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Kapur RP. Expression of Calretinin in the Cecal Muscularis Interna: Observation and Hypothetical Relevance to Appendicitis. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2024; 27:241-254. [PMID: 38549265 DOI: 10.1177/10935266241235507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND The unexpected observation of calretinin immunoreactivity in smooth muscle cells in the muscularis propria of the cecum led to a more detailed examination of calretinin expression and its possible relationship to propulsive contractile activity around the vermiform appendix. METHODS Immunohistochemistry and RNA in situ hybridization were performed to analyze calretinin expression in intestinal samples from 33 patients at ages ranging from mid-gestation fetuses to adults, as well as in some potentially relevant animal models. Dual immunolabeling was done to compare calretinin localization with markers of smooth muscle and interstitial cells of Cajal. RESULTS Calretinin expression was observed consistently in the innermost smooth muscle layers of the muscularis interna in the human cecum, appendiceal base, and proximal ascending colon, but not elsewhere in the intestinal tract. Calretinin-positive smooth muscle cells did not co-express markers located in adjacent interstitial cells of Cajal. Muscular calretinin immunoreactivity was not detected in the ceca of mice or macaques, species which lack appendices, nor in the rabbit cecum or appendix. CONCLUSIONS Localized expression of calretinin in cecal smooth muscle cells may reduce the likelihood of retrograde, calcium-mediated propulsive contractions from the proximal colon and suppress pro-inflammatory fecal stasis in the appendix.
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- Raj P Kapur
- Department of Laboratories, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Drumm BT, Cobine CA, Baker SA. Insights on gastrointestinal motility through the use of optogenetic sensors and actuators. J Physiol 2022; 600:3031-3052. [PMID: 35596741 DOI: 10.1113/jp281930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The muscularis of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract consists of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and various populations of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), platelet-derived growth factor receptor α+ (PDGFRα+ ) cells, as well as excitatory and inhibitory enteric motor nerves. SMCs, ICC and PDGFRα+ cells form an electrically coupled syncytium, which together with inputs from the enteric nervous system (ENS) regulate GI motility. Early studies evaluating Ca2+ signalling behaviours in the GI tract relied upon indiscriminate loading of tissues with Ca2+ dyes. These methods lacked the means to study activity in specific cells of interest without encountering contamination from other cells within the preparation. Development of mice expressing optogenetic sensors (GCaMP, RCaMP) has allowed visualization of Ca2+ signalling behaviours in a cell specific manner. Additionally, availability of mice expressing optogenetic modulators (channelrhodopsins or halorhodospins) has allowed manipulation of specific signalling pathways using light. GCaMP expressing animals have been used to characterize Ca2+ signalling behaviours of distinct classes of ICC and SMCs throughout the GI musculature. These findings illustrate how Ca2+ signalling in ICC is fundamental in GI muscles, contributing to tone in sphincters, pacemaker activity in rhythmic muscles and relaying enteric signals to SMCs. Animals that express channelrhodopsin in specific neuronal populations have been used to map neural circuitry and to examine post junctional neural effects on GI motility. Thus, optogenetic approaches provide a novel means to examine the contribution of specific cell types to the regulation of motility patterns within complex multi-cellular systems. Abstract Figure Legends Optogenetic activators and sensors can be used to investigate the complex multi-cellular nature of the gastrointestinal (GI tract). Optogenetic activators that are activated by light such as channelrhodopsins (ChR2), OptoXR and halorhodopsinss (HR) proteins can be genetically encoded into specific cell types. This can be used to directly activate or silence specific GI cells such as various classes of enteric neurons, smooth muscle cells (SMC) or interstitial cells, such as interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). Optogenetic sensors that are activated by different wavelengths of light such as green calmodulin fusion protein (GCaMP) and red CaMP (RCaMP) make high resolution of sub-cellular Ca2+ signalling possible within intact tissues of specific cell types. These tools can provide unparalleled insight into mechanisms underlying GI motility and innervation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Bernard T Drumm
- Smooth Muscle Research Centre, Department of Life & Health Science, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland.,Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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Takeya M, Higashi R, Hashitani H, Nakamura KI, Hayashi T, Nakashima N, Takano M. PDGFRα (+) subepithelial interstitial cells act as a pacemaker to drive smooth muscle of the guinea pig seminal vesicle. J Physiol 2022; 600:1703-1730. [PMID: 35081665 DOI: 10.1113/jp281686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS In many visceral smooth muscle organs, spontaneous contractions are electrically driven by non-muscular pacemaker cells. In guinea pig seminal vesicles (SVs), as yet unidentified mucosal cells appear to drive neighbouring smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Two populations of spontaneously active cells are distributed in the SV mucosa. Basal epithelial cells (BECs) generate asynchronous, irregular spontaneous Ca2+ transients and spontaneous transient depolarisations (STDs). In contrast, subepithelial interstitial cells (SICs) develop synchronous Ca2+ oscillations and electrical slow waves. Pancytokeratin-immunoreactive (IR) BECs are located on the apical side of the basement membrane (BM), while platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRα)-IR SICs are located on the basal side of the BM. Spontaneous Ca2+ transients in SICs are synchronised with those in SV SMCs. Dye-coupling between SICs and SMCs suggests that SICs act as pacemaker cells to drive the spontaneous contractions of SV smooth muscle. ABSTRACT Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of the guinea pig seminal vesicle (SV) develop spontaneous phasic contractions, Ca2+ flashes and electrical slow waves in a