells in nodose ganglia isolated from actively sensitized guinea pigs was evaluated using intracellular recording techniques. Antigen (ovalbumin) caused a significant depolarization (approximately 8 mV) of the resting membrane potential. Antigen exposure had differing effects on the membrane input impedance; decreasing it in 15 neurons, increasing it in 6 neurons, and having no effect in 8 neurons. About 20% of guinea pig nodose C-cells reveal a long-lasting after-spike hyperpolarization (AHPslow). Antigen challenge reversibly blocked the AHPslow in 4 of 18 neurons studied in 18 ganglia. About 30% of the nodose ganglion neurons display a time- and voltage-dependent inward rectification at membrane potentials more negative than -75 mV. Exposing the ganglion to the sensitizing antigen consistently blocked this response in 8 of 8 neurons. Histological assessment of toluidine blue stained cells revealed that the nodose ganglion contained approximately 100 mast cells. Exposing the ganglion to ovalbumin stimulated mast cell degranulation, as measured by a decrease in number of stained cells, and evoked the release of histamine, PGD2, and immunoreactive peptidoleukotrienes from the tissue. The results support the hypothesis that endogenous inflammatory mediators released during the immediate hypersensitivity (allergic) reactions can modulate the excitability of primary C-fiber afferents. Mechanisms underlying antigen-induced neuromodulation of these neurons include depolarization of the resting membrane potential, changes in membrane resistance, blockade of a time- and voltage-dependent anomalous rectifier, and, in some cells, blockade of the AHPslow.
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- B J Undem
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Undem BJ, Weinreich D. Electrophysiological properties and chemosensitivity of guinea pig nodose ganglion neurons in vitro. JOURNAL OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 1993; 44:17-33. [PMID: 8104970 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(93)90375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Conventional intracellular recording techniques were employed to obtain information on the electrophysiological and pharmacological characteristics of C-type neurons in the guinea pig nodose ganglia. Approximately 90% of the cell bodies gave rise to axons with conduction velocities consistent with C-fibers (0.9-1.1 m/s). The average resting membrane potential and input impedence was about -60 mV and 45 M sigma, respectively. Orthodromic electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve 20-30 mm caudal to the ganglion produced overshooting action potentials in the nodose neurons. The falling phase of the action potential was followed by a transient (50-300 ms) fast hyperpolarization (AHPfast). In 20% of C-type neurons the AHPfast was followed by a slowly developing, long-lasting afterhyperpolarization (AHPslow) that limited the ability of the neuron to fire action potentials at high frequency. The AHPslow magnitude was dependent on the number of spikes, had a reversal potential of -87 mV, and was abolished by 100 microM cadmium chloride, suggesting that it is produced by a calcium-dependent potassium current. In about 30% of the nodose neurons, hyperpolarizing current steps from resting potential produced a time- and voltage-dependent anomalous rectification in the electrotonic potential. External cesium (1 mM), but not barium (100 microM) reversibly blocked this effect. Single-electrode voltage-clamp measurements revealed a slowly developing inward current in these neurons that grows in magnitude with step hyperpolarizations from resting potential, and has an estimated reversal potential of about -44 mV. These properties suggest that this current is analogous to IH observed in many peripheral and central neurons. Autacoids including serotonin, histamine, several prostanoids, peptidoleukotriene, and bradykinin, were examined for their ability to affect the excitability of the nodose neurons. Serotonin was the only autacoid capable of depolarizing the membrane potential to action potential firing threshold. The serotonin-induced membrane depolarization was associated with a significant increase in input conductance. Histamine depolarized the membrane potential of the C-type neurons in 28/30 neurons. Bradykinin, prostacyclin, and leukotriene C4 were found to cause membrane depolarizations in a subset (73%, 31%, and 50%, respectively) of nodose neurons. The AHPslow was virtually abolished by bradykinin, prostacyclin, and in a subset of neurons, leukotriene C4. Inhibition of the AHPslow was accompanied by a change in the accommodative properties of the neurons, reflected by the increased frequency at which the neuron could successfully elicit repetitive action potentials.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- B J Undem
