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Kobori N, Moore AN, Redell JB, Dash PK. Caudal DMN neurons innervate the spleen and release CART peptide to regulate neuroimmune function. J Neuroinflammation 2023; 20:158. [PMID: 37403174 PMCID: PMC10318820 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-023-02838-2] [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: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Inflammation is a fundamental biological response to injury and infection, which if unregulated can contribute to the pathophysiology of many diseases. The vagus nerve, which primarily originates from the dorsal motor nucleus (DMN), plays an important role in rapidly dampening inflammation by regulating splenic function. However, direct vagal innervation of the spleen, which houses the majority of immune and inflammatory cells, has not been established. As an alternative to direct innervation, an anti-inflammatory reflex pathway has been proposed which involves the vagus nerve, the sympathetic celiac ganglion, and the neurotransmitter norepinephrine. Although sympathetic regulation of inflammation has been shown, the interaction of the vagus nerve and the celiac ganglia requires a unique interaction of parasympathetic and sympathetic inputs, making this putative mechanism of brain-spleen interaction controversial. BODY: As neuropeptides can be expressed at relatively high levels in neurons, we reasoned that DMN neuropeptide immunoreactivity could be used to determine their target innervation. Employing immunohistochemistry, subdiaphragmatic vagotomy, viral tract tracing, CRISPR-mediated knock-down, and functional assays, we show that cocaine and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) peptide-expressing projection neurons in the caudal DMN directly innervate the spleen. In response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation, CART acts to reduce inflammation, an effect that can be augmented by intrasplenic administration of a synthetic CART peptide. These in vivo effects could be recapitulated in cultured splenocytes, suggesting that these cells express the as yet unidentified CART receptor(s). CONCLUSION Our results provide evidence for direct connections between the caudal DMN and spleen. In addition to acetylcholine, these neurons express the neuropeptide CART that, once released, acts to suppress inflammation by acting directly upon splenocytes.
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- Nobuhide Kobori
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, TX, 77225, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, TX, 77225, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, TX, 77225, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, P.O. Box 20708, Houston, TX, 77225, USA.
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Borghammer P. The α-Synuclein Origin and Connectome Model (SOC Model) of Parkinson's Disease: Explaining Motor Asymmetry, Non-Motor Phenotypes, and Cognitive Decline. JOURNAL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2021; 11:455-474. [PMID: 33682732 PMCID: PMC8150555 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-202481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A new model of Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis is proposed, the α-Synuclein Origin site and Connectome (SOC) model, incorporating two aspects of α-synuclein pathobiology that impact the disease course for each patient: the anatomical location of the initial α-synuclein inclusion, and α-synuclein propagation dependent on the ipsilateral connections that dominate connectivity of the human brain. In some patients, initial α-synuclein pathology occurs within the CNS, leading to a brain-first subtype of PD. In others, pathology begins in the peripheral autonomic nervous system, leading to a body-first subtype. In brain-first cases, it is proposed that the first pathology appears unilaterally, often in the amygdala. If α-synuclein propagation depends on connection strength, a unilateral focus of pathology will disseminate more to the ipsilateral hemisphere. Thus, α-synuclein spreads mainly to ipsilateral structures including the substantia nigra. The asymmetric distribution of pathology leads to asymmetric dopaminergic degeneration and motor asymmetry. In body-first cases, the α-synuclein pathology ascends via the vagus to both the left and right dorsal motor nuclei of the vagus owing to the overlapping parasympathetic innervation of the gut. Consequently, the initial α-synuclein pathology inside the CNS is more symmetric, which promotes more symmetric propagation in the brainstem, leading to more symmetric dopaminergic degeneration and less motor asymmetry. At diagnosis, body-first patients already have a larger, more symmetric burden of α-synuclein pathology, which in turn promotes faster disease progression and accelerated cognitive decline. The SOC model is supported by a considerable body of existing evidence and may have improved explanatory power.