mucosa dependent manner, thus it was envisaged that pacemaker cells reside in the mucosa. Here, we aimed to identify the pacemaker cells in SV mucosa using intracellular microelectrode and fluorescent Ca2+ imaging techniques. Morphological characteristics of the mucosal pacemaker cells were also investigated using focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy tomography and fluorescent immunohistochemistry. Two populations of mucosal cells developed spontaneous Ca2+ transients and electrical activity, namely basal epithelial cells (BECs) and subepithelial interstitial cells (SICs). Pancytokeratin-immunoreactive BECs were located on the apical side of the basement membrane (BM) and generated asynchronous, irregular spontaneous Ca2+ transients and spontaneous transient depolarisations (STDs). The spontaneous Ca2+ transients and STDs were not diminished by 10 μM nifedipine but abolished by 10 μM cyclopiazonic acid (CPA). Platelet-derived growth factor receptor α (PDGFRα)-immunoreactive SICs were distributed just beneath the basal side of the BM and developed synchronous Ca2+ oscillations (SCOs) and electrical slow waves, which were suppressed by 3 μM nifedipine and abolished by 10 μM CPA. In SV mucosal preparations in which some smooth muscle bundles remained attached, SICs and residual SMCs developed temporally-correlated spontaneous Ca2+ transients. Neurobiotin injected into SICs spread to not only neighbouring SICs but also to neighbouring SMCs or vice versa. These results suggest that PDGFRα (+) SICs electrotonically drive the spontaneous contractions of SV smooth muscle. Abstract figure legend The seminal vesicles (SVs) of guinea pig generate spontaneous phasic contractions (SPCs). SV smooth muscle cells (SMCs, pink) develop SPCs associated with spontaneous electrical slow waves and Ca2+ flashes, which require the attachment of mucosal layer. Histological examination demonstrated the layer of PDGFRα-immunoreactive subepithelial interstitial cells (SICs, green) underneath of the basement membrane. The SICs spontaneously develop synchronous Ca2+ oscillations and the electrical slow waves, at the frequency corresponding to those of SPCs. The dye-coupling between SICs and SMCs further suggested that the synchronous electrical slow waves in the SICs electrotonically conduct to the SV SMCs via gap junctions (orange). Thus, the SICs appear to act as electrical pacemaker cells driving SPCs of SV. The basal epithelial cells (BECs, brown) also generated asynchronous, irregular spontaneous Ca2+ transients and spontaneous transient depolarisations, although their roles in developing SPCs remains to be explored. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Mitsue Takeya
- Division of Integrated Autonomic Function, Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Electron Microscopic Laboratory, Central Research Unit of Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Microscopic and Developmental Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Autonomic Function, Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Autonomic Function, Department of Physiology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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Barth BB, Spencer NJ, Grill WM. Activation of ENS Circuits in Mouse Colon: Coordination in the Mouse Colonic Motor Complex as a Robust, Distributed Control System. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2022; 1383:113-123. [PMID: 36587151 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-05843-1_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The characteristic motor patterns of the colon are coordinated by the enteric nervous system (ENS) and involve enterochromaffin (EC) cells, enteric glia, smooth muscle fibers, and interstitial cells. While the fundamental control mechanisms of colonic motor patterns are understood, greater complexity in the circuitry underlying motor patterns has been revealed by recent advances in the field. We review these recent advances and new findings from our laboratories that provide insights into how the ENS coordinates motor patterns in the isolated mouse colon. We contextualize these observations by describing the neuromuscular system underling the colonic motor complex (CMC) as a robust, distributed control system. Framing the colonic motor complex as a control system reveals a new perspective on the coordinated motor patterns in the colon. We test the control system by applying electrical stimulation in the isolated mouse colon to disrupt the coordination and propagation of the colonic motor complex.
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- Bradley B Barth
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
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Huizinga JD, Hussain A, Chen JH. Interstitial cells of Cajal and human colon motility in health and disease. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2021; 321:G552-G575. [PMID: 34612070 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00264.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Our understanding of human colonic motility, and autonomic reflexes that generate motor patterns, has increased markedly through high-resolution manometry. Details of the motor patterns are emerging related to frequency and propagation characteristics that allow linkage to interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) networks. In studies on colonic motor dysfunction requiring surgery, ICC are almost always abnormal or significantly reduced. However, there are still gaps in our knowledge about the role of ICC in the control of colonic motility and there is little understanding of a mechanistic link between ICC abnormalities and colonic motor dysfunction. This review will outline the various ICC networks in the human colon and their proven and likely associations with the enteric and extrinsic autonomic nervous systems. Based on our extensive knowledge of the role of ICC in the control of gastrointestinal motility of animal models and the human stomach and small intestine, we propose how ICC networks are underlying the motor patterns of the human colon. The role of ICC will be reviewed in the autonomic neural reflexes that evoke essential motor patterns for transit and defecation. Mechanisms underlying ICC injury, maintenance, and repair will be discussed. Hypotheses are formulated as to how ICC dysfunction can lead to motor abnormalities in slow transit constipation, chronic idiopathic pseudo-obstruction, Hirschsprung's disease, fecal incontinence, diverticular disease, and inflammatory conditions. Recent studies on ICC repair after injury hold promise for future therapies.