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, Baltimore, Maryland
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Holzer P. Reflex gastric motor inhibition caused by intraperitoneal bradykinin: antagonism by Hoe 140, a bradykinin antagonist. Peptides 1992; 13:1073-7. [PMID: 1337375 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(92)90008-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bradykinin (BK) has been reported to have mixed excitatory/inhibitory effects on gastrointestinal motility. The present study examined the mechanism responsible for the inhibition of gastric motor activity caused by intraperitoneal administration of BK. Gastric motor activity was measured by recording the intragastric pressure (IGP) of phenobarbital-anesthetized rats via a transesophageal catheter. To facilitate the study of inhibitory influences, gastric motility was stimulated by neurokinin A (NKA), which on intravenous injection evoked reproducible gastric contractions as measured by a rise of IGP. Intraperitoneal injection of BK (0.1-10 nmol) inhibited the NKA-induced increase in IGP in a dose-dependent manner, and the effect of epigastric administration of BK was not significantly different from that of intraperitoneal administration. The inhibitory effect of intraperitoneal BK on gastric motility was due to an effect on BK2 receptors because it was blocked by prior intraperitoneal injection of the BK2 antagonist Hoe 140. The specificity of this BK antagonist was demonstrated by its inability to antagonize the effect of intraperitoneal hydrochloric acid (HCl), which, like BK, inhibited the NKA-induced gastric contractions. Because the BK- and HCl-induced inhibition of the NKA-induced rise of IGP was abolished by acute removal of the celiac-superior mesenteric ganglion complex, but left unaltered by acute bilateral subdiaphragmatic vagotomy, it is inferred that intraperitoneal BK inhibits gastric motor activity via activation of an autonomic reflex that involves prevertebral ganglia.
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- P Holzer
- University of Graz, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Austria
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Holzer P, Livingston EH, Guth PH. Sensory neurons signal for an increase in rat gastric mucosal blood flow in the face of pending acid injury. Gastroenterology 1991; 101:416-23. [PMID: 2065919 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(91)90020-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Disruption of the gastric mucosal barrier is quickly followed by an increase in gastric mucosal blood flow, which is thought to be a defensive reaction to prevent further injury. This study examined how this increase in blood flow is brought about. When the stomach of urethane-anesthetized rats was perfused with 0.15N HCl, disruption of the gastric mucosal barrier with 15% ethanol increased the disappearance of acid from the gastric lumen and enhanced gastric mucosal blood flow. This increase in blood flow was blocked by local arterial infusion of tetrodotoxin (60 ng/min) to the stomach and by chemical ablation of capsaicin-sensitive sensory neurons. Inhibition of the blood flow increase was associated with exaggeration of gross and histological injury to the mucosa. IV injection of atropine (0.2 mg/kg) or pyrilamine (2 mg/kg) did not affect blood flow increase in response to barrier disruption, whereas morphine injection (2 mg/kg) inhibited it. The current findings show that the increase in gastric mucosal blood flow that follows disruption of the gastric mucosal barrier in the presence of acid is mediated by sensory neurons that seem to monitor acid back-diffusion and in turn signal for a protective increase in blood flow.