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- Per Borghammer
- Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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He F, Ai HB. Effects of electrical stimulation at different locations in the central nucleus of amygdala on gastric motility and spike activity. Physiol Res 2016; 65:693-700. [PMID: 26988148 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The aim of the study was to determine the effects of electrical stimulation of different locations in the central nucleus of amygdala (CNA) on gastric motility and spike activity in dorsal vagal complex. Gastric motility index (GMI) and firing rate (FR) of dorsal vagal complex neurons were measured in adult Wistar rats respectively. Neuronal spikes in dorsal vagal complex (DVC) were recorded extracellularly with single-barrel glass microelectrodes. Each type of responses elicited by electrical stimulation in medial (CEM) and lateral (CEL) subdivisions of CNA were recorded, respectively. GMI was significantly increased after stimulation of CEM (p<0.01), and significantly decreased in response to CEL stimulation (p<0.01). After stimulation of CEM, FR in medial nucleus of the solitary tract (mNST) decreased by 31.6 % (p<0.01) and that in dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMNV) increased by 27.1 % (p<0.01). On the contrary, FR in mNST increased (p<0.01) and that in DMNV decreased in response to CEL stimulation (p<0.05). In conclusions, our findings indicated that different loci of CNA may mediate differential effects on gastric activity via changes in the firing of brainstem neurons controlling gut activity.
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- Feng He
- Key Laboratory of Animal Resistance of Shandong Province, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Lixia District, Jinan, P. R. China.
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Bilateral vagotomy attenuates the severity of secretagogue-induced acute pancreatitis in the rat. Adv Med Sci 2014; 59:172-7. [PMID: 25323753 DOI: 10.1016/j.advms.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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PURPOSE We assessed the effect of bilateral vagotomy (BV) on the course of acute caerulein-induced pancreatitis (AP) in the rat. MATERIAL/METHODS The study was performed on Wistar rats surgically prepared by subdiaphragmatic BV. Control group underwent sham operation. Four days later, AP was induced by subcutaneous injection of caerulein (25 μg/kg/5h) to the conscious animals with or without BV. After administration of caerulein the blood samples were taken for determination of serum lipase activity and interleukin-10 (IL-10) concentration. Pancreatic tissue samples were subjected to histological examinations and to the measurement of lipid peroxidation products (MDA+4-HNE) concentration and the activity of an antioxidant enzyme - glutathione peroxidase (GPx). After application of caerulein pancreatic blood flow was measured by laser Doppler flowmetry. RESULTS AP was manifested by oedema and neutrophil infiltration of the pancreatic tissue and accompanied by significant increases of serum lipase activity, serum concentration of IL-10 and pancreatic concentration of MDA+4HNE (ca. 50×, 2× and 4× respectively p ≥ 0.05). Pancreatic activity of GPx and pancreatic blood flow were decreased (both by 60%). In vagotomised rats with AP serum lipase activity and pancreatic concentration of MDA+4-HNE were lower whereas Il-10 concentration and pancreatic activity of GPx, as well as pancreatic blood flow were significantly higher as compared to AP rats with intact vagal nerves. In AP rats with vagotomy all histological signs of pancreatitis were significantly reduced. CONCLUSIONS Bilateral vagotomy resulted in the significant attenuation of caerulein-induced pancreatitis in the rat.
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Hayakawa T, Kuwahara-Otani S, Maeda S, Tanaka K, Seki M. Collateral projections of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve to the stomach and the intestines in the rat. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn 2014; 90:7-15. [PMID: 23883773 DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.90.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The vagal motor neurons project to the gastrointestinal tract by way of the gastric, celiac and hepatic branches of the vagus trunk. We have examined whether single neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (DMV) have collateral projections to the stomach, the duodenum and the intestines using a double-labeling tracing method. Following application of Fluorogold to the cut end of the accessory celiac branch and injection of cholera toxin subunit b (CTb) into the body of stomach, many Fluorogold- and CTb-labeled neurons were found throughout the DMV. Most CTb-labeled neurons (about 90%) were also labeled with Fluorogold. When Fluorogold was applied to the cut end of the accessory celiac or the gastric branch and CTb was injected into the duodenum, many Fluorogold-labeled neurons and CTb-labeled neurons were found in the DMV. About 20% of CTb-labeled neurons were also labeled with Fluorogold. These results indicate that many neurons in the DMV send collateral projections to both the stomach and the intestines innervated by way of the celiac branch. However, many neurons in the DMV projecting to the duodenum do not project to the stomach or the intestines caudal to the duodenum.
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- Tetsu Hayakawa
- Department of Anatomy, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan.