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- Jan D Huizinga
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Baker SA, Leigh WA, Del Valle G, De Yturriaga IF, Ward SM, Cobine CA, Drumm BT, Sanders KM. Ca 2+ signaling driving pacemaker activity in submucosal interstitial cells of Cajal in the murine colon. eLife 2021; 10:64099. [PMID: 33399536 PMCID: PMC7806270 DOI: 10.7554/elife.64099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) generate pacemaker activity responsible for phasic contractions in colonic segmentation and peristalsis. ICC along the submucosal border (ICC-SM) contribute to mixing and more complex patterns of colonic motility. We show the complex patterns of Ca2+ signaling in ICC-SM and the relationship between ICC-SM Ca2+ transients and activation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) using optogenetic tools. ICC-SM displayed rhythmic firing of Ca2+transients ~ 15 cpm and paced adjacent SMCs. The majority of spontaneous activity occurred in regular Ca2+ transients clusters (CTCs) that propagated through the network. CTCs were organized and dependent upon Ca2+ entry through voltage-dependent Ca2+ conductances, L- and T-type Ca2+ channels. Removal of Ca2+ from the external solution abolished CTCs. Ca2+ release mechanisms reduced the duration and amplitude of Ca2+ transients but did not block CTCs. These data reveal how colonic pacemaker ICC-SM exhibit complex Ca2+-firing patterns and drive smooth muscle activity and overall colonic contractions.
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- Salah A Baker
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, Reno, United States
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Chikkamenahalli LL, Pasricha PJ, Farrugia G, Grover M. Gastric Biopsies in Gastroparesis: Insights into Gastric Neuromuscular Disorders to Aid Treatment. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2020; 49:557-570. [PMID: 32718570 PMCID: PMC7387746 DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2020.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The cellular and molecular understanding of human gastroparesis has markedly improved due to studies on full-thickness gastric biopsies. A decrease in the number of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and functional changes in ICC constitutes the hallmark cellular feature of gastroparesis. More recently, in animal models, macrophages have also been identified to play a central role in development of delayed gastric emptying. Activation of macrophages leads to loss of ICC. In human gastroparesis, loss of anti-inflammatory macrophages in gastric muscle has been shown. Deeper molecular characterization using transcriptomics and proteomics has identified macrophage-based immune dysregulation in human gastroparesis.
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- Lakshmikanth L. Chikkamenahalli
- Enteric NeuroScience Program, Mayo clinic, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering Mayo Clinic, 200 1 Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, Tel: +1 507-538-0337
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- Center for Neurogastroenterology, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Ross 958, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, Tel: +1 443-613-8152
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- Enteric NeuroScience Program, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Physiology & Biomedical Engineering Mayo Clinic, 200 1 Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, Tel: +1 507-284-4695
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- Enteric NeuroScience Program, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; Division of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Drumm BT, Rembetski BE, Huynh K, Nizar A, Baker SA, Sanders KM. Excitatory cholinergic responses in mouse colon intramuscular interstitial cells of Cajal are due to enhanced Ca 2+ release via M 3 receptor activation. FASEB J 2020; 34:10073-10095. [PMID: 32539213 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202000672r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Colonic intramuscular interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC-IM) are associated with cholinergic varicosities, suggesting a role in mediating excitatory neurotransmission. Ca2+ release in ICC-IM activates Ano1, a Ca2+ -activated Cl- conductance, causing tissue depolarization and increased smooth muscle excitability. We employed Ca2+ imaging of colonic ICC-IM in situ, using mice expressing GCaMP6f in ICC to evaluate ICC-IM responses to excitatory neurotransmission. Expression of muscarinic type 2, 3 (M2 , M3 ), and NK1 receptors were enriched in ICC-IM. NK1 receptor agonists had minimal effects on ICC-IM, whereas neostigmine and carbachol increased Ca2+ transients. These effects were reversed by DAU 5884 (M3 receptor antagonist) but not AF-DX 116 (M2 receptor antagonist). Electrical field stimulation (EFS) in the presence of L-NNA and MRS 2500 enhanced ICC-IM Ca2+ transients. Responses were blocked by atropine or DAU 5884, but not AF-DX 116. ICC-IM responses to EFS were ablated by inhibiting Ca2+ stores with cyclopiazonic acid and reduced by inhibiting Ca2+ influx via Orai channels. Contractions induced by EFS were reduced by an Ano1 channel antagonist, abolished by DAU 5884, and unaffected by AF-DX 116. Colonic ICC-IM receive excitatory inputs from cholinergic neurons via M3 receptor activation. Enhancing ICC-IM Ca2+ release and Ano1 activation contributes to excitatory responses of colonic muscles.