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- P Holzer
- Center for Ulcer Research and Education, University of California, Los Angeles
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Maggi CA. The pharmacology of the efferent function of sensory nerves. JOURNAL OF AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY 1991; 11:173-208. [PMID: 1677008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-8673.1991.tb00317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- C A Maggi
- Pharmacology Department, A. Menarini Pharmaceuticals, Florence, Italy
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Raybould HE, Holzer P, Thiefin G, Holzer HH, Yoneda M, Tache YF. Vagal afferent innervation and regulation of gastric function. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1991; 298:109-27. [PMID: 1950779 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0744-8_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In this article, we have presented evidence that vagal capsaicin-sensitive afferent fibers are involved in the regulation of gastric mucosal and motor function. Gastric acid secretion stimulated by gastric distension, histamine and central injection of TRH analog are all partly dependent on vagal capsaicin-sensitive afferent mechanisms. It is possible that as vagal efferent activity releases histamine, the common final pathway is the reduction in the response to histamine. At present, it is unclear as to the mechanism by which capsaicin-sensitive afferents are involved in the secretory response to histamine. With regard to the gastric acid and mucosal blood flow responses to TRH, it is not clear whether the sensory neurons represent a component of the efferent pathway that is activated by TRH or whether their role is to set the sensitivity of, or exert feedback control on this efferent pathway. As perineural capsaicin application decreases peptide content in the peripheral terminal fields of sensory neurons and these peptides may produce local effector functions within the tissue, it is possible that alterations in the gastric responses to TRH result from a decrease in the local effector functions of vagal neurons. From the experiments on electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, it is evident that antidromic stimulation of vagal afferents can stimulate gastric mucosal blood flow, although under these experimental conditions there was no evidence for a capsaicin-sensitive stimulation of gastric acid secretion. The physiological relevance of this stimulation of gastric mucosal blood flow is at present unclear, but it is possible that physiological stimuli, such as distension or nutrients, may stimulate afferents and signal for an increase in gastric mucosal blood flow. In addition, pathophysiological or noxious stimulation of vagal afferents may also signal for an increase in gastric mucosal blood flow and may play a role in the response of the mucosa to injury.
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- H E Raybould
- Center for Ulcer Research and Education, VA West Los Angeles
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Yoneda M, Raybould HE. Capsaicin-sensitive vagal afferent fibers do not contribute to histamine H2 receptor agonist-induced gastric acid secretion in anesthetized rats. Eur J Pharmacol 1990; 186:349-52. [PMID: 2149706 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(90)90459-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The effect of perivagal capsaicin treatment on gastric acid secretion induced by the histamine H2 receptor agonist, dimaprit dihydrochloride, and the effect of the histamine H1 receptor agonist, 2-thiazolylethylamine dihydrochloride, on gastric acid secretion were studied in acute gastric fistula rats anesthetized with urethane. The integrated secretory response for the 2 h following subcutaneous (s.c.) administration of dimaprit dihydrochloride (5-20 mg/kg) did not differ in capsaicin- compared to vehicle-treated rats. Administration of 2-thiazolylethylamine dihydrochloride (20 mg/kg s.c.) did not modify gastric acid secretion in untreated rats. The present study demonstrates that the previously reported reduction in the secretory response to histamine by perivagal capsaicin treatment is unrelated to histamine H1 or H2 receptor.