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In gastroesophageal reflux disease, differential gene expression in the duodenum points towards enhanced chylomicron production and secretion. Dig Dis Sci 2012; 57:1475-85. [PMID: 22350785 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2064-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Duodenal signaling affects esophageal motility and perception, both pathophysiological factors in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Duodenal gene expression abnormalities, contributing to altered esophageal sensorimotor function, have not been reported to date. AIM To identify differentially expressed genes in GERD patients' duodenum. METHODS Twenty GERD patients (total 24-h acid exposure 6-12%, SAP ≥95%) and ten healthy controls (HC) were included. Two weeks prior to duodenal biopsy collection, ten patients discontinued proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment and ten took maximum dose PPI. RNA was profiled on an Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 array (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, USA). Genes exhibiting a fold change ≥ 1.4 (t test p value <1E-4) were considered differentially expressed. A subset of 21 differentially expressed genes was selected for confirmatory TaqMan low-density array RT-PCR. Mucosal apolipoprotein A-IV (apoA-IV) and cholecystokinin (CCK) concentrations were determined by ELISA and RIA, respectively. RESULTS In GERD patients off PPI, 23 up- and 23 down-regulated genes relative to HC were found. In GERD patients on PPI, 33 and five genes were higher, respectively, lower expressed. The majority of up-regulated genes were associated with lipid absorption, particularly triglyceride resynthesis and intracellular vesicular transport, rate-limiting processes for chylomicron production and secretion. Differential expression of 11 genes was confirmed by RT-PCR. Mucosal apoA-IV and CCK concentrations (signaling proteins released upon chylomicron secretion) were similar in GERD patients and HC. CONCLUSIONS The identified mRNA expression differences suggest that in GERD patients' duodenum, the chylomicron production and secretion potential is elevated, and may underlie a mechanism by which postprandial duodenal signaling contributes to GERD symptom generation.
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Ohmori Y, Atoji Y, Saito S, Ueno H, Inoshima Y, Ishiguro N. Differences in extrinsic innervation patterns of the small intestine in the cattle and sheep. Auton Neurosci 2012; 167:39-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2011.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Revised: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Wang FB, Young YK, Kao CK. Abdominal vagal afferent pathways and their distributions of intraganglionic laminar endings in the rat duodenum. J Comp Neurol 2012; 520:1098-113. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.22812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tanida M, Shen J, Nagai K. Possible role of the histaminergic system in autonomic and cardiovascular responses to neuropeptide Y. Neuropeptides 2009; 43:21-9. [PMID: 18996592 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2008] [Revised: 09/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that neuropeptide Y (NPY) affects blood pressure (BP) in anesthetized rats. Here, we examined the effects of the third cerebral ventricular (3CV) injection of various doses of NPY on renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and BP in anesthetized rats. 3CV injection of NPY suppressed RSNA and BP in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, suppressing effects of NPY on RSNA and BP were eliminated by lateral cerebral ventricular (LCV) preinjection of thioperamide, an antagonist of histaminergic H3-receptor, not diphenhydramine, an antagonist of histaminergic H1-receptor. In addition, 3CV injection of NPY accelerated gastric vagal nerve activity (GVNA) and inhibited brown adipose tissue sympathetic nerve activity (BAT-SNA) of anesthetized rats, and lowered brown adipose tissue temperature (BAT-T) of conscious rats. Thus, these evidences suggest that central NPY affects autonomic nerves containing RSNA, GVNA or BAT-SNA, and BP by mediating central histaminergic H3-receptors.
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- Mamoru Tanida
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan.
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Hayakawa T, Kuwahara S, Maeda S, Tanaka K, Seki M. Fine structural survey of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive terminals in the myenteric ganglion of the rat duodenum. J Chem Neuroanat 2008; 36:191-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2008.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2008] [Revised: 04/28/2008] [Accepted: 04/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Poole SL, Deuchars J, Lewis DI, Deuchars SA. Subdivision-specific responses of neurons in the nucleus of the tractus solitarius to activation of mu-opioid receptors in the rat. J Neurophysiol 2007; 98:3060-71. [PMID: 17898143 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00755.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Microinjection of opioid receptor agonists into the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) has differential effects on cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal responses. This can be achieved either by presynaptic modulation of inputs onto neurons or by postsynaptic activation of receptors on neurons in specific regions. Therefore we sought to determine whether responses of neurons to activation of opioid receptors were dependent on their location within the NTS. Using whole cell patch-clamp recordings from neurons within the NTS, the mu opioid receptor (MOR) agonist [D-Ala(2), N-Me-Phe(4),Gly(5)-ol]-enkephalin (DAMGO, 100 nM) hyperpolarized a proportion of neurons in the medial, dorsomedial and dorsolateral NTS, whereas no postsynaptic responses were observed in remaining subdivisions. DAMGO reduced the amplitude of solitary tract-evoked excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) in all neurons tested, regardless of subdivision. The kappa opioid receptor (KOR) agonist U69593 (10-20 microM) also hyperpolarized a small fraction of neurons (6/79) and decreased the amplitude of EPSPs in 50% of neurons. In contrast, the delta-opioid receptor agonist DPDPE (1-4 microM) had no presynaptic or postsynaptic effects on NTS neurons even after preincubation with bradykinin. Anatomical data at the light and electron microscopic level complemented electrophysiological observations with respect to MOR location and further showed that MORs were present at both presynaptic and postsynaptic sites in the dorsolateral NTS, often at the same synapse. These data demonstrate site specific responses of neurons to activation of MORs and KORs, which may underlie their ability to modulate different autonomic reflexes.