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- Bernard T Drumm
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.,Department of Life & Health Science, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
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Drumm BT, Rembetski BE, Messersmith K, Manierka MS, Baker SA, Sanders KM. Pacemaker function and neural responsiveness of subserosal interstitial cells of Cajal in the mouse colon. J Physiol 2020; 598:651-681. [PMID: 31811726 DOI: 10.1113/jp279102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Rhythmic action potentials and intercellular Ca2+ waves are generated in smooth muscle cells of colonic longitudinal muscles (LSMC). Longitudinal muscle excitability is tuned by input from subserosal ICC (ICC-SS), a population of ICC with previously unknown function. ICC-SS express Ano1 channels and generate spontaneous Ca2+ transients in a stochastic manner. Release of Ca2+ and activation of Ano1 channels causes depolarization of ICC-SS and LSMC, leading to activation of L-type Ca2+ channels, action potentials, intercellular Ca2+ waves and contractions in LSMC. Nitrergic neural inputs regulate the Ca2+ events in ICC-SS. Pacemaker activity in longitudinal muscle is an emergent property as a result of integrated processes in ICC-SS and LSMC. ABSTRACT Much is known about myogenic mechanisms in circular muscle (CM) in the gastrointestinal tract, although less is known about longitudinal muscle (LM). Two Ca2+ signalling behaviours occur in LM: localized intracellular waves not causing contractions and intercellular waves leading to excitation-contraction coupling. An Ano1 channel antagonist inhibited intercellular Ca2+ waves and LM contractions. Ano1 channels are expressed by interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) but not by smooth muscle cells (SMCs). We investigated Ca2+ signalling in a novel population of ICC that lies along the subserosal surface of LM (ICC-SS) in mice expressing GCaMP6f in ICC. ICC-SS fired stochastic localized Ca2+ transients. Such events have been linked to activation of Ano1 channels in ICC. Ca2+ transients in ICC-SS occurred by release from stores most probably via inositol trisphosphate receptors. This activity relied on influx via store-operated Ca2+ entry and Orai channels. No voltage-dependent mechanism that synchronized Ca2+ transients in a single cell or between cells was found. Nitrergic agonists inhibited Ca2+ transients in ICC-SS, and stimulation of intrinsic nerves activated nitrergic responses in ICC-SS. Cessation of stimulation resulted in significant enhancement of Ca2+ transients compared to the pre-stimulus activity. No evidence of innervation by excitatory, cholinergic motor neurons was found. Our data suggest that ICC-SS contribute to regulation of LM motor activity. Spontaneous Ca2+ transients activate Ano1 channels in ICC-SS. Resulting depolarization conducts to SMCs, depolarizing membrane potential, activating L-type Ca2+ channels and initiating contraction. Rhythmic electrical and mechanical behaviours of LM are an emergent property of SMCs and ICC-SS.
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- Bernard T Drumm
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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Corsetti M, Costa M, Bassotti G, Bharucha AE, Borrelli O, Dinning P, Di Lorenzo C, Huizinga JD, Jimenez M, Rao S, Spiller R, Spencer NJ, Lentle R, Pannemans J, Thys A, Benninga M, Tack J. First translational consensus on terminology and definitions of colonic motility in animals and humans studied by manometric and other techniques. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019; 16:559-579. [PMID: 31296967 PMCID: PMC7136172 DOI: 10.1038/s41575-019-0167-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Alterations in colonic motility are implicated in the pathophysiology of bowel disorders, but high-resolution manometry of human colonic motor function has revealed that our knowledge of normal motor patterns is limited. Furthermore, various terminologies and definitions have been used to describe colonic motor patterns in children, adults and animals. An example is the distinction between the high-amplitude propagating contractions in humans and giant contractions in animals. Harmonized terminology and definitions are required that are applicable to the study of colonic motility performed by basic scientists and clinicians, as well as adult and paediatric gastroenterologists. As clinical studies increasingly require adequate animal models to develop and test new therapies, there is a need for rational use of terminology to describe those motor patterns that are equivalent between animals and humans. This Consensus Statement provides the first harmonized interpretation of commonly used terminology to describe colonic motor function and delineates possible similarities between motor patterns observed in animal models and humans in vitro (ex vivo) and in vivo. The consolidated terminology can be an impetus for new research that will considerably improve our understanding of colonic motor function and will facilitate the development and testing of new therapies for colonic motility disorders.