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- M Yoneda
- Center for Ulcer Research and Education, VA Wadsworth Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073
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Tokimasa T, Akasu T. ATP regulates muscarine-sensitive potassium current in dissociated bull-frog primary afferent neurones. J Physiol 1990; 426:241-64. [PMID: 2121960 PMCID: PMC1189886 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp018136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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1. Bull-frog dorsal root ganglion cells in primary culture were voltage clamped in the whole-cell configuration. The pipette solution contained ATP (5 mM). 2. Step depolarizations (5-70 mV, 0.1-1 s) from a holding potential close to the resting potential (range, -64 to -79 mV) evoked a non-inactivating potassium current with properties indistinguishable from those which have been reported for the M-current of bull-frog sympathetic neurones. 3. An unhydrolysable ATP analogue APP(NH)P (5 mM), substitute with ATP in the pipette solution, did not support the M-current activation. 4. Bath application of ATP (30 nM-30 microM) reduced the amplitude of the M-current in a concentration-dependent manner, congruent to 50% inhibition of the current occurring with 1 microM-ATP. The main effect of ATP was to reduce the maximum M-conductance without changing the activation and deactivation kinetics of the M-current. 5. Essentially the same results were obtained with ADP (0.1-30 microM) and alpha, beta-methylene-ATP (10-30 microM). AMP (10-100 microM) and adenosine (10-30 microM) were without effect on the M-current. 6. The ATP-induced inhibition of the M-current was irreversible when an unhydrolysable GTP analogue GTP-gamma-S (10-30 microM) was present in the pipette solution. ATP (3 microM) reduced the amplitude of the M-current only by about 10% when GDP-beta-S (100 microM) was present in the pipette solution. Pre-treatment of the cells with pertussis toxin (IAP; 500 ng ml-1) for 24 h at 24 degrees C did not prevent the ATP-induced M-current inhibition. 7. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 1-3 microM) reduced the amplitude of the M-current to about 50%. A reduction in the M-current amplitude by PMA (3 microM) and ATP (10 microM) was attenuated when staurosporine (200 nM) was present in the pipette solution. Forskolin (10 microM) was without effect on the M-current. 8. It is concluded that ATP acting at P2 receptors, associated with an IAP-insensitive GTP-binding protein, inhibits the M-current in amphibian primary afferent neurones.
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- T Tokimasa
- Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan
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MacLean DB, Wheeler F, Hayes L. Basal and stimulated release of substance P from dissociated cultures of vagal sensory neurons. Brain Res 1990; 519:308-14. [PMID: 1697777 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90093-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Substance P, the widely distributed 11 amino acid neuropeptide, is present in up to 20% of vagal sensory cell bodies and the fibers emanating from them. To study the factors regulating the release of SP, vagal sensory (nodose or nodose/jugular) ganglia were obtained from neonatal rats and dissociated using neutral protease. Survival of plated neurons on collagen substrate was 10-20% at 2 weeks and 20-30% when neurons were plated over previously dissociated rat atriacytes. Substance P content was low in cultures for the first several days, then rose linearly to 0.1-0.2 pg/surviving neuron. Substance P was released into a 4.5 mM potassium medium at a steady rate of 0.036%/min. In 50 mM K+ supplemented medium, total release during 20 min increased 5-8-fold and steady-state release increased 4-5-fold to 0.15%/min. The sensory neuron specific excitatory neurotoxin, capsaicin, evoked SP release in similar amounts to 50 mM K+. Both net K(+)- and capsaicin-evoked, but not basal release were completely inhibited by 3.5 mM cobalt chloride. Bradykinin, 1-100 nM, stimulated SP release 2-4 times above basal levels. Forskolin and phorbol ester also increased SP release 1.5-3 times basal amounts. In summary, substance P is present in cultured vagal sensory neurons in amounts similar to in vivo and is released in response to sensory specific stimuli. These cultures should allow exploration of some of the tissue specific factors regulating neurotransmitter release in the sensory vagus nerve.
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- D B MacLean
- Endocrinology Division, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903
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B-afferents: Is an anatomic definition sufficient to characterize the organization of neural function? Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Neuromodulatory activity of peripherally administered substance P. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Convergence of autonomic afferents at brain stem neurons: Stomach reflex and food intake. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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B-neurons mediating homeostasis and behavior? Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Somatic spikes of sensory neurons may provide a better sorting criterion than the autonomic/somatic subdivision. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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B-afferents: An important afferent input to the autonomic reflexes. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Classification of afferents by input not by output? Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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“What's in a name?” A case for redefining the autonomic nervous system. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Network-structure of the peripheral autonomic innervation apparatus should be thoroughly evaluated. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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B-afferents: The basis for autonomic reflexes? Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x0007878x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Does form underlie function in the neural control of homeostasis? Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Let afferents be afferents. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Dichotomic classification of sensory neurons: Elegant but problematic. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ontogeny, form, function, and prediction. Behav Brain Sci 1990. [DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x00078961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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