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MESH Headings
- Analgesics, Opioid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Drug Interactions
- Electric Stimulation/methods
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/physiology
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/radiation effects
- In Vitro Techniques
- Male
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron/methods
- Neurons/physiology
- Neurons/ultrastructure
- Patch-Clamp Techniques/methods
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/ultrastructure
- Solitary Nucleus/cytology
- Somatostatin/analogs & derivatives
- Somatostatin/pharmacology
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- Sarah L Poole
- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Bengtsson MW, Mäkelä K, Sjöblom M, Uotila S, Akerman KEO, Herzig KH, Flemström G. Food-induced expression of orexin receptors in rat duodenal mucosa regulates the bicarbonate secretory response to orexin-A. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 293:G501-9. [PMID: 17585016 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00514.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Presence of appetite-regulating peptides orexin-A and orexin-B in mucosal endocrine cells suggests a role in physiological control of the intestine. Our aim was to characterize orexin-induced stimulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion and modulation of secretory responses and mucosal orexin receptors by overnight food deprivation. Lewis x Dark Agouti rats were anesthetized and proximal duodenum cannulated in situ. Mucosal bicarbonate secretion (pH stat) and mean arterial blood pressure were continuously recorded. Orexin-A was administered intra-arterially close to the duodenum, intraluminally, or into the brain ventricles. Total RNA was extracted from mucosal specimens, reverse transcribed to cDNA and expression of orexin receptors 1 and 2 (OX1 and OX2) measured by quantitative real-time PCR. OX1 protein was measured by Western blot. Intra-arterial orexin-A (60-600 nmol.h(-1).kg(-1)) increased (P < 0.01) the duodenal secretion in fed but not in fasted animals. The OX1 receptor antagonist SB-334867, which was also found to have a partial agonist action, abolished the orexin-induced secretory response but did not affect secretion induced by the muscarinic agonist bethanechol. Atropine, in contrast, inhibited bethanechol but not orexin-induced secretion. Orexin-A infused into the brain ventricles (2-20 nmol.kg(-1).h(-1)) or added to luminal perfusate (1.0-100 nM) did not affect secretion, indicating that orexin-A acts peripherally and at basolateral receptors. Overnight fasting decreased mucosal OX1 and OX2 mRNA expression (P < 0.01) as well as OX1 protein expression (P < 0.05). We conclude that stimulation of secretion by orexin-A may involve both receptor types and is independent of cholinergic pathways. Intestinal OX receptors and secretory responses are markedly related to food intake.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Atropine/pharmacology
- Benzoxazoles/administration & dosage
- Bethanechol/pharmacology
- Bicarbonates/metabolism
- Cerebral Ventricles/drug effects
- Cerebral Ventricles/metabolism
- Crosses, Genetic
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Duodenum/drug effects
- Duodenum/metabolism
- Eating/physiology
- Food Deprivation
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Infusions, Intra-Arterial
- Intestinal Mucosa/drug effects
- Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism
- Intestinal Secretions/metabolism
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/administration & dosage
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Male
- Muscarinic Agonists/pharmacology
- Muscarinic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Naphthyridines
- Neuropeptides/administration & dosage
- Neuropeptides/metabolism
- Orexin Receptors
- Orexins
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/biosynthesis
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/drug effects
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics
- Receptors, Neuropeptide/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Neuropeptide/drug effects
- Receptors, Neuropeptide/genetics
- Time Factors
- Up-Regulation
- Urea/administration & dosage
- Urea/analogs & derivatives
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Affiliation(s)
- Magnus W Bengtsson