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- Maura Corsetti
- NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Human Physiology and Centre of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Perugia Medical School, Perugia, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK
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- Human Physiology and Centre of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
- Department of Gastroenterology and Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cell Physiology, Physiology and Immunology and Neuroscience Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Discipline of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- Digestive Biomechanics Group, College of Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal disorders (TARGID), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Keef KD, Cobine CA. Control of Motility in the Internal Anal Sphincter. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2019; 25:189-204. [PMID: 30827084 PMCID: PMC6474703 DOI: 10.5056/jnm18172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The internal anal sphincter (IAS) plays an important role in the maintenance of fecal continence since it generates tone and is responsible for > 70% of resting anal pressure. During normal defecation the IAS relaxes. Historically, tone generation in gastrointestinal muscles was attributed to mechanisms arising directly from smooth muscle cells, ie, myogenic activity. However, slow waves are now known to play a fundamental role in regulating gastrointestinal motility and these electrical events are generated by the interstitial cells of Cajal. Recently, interstitial cells of Cajal, as well as slow waves, have also been identified in the IAS making them viable candidates for tone generation. In this review we discuss four different mechanisms that likely contribute to tone generation in the IAS. Three of these involve membrane potential, L-type Ca2+ channels and electromechanical coupling (ie, summation of asynchronous phasic activity, partial tetanus, and window current), whereas the fourth involves the regulation of myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity. Contractile activity in the IAS is also modulated by sympathetic motor neurons that significantly increase tone and anal pressure, as well as inhibitory motor neurons (particularly nitrergic and vasoactive intestinal peptidergic) that abolish contraction and assist with normal defecation. Alterations in IAS motility are associated with disorders such as fecal incontinence and anal fissures that significantly decrease the quality of life. Understanding in greater detail how tone is regulated in the IAS is important for developing more effective treatment strategies for these debilitating defecation disorders.
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- Kathleen D Keef
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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Chevalier NR, Dacher N, Jacques C, Langlois L, Guedj C, Faklaris O. Embryogenesis of the peristaltic reflex. J Physiol 2019; 597:2785-2801. [PMID: 30924929 DOI: 10.1113/jp277746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Neurogenic gut movements start after longitudinal smooth muscle differentiation in three species (mouse, zebrafish, chicken), and at E16 in the chicken embryo. The first activity of the chicken enteric nervous system is dominated by inhibitory neurons. The embryonic enteric nervous system electromechanically couples circular and longitudinal spontaneous myogenic contractions, thereby producing a new, rostro-caudally directed bolus transport pattern: the migrating motor complex. The response of the embryonic gut to mechanical stimulation evolves from a symmetric, myogenic response at E12, to a neurally mediated, polarized, descending inhibitory, 'law of the intestine'-like response at E16. High resolution, whole-mount 3D reconstructions are presented of the enteric nervous system of the chicken embryo at the neural-control stage E16 with the iDISCO+ tissue clarification technique. ABSTRACT Gut motility is a complex transport phenomenon involving smooth muscle, enteric neurons, glia and interstitial cells of Cajal. Because these different cells differentiate and become active at different times during embryo development, studying the ontogenesis of motility offers a unique opportunity to 'time-reverse-engineer' the peristaltic reflex. Working on chicken embryo intestinal explants in vitro, we found by spatio-temporal mapping and signal processing of diameter and position changes that motility follows a characteristic sequence of increasing complexity: (1) myogenic circular smooth muscle contractions from E6 to E12 that propagate as waves along the intestine, (2) overlapping and independent, myogenic, low-frequency, bulk longitudinal smooth muscle contractions around E14, and (3) tetrodotoxin-sensitive coupling of longitudinal and circular contractions by the enteric nervous system as from E16. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase neurons shows that the coupling consists in nitric oxide-mediated relaxation of circular smooth muscle when the longitudinal muscle layer is contracted. This mechanosensitive coupling gives rise to a directional, cyclical, propagating bolus transport pattern: the migrating motor complex. We further reveal a transition to a polarized, descending, inhibitory reflex response to mechanical stimulation after neuronal activity sets in at E16. This asymmetric response is the elementary mechanism responsible for peristaltic transport. We finally present unique high-resolution 3D reconstructions of the chicken enteric nervous system at the neural-control stage based on confocal imaging of iDISCO+ clarified tissues. Our study shows that the enteric nervous system gives rise to new peristaltic transport patterns during development by coupling spontaneous circular and longitudinal smooth muscle contraction waves.
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- Nicolas R Chevalier
- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris Diderot/CNRS UMR 7057, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris Diderot/CNRS UMR 7057, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris Diderot/CNRS UMR 7057, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris Diderot/CNRS UMR 7057, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013, Paris, France
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- Imagoseine Core Facility, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot/CNRS UMR7592, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France
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- Imagoseine Core Facility, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot/CNRS UMR7592, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France.,MRI Core facility, Biocampus, UMS 3426 CNRS - Université Montpellier, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34094 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Sanders KM. Spontaneous Electrical Activity and Rhythmicity in Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscles. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1124:3-46. [PMID: 31183821 PMCID: PMC7035145 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-5895-1_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract has multifold tasks of ingesting, processing, and assimilating nutrients and disposing of wastes at appropriate times. These tasks are facilitated by several stereotypical motor patterns that build upon the intrinsic rhythmicity of the smooth muscles that generate phasic contractions in many regions of the gut. Phasic contractions result from a cyclical depolarization/repolarization cycle, known as electrical slow waves, which result from intrinsic pacemaker activity. Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are electrically coupled to smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and generate and propagate pacemaker activity and slow waves. The mechanism of slow waves is dependent upon specialized conductances expressed by pacemaker ICC. The primary conductances responsible for slow waves in mice are Ano1, Ca2+-activated Cl- channels (CaCCs), and CaV3.2, T-type, voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. Release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores in ICC appears to be the initiator of pacemaker depolarizations, activation of T-type current provides voltage-dependent Ca2+ entry into ICC, as slow waves propagate through ICC networks, and Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release and activation of Ano1 in ICC amplifies slow wave depolarizations. Slow waves conduct to coupled SMCs, and depolarization elicited by these events enhances the open-probability of L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, promotes Ca2+ entry, and initiates contraction. Phasic contractions timed by the occurrence of slow waves provide the basis for motility patterns such as gastric peristalsis and segmentation. This chapter discusses the properties of ICC and proposed mechanism of electrical rhythmicity in GI muscles.
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- Kenton M Sanders
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA.
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Beck K, Friebe A, Voussen B. Nitrergic signaling via interstitial cells of Cajal and smooth muscle cells influences circular smooth muscle contractility in murine colon. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2018; 30:e13300. [PMID: 29377328 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Regulation of gastrointestinal motility involves excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission. Nitric oxide (NO), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter, acts via its receptor NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (NO-GC). In the GI tract, NO-GC is expressed in several cell types such as smooth muscle cells (SMC) and interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). Using cell-specific knockout mice, we have previously shown that NO-GC modulates spontaneous contractions in colonic longitudinal smooth muscle. However, its detailed role in the colonic circular smooth muscle is still unclear. METHODS Myography was performed to evaluate spontaneous contractions in rings of proximal colon (2.5 mm) from global (GCKO) and cell-specific knockout mice for NO-GC. Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization were used to specify NO-GC expression. KEY RESULTS Colonic circular smooth muscle showed three different contraction patterns: high-frequency ripples, slow phasic contractions, and large contractions. Ripples formed independently of NO-GC. Slow phasic contractions occurred intermittently in WT, SMC-GCKO, and ICC-GCKO tissue, whereas they were more prominent and prolonged in GCKO and SMC/ICC-GCKO tissue. Tetrodotoxin and the NO-GC inhibitor ODQ transformed slow phasic contractions of WT and single cell-specific knockout into GCKO-like contractions. ODQ increased the frequency of large contractions in WT and ICC-GCKO colon but not in GCKO, SMC-GCKO, and SMC/ICC-GCKO preparations. Tetrodotoxin and hexamethonium abolished large contractions. CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES We conclude that short rings of murine colon can be effectively used to record spontaneous contractions. Although NO-GC in SMC determines smooth muscle tone, concerted action of NO-GC in both SMC and ICC modulates slow phasic contractions and large contractions.
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- K Beck
- Physiologisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Physiologisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Physiologisches Institut, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Hibberd TJ, Costa M, Travis L, Brookes SJH, Wattchow DA, Feng J, Hu H, Spencer NJ. Neurogenic and myogenic patterns of electrical activity in isolated intact mouse colon. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2017; 29:1-12. [PMID: 28418103 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Relatively little is known about the electrical rhythmicity of the whole colon, where long neural pathways are preserved. METHODS Smooth muscle electrical activity was recorded extracellularly from the serosa of isolated flat-sheet preparations consisting of the whole mouse colon (n=31). KEY RESULTS Two distinct electrical patterns were observed. The first, long intense spike bursts, occurred every 349±256 seconds (0.2±0.2 cpm), firing action potentials for 31±11 seconds at 2.1±0.5 Hz. They were hexamethonium- and tetrodotoxin-sensitive, but persisted in nicardipine as 2 Hz electrical oscillations lacking action potentials. This pattern is called here neurogenic spike bursts. The second pattern, short spike bursts, occurred about every 30 seconds (2.0±0.6 cpm), with action potentials firing at about 1 Hz for 9 seconds (1.0±0.2 Hz, 9±4 seconds). Short spike bursts were hexamethonium- and tetrodotoxin-resistant but nicardipine-sensitive and thus called here myogenic spike bursts. Neurogenic spike bursts transiently delayed myogenic spike bursts, while blocking neurogenic activity enhanced myogenic spike burst durations. External stimuli significantly affected neurogenic but not myogenic spike bursts. Aboral electrical or mechanical stimuli evoked premature neurogenic spike bursts. Circumferential stretch significantly decreased intervals between neurogenic spike bursts. Lesioning the colon down to 10 mm segments significantly increased intervals or abolished neurogenic spike bursts, while myogenic spike bursts persisted. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Distinct neurogenic and myogenic electrical patterns were recorded from mouse colonic muscularis externa. Neurogenic spike bursts likely correlate with neurogenic colonic migrating motor complexes (CMMC) and are highly sensitive to mechanical stimuli. Myogenic spike bursts may correspond to slow myogenic contractions, whose duration can be modulated by enteric neural activity.