- Dept. of Neuroscience, Division of Physiology, Uppsala University, BMC, PO Box 572, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Wang FB, Powley TL. Vagal innervation of intestines: afferent pathways mapped with new en bloc horseradish peroxidase adaptation. Cell Tissue Res 2007; 329:221-30. [PMID: 17453246 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0413-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 03/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Neural tracers have not typically been employed to determine the pathways followed by axons between their perikarya and target tissues. We have adapted the tetramethylbenzidine method for horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to stain fibers en bloc in organs and thus to delineate axonal trajectories. We have also applied this protocol to characterize the pathways that vagal afferents follow to the intestines. The protocol confirms that the proximal segment of the duodenum receives afferents carried in the vagal hepatic branch and demonstrates that vagal afferents innervating the remainder of the small and large intestines course through multiple fascicles derived from the celiac branches of the abdominal vagus. These fascicles divide, intermingle, and reorganize along the abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery (SMA), but not along the inferior mesenteric artery, and then project to the intestines with secondary arteries that branch from the SMA. The inferior pancreaticoduodenal, jejunal, middle colic, right colic, and ileocecocolic arteries all carry vagal afferents to segments of the intestines. As the arteries derived from the SMA divide repeatedly into successively finer branches and course to the intestines, the vagal afferent fascicles (typically a pair) running with each arterial branch also divide. These divisions generate sets/pairs of finer fascicles coursing with even the highest order arterial radicles. The vagal fascicles enter the intestinal wall with the vessels and appear to innervate the organ near the point of entry. The results verify the practicality and sensitivity of the en bloc HRP technique and suggest that the protocol could delineate other peripheral pathways.
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- Feng-Bin Wang
- Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, 62102, Taiwan,
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Cao X, Ball AJ, Partosoedarso ER, Burmeister MA, Hornby PJ. Functional effects and characteristics of cecum-projecting neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus of rats. Auton Neurosci 2007; 131:1-8. [PMID: 16950660 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2005] [Revised: 04/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/02/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Preganglionic neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV) innervate most of the gastrointestinal tract; with the stomach and the cecum/proximal colon having a greater proportion of vagal input. Cecum-projecting neurons have been thought to be distinct from other preganglionic neurons due to their location within the DMV, but it is unknown whether these neurons innervate the cecum exclusively or what effect their activation has on cecal motor activity. Therefore, we investigated the extent of coinnervation of cecum and stomach by vagal neurons, their neurochemistry, and the effect of DMV stimulation on intracecal and intragastric volumes. Fluorescent retrograde tracers injected into the serosa of the cecum and stomach revealed that in the DMV 49+/-5% CTB-labeled cecum-projecting neurons also innervated the stomach. Immunocytochemical staining for nitric oxide (NO) synthase and tyrosine hydroxylase indicated that only 3+/-1% and 4+/-1% of cecum-projecting neurons contained these markers, respectively. In anesthetized rats gastric and cecal volumes were measured by prototypic miniaturized dual barostats that were developed for use in rodents. Microinjection of l-glutamate into the DMV increased gastric contractile activity and tone, and reduced on-going cecum contractile activity (2.6+/-0.7 contractions/2 min after injection versus 8.2+/-0.4 contractions/2 min before injection, N = 5). The barostat was able to detect decreases (-0.88+/-0.13 ml) and increases (0.25+/-0.05 ml) in cecum volume in response to carbachol and sodium nitroprusside, respectively. In summary, cecum-projecting neurons are not an entirely exclusive population within the DMV because a percentage of these also innervate the stomach. Central vagal stimulation can modulate both gastric and cecum contractile activity. Together, these data support a role of the vagus in neural reflexes involving gastric and large bowel motor function, such as the immediate phase of the gastrocolonic reflex.