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- T J Hibberd
- Discipline of Human Physiology & Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Discipline of Human Physiology & Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Discipline of Human Physiology & Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Discipline of Human Physiology & Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Discipline of Surgery & Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Center for the Study of Itch, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Center for the Study of Itch, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Discipline of Human Physiology & Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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A prospective observational study of 56 patients treated with ring fixator after a complex tibial fracture. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr 2017; 12:35-44. [PMID: 28188548 PMCID: PMC5360674 DOI: 10.1007/s11751-017-0275-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The objective of this prospective study was to evaluate the patient-reported outcomes for patients with complex tibial fractures treated with a ring fixator. The secondary aim was to analyse the variables affecting patient-reported outcomes and time to union. Fifty-six patients participated in the study. The mean age at the time of fracture was 56.5 years (range 30–86). All fractures united during the study period. The ring fixator was removed at an average of 25.3 weeks (range 9–53). During treatment, the function and QOL increased with time. Compared with an established reference population, the study population showed a significantly worse EQ5D-5L index both throughout the treatment period and 8 weeks after frame removal. 18% of patients reported mild to severe depression 8 weeks after frame removal.
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Smith TK, Koh SD. A model of the enteric neural circuitry underlying the generation of rhythmic motor patterns in the colon: the role of serotonin. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2017; 312:G1-G14. [PMID: 27789457 PMCID: PMC5283906 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00337.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We discuss the role of multiple cell types involved in rhythmic motor patterns in the large intestine that include tonic inhibition of the muscle layers interrupted by rhythmic colonic migrating motor complexes (CMMCs) and secretomotor activity. We propose a model that assumes these motor patterns are dependent on myenteric descending 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) interneurons. Asynchronous firing in 5-HT neurons excite inhibitory motor neurons (IMNs) to generate tonic inhibition occurring between CMMCs. IMNs release mainly nitric oxide (NO) to inhibit the muscle, intrinsic primary afferent neurons (IPANs), glial cells, and pacemaker myenteric pacemaker interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC-MY). Mucosal release of 5-HT from enterochromaffin (EC) cells excites the mucosal endings of IPANs that synapse with 5-HT descending interneurons and perhaps ascending interneurons, thereby coupling EC cell 5-HT to myenteric 5-HT neurons, synchronizing their activity. Synchronized 5-HT neurons generate a slow excitatory postsynaptic potential in IPANs via 5-HT7 receptors and excite glial cells and ascending excitatory nerve pathways that are normally inhibited by NO. Excited glial cells release prostaglandins to inhibit IMNs (disinhibition) to allow full excitation of ICC-MY and muscle by excitatory motor neurons (EMNs). EMNs release ACh and tachykinins to excite pacemaker ICC-MY and muscle, leading to the simultaneous contraction of both the longitudinal and circular muscle layers. Myenteric 5-HT neurons also project to the submucous plexus to couple motility with secretion, especially during a CMMC. Glial cells are necessary for switching between different colonic motor behaviors. This model emphasizes the importance of myenteric 5-HT neurons and the likely consequence of their coupling and uncoupling to mucosal 5-HT by IPANs during colonic motor behaviors.
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- Terence Keith Smith
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada
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Spencer NJ, Dinning PG, Brookes SJ, Costa M. Insights into the mechanisms underlying colonic motor patterns. J Physiol 2016; 594:4099-116. [PMID: 26990133 PMCID: PMC4967752 DOI: 10.1113/jp271919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In recent years there have been significant technical and methodological advances in our ability to record the movements of the gastrointestinal tract. This has led to significant changes in our understanding of the different types of motor patterns that exist in the gastrointestinal tract (particularly the large intestine) and in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying their generation. Compared with other tubular smooth muscle organs, a rich variety of motor patterns occurs in the large intestine. This reflects a relatively autonomous nervous system in the gut wall, which has its own unique population of sensory neurons. Although the enteric nervous system can function independently of central neural inputs, under physiological conditions bowel motility is influenced by the CNS: if spinal pathways are disrupted, deficits in motility occur. The combination of high resolution manometry and video imaging has improved our knowledge of the range of motor patterns and provided some insight into the neural and mechanical factors underlying propulsion of contents. The neural circuits responsible for the generation of peristalsis and colonic migrating motor complexes have now been identified to lie within the myenteric plexus and do not require inputs from the mucosa or submucosal ganglia for their generation, but can be modified by their activity. This review will discuss the recent advances in our understanding of the different patterns of propagating motor activity in the large intestine of mammals and how latest technologies have led to major changes in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying their generation.
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- Nick J Spencer
- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
- Departments of Gastroenterology and Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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Banciu DD, Banciu A, Radu BM. Electrophysiological Features of Telocytes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 913:287-302. [PMID: 27796895 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1061-3_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Telocytes (TCs) are interstitial cells described in multiple structures, including the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, urinary tract, uterus, and heart. Several studies have indicated the possibility that TCs are involved in the pacemaker potential in these organs. It is supposed that TCs are interacting with the neighboring muscular cells and their network contributes to the initiation and propagation of the electrical potentials. In order to understand the contribution of TCs to various excitability mechanisms, it is necessary to analyze the plasma membrane proteins (e.g., ion channels) functionally expressed in these cells. So far, potassium, calcium, and chloride currents, but not sodium currents, have been described in TCs in primary cell culture from different tissues. Moreover, TCs have been described as sensors for mechanical stimuli (e.g., contraction, extension, etc.). In conclusion, TCs might play an essential role in gastrointestinal peristalsis, in respiration, in pregnant uterus contraction, or in miction, but further highlighting studies are necessary to understand the molecular mechanisms and the cell-cell interactions by which TCs contribute to the tissue excitability and pacemaker potentials initiation/propagation.