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- Xiaoqing Cao
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Czaja K, Ritter RC, Burns GA. Vagal afferent neurons projecting to the stomach and small intestine exhibit multiple N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit phenotypes. Brain Res 2006; 1119:86-93. [PMID: 16989781 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2006] [Revised: 08/08/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Previous reports suggest that NMDA receptors participate in control of food intake via vagal afferent neurons that innervate the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. While messenger RNA coding for the NR1 NMDA receptor subunit is present in a majority of vagal afferent neurons of nodose ganglia (NG), immunoreactivity for other NMDA receptor subunits (NR2B, NR2C and NR2D) are expressed in more limited subpopulations of vagal afferents. To determine whether vagal afferent neurons that project to the stomach or duodenum exhibit distinct NMDA receptor subunit phenotypes, we examined immunoreactivity (IR) for NMDA receptor NR1, NR2B, NR2C and NR2D subunits in NG neurons that were labeled by injections of the retrograde tracer Fast Blue (FB) into the wall of the stomach or duodenum. FB injections into the fundus or corpus of the stomach labeled comparable numbers of neurons in both the left and right NG, while proximal duodenal injections labeled only neurons of left NG. NR1-IR expression was observed in most neurons innervating the upper GI tract (fundus, 97%; corpus, 95%; duodenum, 98%). Likewise, most neurons that innervated the upper GI tract expressed NR2B-IR (fundus, 98%; corpus, 85%; duodenum, 81%). NR2C-IR was observed in only 52%, 46% and 32% of FB-positive neurons projecting to the fundus, corpus or duodenum respectively, while NR2D-IR occurred in an even more restricted FB-labeled subpopulation (fundus, 13%; corpus, 26%; and duodenum, 18%). Our observations indicate that different subpopulations of vagal afferents express distinct NMDA receptor subunit phenotypes. However, the neuronal distribution of NMDA receptor subunits is not correlated with innervation of either the stomach or duodenum.
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- Krzysztof Czaja
- Department of Veterinary, Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163-6520, USA
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Galanin plays an important role in the regulation of food intake, energy balance, and body weight. Many galanin-positive fibers as well as galanin-positive neurons were seen in the dorsal vagal complex, suggesting that galanin produces its effects by actions involving vagal neurons. In the present experiment, we used tract-tracing and neurophysiological techniques to evaluate the origin of the galaninergic fibers and the effect of galanin on neurons in the dorsal vagal complex. Our results reveal that the nucleus of the solitary tract is the major source of the galanin terminals in the dorsal vagal complex. In vivo experiments demonstrated that galanin inhibited the majority of gut-related neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. In vitro experiments demonstrated that galanin inhibited the majority of stomach-projecting neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus by suppressing spontaneous activity and/or producing a fully reversible dose-dependent membrane hyperpolarization and outward current. The galanin-induced hyperpolarization and outward current persisted after synaptic input was blocked, suggesting that galanin acts directly on receptors of neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. The reversal potential induced by galanin was close to the potassium ion potentials of the Nernst equation and was prevented by the potassium channel blocker tetraethylammonium, indicating that the inhibitory effect of galanin was mediated by a potassium channel. These results indicate that the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus is inhibited by galanin derived predominantly from neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract projecting to the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve. Galanin is one of the neurotransmitters involved in the vago-vagal reflex.
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- Zhenjun Tan
- Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Zhang X, Cui J, Tan Z, Jiang C, Fogel R. The central nucleus of the amygdala modulates gut-related neurons in the dorsal vagal complex in rats. J Physiol 2003; 553:1005-18. [PMID: 14555729 PMCID: PMC2343616 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.045906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Using retrograde tract-tracing and electrophysiological methods, we characterized the anatomical and functional relationship between the central nucleus of the amygdala and the dorsal vagal complex. Retrograde tract-tracing techniques revealed that the central nucleus of the amygdala projects to the dorsal vagal complex with a topographic distribution. Following injection of retrograde tracer into the vagal complex, retrogradely labelled neurons in the central nucleus of the amygdala were clustered in the central portion at the rostral level and in the medial part at the middle level of the nucleus. Few labelled neurons were seen at the caudal level. Electrical stimulation of the central nucleus of the amygdala altered the basal firing rates of 65 % of gut-related neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract and in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. Eighty-one percent of the neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract and 47 % of the neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus were inhibited. Electrical stimulation of the central nucleus of the amygdala also modulated the response of neurons in the dorsal vagal complex to gastrointestinal stimuli. The predominant effect on the neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract was inhibition. These results suggest that the central nucleus of the amygdala influences gut-related neurons in the dorsal vagal complex and provides a neuronal circuitry that explains the regulation of gastrointestinal activity by the amygdala.
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- Xueguo Zhang
- Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology Research, Division of Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Zafra MA, Molina F, Puerto A. Effects of perivagal administration of capsaicin on post-surgical food intake. Auton Neurosci 2003; 107:37-44. [PMID: 12927225 DOI: 10.1016/s1566-0702(03)00128-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The vagus nerve has been related to the short-term control of food intake. This involvement has previously been explored by examining the food intake of animals after recovery from a vagotomy or immediately after the intervention, among other methods. In the present work, a study was conducted on the impact of the perivagal application of capsaicin (a specific neurotoxic treatment that destroys most of the vagal afferent pathways) on the intake of water and solid (experiment 1) or liquid (experiment 2) food presented after the surgery The results of experiment 1 showed that lesioned animals consume significantly larger amounts of food and water compared with controls at 6, 12, and 24 h (but not at 48 or 72 h) after the surgical intervention. Likewise, experiment 2 revealed a greater intake of liquid food by capsaicin-treated animals at the first post-surgical sessions. These data are discussed in terms of the role played by vagal afferent fibers in the control of short-term food intake.
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- Maria A Zafra
- Psychobiology Area, Department of Experimental Psychology and Physiology of Behavior, University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja, Granada, 18071, Spain.
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Zhang X, Jiang C, Tan Z, Fogel R. Vagal motor neurons in rats respond to noxious and physiological gastrointestinal distention differentially. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 16:2027-38. [PMID: 12473070 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02281.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Low-pressure gastrointestinal distention modulates gastrointestinal function by a vago-vagal reflex. Noxious visceral distention, as seen in an obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract, causes abdominal pain, vomiting and affective changes. Using single neuron recording and intracellular injection techniques, we characterized the neuronal responses of neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMNV) to low- and high-pressure distensions of stomach and duodenum. Low-pressure gastric distention inhibited the mean activity of the DMNV neurons whereas high-pressure gastric distention excited many neurons. Of 47 DMNV neurons, low-pressure gastric distention inhibited 39, excited four, and did not affect four neurons. High-pressure gastric distention inhibited 26, excited 20, and left one unaffected. Thirteen of the 39 DMNV neurons inhibited by low-pressure distention of the stomach reversed their response to excitation during high-pressure gastric distention. Among 47 DMNV neurons, low-pressure duodenal distention inhibited 30, excited 10, and did not affect the remaining seven neurons. High-pressure distention of the duodenum inhibited 25 and excited 22 neurons. Eight DMNV neurons inhibited by low-pressure duodenal distention were excited in early response to high-pressure distention of the duodenum. High-pressure duodenal distention caused an early excitation and late inhibition in the mean activity of the DMNV neurons while low-pressure duodenal distention only produced late inhibition. These results suggest that different reflexes are present between physiological distention and noxious stimulation of gastrointestinal tract.
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- Xueguo Zhang
- Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology Research, Division of Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Health System, One Ford Place 2D, 6071 Second Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
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Zafra MA, Simón MJ, Molina F, Puerto A. The role of the external lateral parabrachial subnucleus in flavor preferences induced by predigested food administered intragastrically. Brain Res 2002; 950:155-64. [PMID: 12231240 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03032-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A study was undertaken of the role of the external lateral parabrachial subnucleus (PBNLe) in flavor preferences induced by the intragastric administration of predigested/cephalic food. These preferences were developed using two different learning procedures, concurrent and sequential. In the concurrent procedure, two different-flavored stimuli were presented at the same time: one stimulus was paired with the simultaneous intragastric administration of partially digested food and the other with physiological saline. In the sequential learning procedure, the two stimuli were presented at alternate sessions. The results showed that PBNLe lesions blocked acquisition of concurrent learning but had no effect on the sequential procedure. In the latter case, both lesioned and control animals showed a strong preference for the gustatory stimulus paired with partially digested food. These results are interpreted in terms of a dual neurobiological system involved in the rewarding effects of visceral signals.
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- M A Zafra
- Psychobiology Area, Department of Experimental Psychology and Physiology of Behavior, University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja, 18071, Granada, Spain.
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Zhang X, Fogel R. Glutamate mediates an excitatory influence of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus on the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. J Neurophysiol 2002; 88:49-63. [PMID: 12091532 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.1.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Data have shown that the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) and the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMNV) play important roles in the regulation of gastrointestinal function and eating behavior. Anatomical studies have demonstrated direct projections from the PVN to the DMNV and physiological studies showed that the DMNV mediates many of the effects of PVN stimulation and electrical current stimulation of the PVN excites a subset of DMNV neurons. The aim of this study was to characterize the role of glutamate receptors in the excitatory influence of the PVN on gut-related DMNV neurons. Using single-cell recording techniques, we determined the effects of kynurenic acid, 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxalene-2,3-dione (CNQX), and DL-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (DL-AP5) on the increase in firing rate due to electrical current stimulation of the PVN. In initial experiments, we studied 24 DMNV neurons excited by electrical current stimulation of the PVN. Kynurenic acid, a broad-spectrum glutamate receptor antagonist, prevented the PVN effect in 22 neurons and significantly attenuated the effect in the other cells. Nine of these neurons demonstrated an inhibition in firing rate with PVN stimulation after pretreatment with kynurenic acid. In a separate group of 12 neurons, we determined the effects of CNQX (1.2 nmol) injected into the DMNV. This AMPA receptor antagonist completely blocked the excitatory response to PVN stimulation of six DMNV neurons and significantly attenuated the response of the other six DMNV neurons. The addition of 1.2 nmol DL-AP5, a N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, further attenuated the response to PVN stimulation in four of the five DMNV neurons that were still excited after CNQX treatment. The fifth neuron demonstrated PVN- induced inhibition of firing rate after treatment with CNQX and DL-AP5. In a separate group of 11 DMNV neurons excited by electrical stimulation of the PVN, DL-AP5 partially attenuated the excitatory responses of only four DMNV neurons and did not block the excitation of any cells. The mean latency (14 neurons tested) from the PVN to the DMNV was 37.71 +/- 2.40 (SE) ms. Monosynaptic action potentials and excitatory postsynaptic potentials were demonstrated in three DMNV neurons by intracellular recording. Our results indicate that glutamate released from PVN neurons projecting to the DMNV excite the gut-related vagal motor neurons by acting predominantly on the AMPA receptor. The NMDA receptor plays only a minor role in the excitatory effect.
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- Xueguo Zhang
- Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology Research, Division of Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
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Blondeau C, Clerc N, Baude A. Neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors are expressed in vagal efferent neurons that innervate different parts of the gastro-intestinal tract. Neuroscience 2002; 110:339-49. [PMID: 11958875 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00452-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vagal efferent neurons innervating the digestive tract are mainly contained in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. Previous studies have suggested that neurokinins and their neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors are involved in the parasympathetic control of digestive functions. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the distribution of neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors amongst vagal efferent neurons innervating the stomach, the duodenum, the ileum and the cecum. The immunocytochemical detection of neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors was combined with the immunocytochemical detection of retrogradely transported cholera toxin-B subunit, previously injected in the gut wall. Neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors were present in 19+/-7% and 8+/-3% of retrogradely labeled neurons innervating the stomach. Almost half of the labeled neurons innervating the duodenum (46+/-7%) expressed neurokinin-1 receptors but less than 0.5% contained neurokinin-3 receptors. None of the retrogradely labeled vagal efferent neurons innervating the ileum and the cecum were immunoreactive for neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors. We conclude that neurokinin-1 and neurokinin-3 receptors are located on vagal efferent neurons which innervate the stomach and that neurokinin-1 receptors are common, whereas neurokinin-3 receptors are rare on neurons projecting to the duodenum. Additionally, the distal part of the rat small intestine is innervated by vagal efferent neurons that do not express neurokinins receptors on their membrane. This suggests that neurokinins may influence the parasympathetic control of different regions of the gastro-intestinal tract in specific ways.
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- C Blondeau
- ITIS Laboratory, CNRS, Bâtiment N', 31 chemin J. Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Bouryi VA, Lewis DI. Adrenaline modulates multiple conductances in rat vagal motoneurones in vitro. Neuroreport 2001; 12:1709-13. [PMID: 11409744 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200106130-00038] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Whole cell recordings were undertaken from vagal motoneurones, including identified gastric vagal motoneurones, located within the medial regions of the dorsal vagal motonucleus of the rat medulla in vitro. The actions of adrenaline on individual channels expressed by these neurones were investigated. Adrenaline directly inhibits Ca2+ currents and delayed rectifier K+ currents and activates a sustained Na+ current. It also inhibits both Ca2+ activated non-selective cationic currents and Ca2+ activated K+ currents, the latter via inhibition of the underlying activating Ca2+ current. Since different sub-populations of vagal motoneurones express different complements of ion channels, this selective modulation of specific conductances by adrenaline may provide a mechanism by which adrenergic inputs, which project non-selectively throughout the DMV, could selectively control different aspects of vagal function.
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- V A Bouryi
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
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