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- Daniel Dumitru Banciu
- Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 91-95, Bucharest, 050095, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 91-95, Bucharest, 050095, Romania
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- Department of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 91-95, Bucharest, 050095, Romania. .,Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8, Verona, 37134, Italy.
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Tamada H, Kiyama H. Existence of c-Kit negative cells with ultrastructural features of interstitial cells of Cajal in the subserosal layer of the W/W(v) mutant mouse colon. J Smooth Muscle Res 2015; 51:1-9. [PMID: 26004376 PMCID: PMC5137270 DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.51.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are mesenchymal cells that are distributed along the gastrointestinal tract and function as pacemaker cells or intermediary cells between nerves and smooth muscle cells. ICC express a receptor tyrosine kinase c-Kit, which is an established marker for ICC. The c-kit gene is allelic with the murine white-spotting locus (W), and some ICC subsets were reported to be missing in heterozygous mutant W/W(v) mice carrying W and W(v) mutated alleles. In this study, the characterization of interstitial cells in the subserosal layer of W/W(v) mice was analyzed by immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. In the proximal and distal colon of W/W(v) mutant mice, no c-Kit-positive cells were detected in the subserosal layer by immunohistochemistry. By electron microscopy, the interstitial cells, which were characterized by the existence of caveolae, abundant mitochondria and gap junctions, were observed in the W/W(v) mutant colon. The morphological characteristics were comparable to those of the multipolar c-Kit positive ICC seen in the subserosa of proximal and distal colon of wild-type mice. Fibroblasts were also located in the same layers, but the morphology of the fibroblasts was distinguishable from that of ICC in wild type mice or of ICC-like cells in W/W(v) mutant mice. Collectively, it is concluded that c-Kit-negative interstitial cells showing a typical ICC ultrastructure exist in the proximal and distal colon of W/W(v) mutant mice.
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- Hiromi Tamada
- Department of Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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Ryoo SB, Oh HK, Moon SH, Choe EK, Yu SA, Park SH, Park KJ. Electrophysiological and Mechanical Characteristics in Human Ileal Motility: Recordings of Slow Waves Conductions and Contractions, In vitro. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2015; 19:533-42. [PMID: 26557020 PMCID: PMC4637356 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2015.19.6.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Revised: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Little human tissue data are available for slow waves and migrating motor complexes, which are the main components of small bowel motility. We investigated the electrophysiological and mechanical characteristics of human ileal motility, in vitro. Ileum was obtained from patients undergoing bowel resection. Electrophysiological microelectrode recordings for membrane potential changes and mechanical tension recordings for contraction from smooth muscle strips and ileal segments were performed. Drugs affecting the enteric nervous system were applied to measure the changes in activity. Slow waves were detected with a frequency of 9~10/min. There were no cross-sectional differences in resting membrane potential (RMP), amplitude or frequency between outer and inner circular muscle (CM), suggesting that electrical activities could be effectively transmitted from outer to inner CM. The presence of the interstitial cell of Cajal (ICC) at the linia septa was verified by immunohistochemistry. Contractions of strips and segments occurred at a frequency of 3~4/min and 1~2/min, respectively. The frequency, amplitude and area under the curve were similar between CM and LM. In segments, contractions of CM were associated with LM, but propagation varied with antegrade and retrograde directions. Atropine, NW-oxide-L-arginine, and sodium nitroprusside exhibited different effects on RMP and contractions. There were no cross-sectional differences with regard to the characteristics of slow waves in CM. The frequency of contractions in smooth muscle strips and ileal segments was lower than slow waves. The directions of propagation were diverse, indicating both mixing and transport functions of the ileum.
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- Seung-Bum Ryoo
- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea. ; Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 13620, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea. ; Healthcare Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul 06236, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea. ; Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
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Smith TK, Park KJ, Hennig GW. Colonic migrating motor complexes, high amplitude propagating contractions, neural reflexes and the importance of neuronal and mucosal serotonin. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2014; 20:423-46. [PMID: 25273115 PMCID: PMC4204412 DOI: 10.5056/jnm14092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The colonic migrating motor complex (CMMC) is a critical neurally mediated rhythmic propulsive contraction observed in the large intestine of many mammals. It seems to be equivalent to the high amplitude propagating contractions (HAPCs) in humans. This review focuses on the probable neural mechanisms involved in producing the CMMC or HAPC, their likely dependence on mucosal and neuronal serotonin and pacemaker insterstitial cells of Cajal networks and how intrinsic neural reflexes affect them. Discussed is the possibility that myenteric 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) neurons are not only involved in tonic inhibition of the colon, but are also involved in generating the CMMC and modulation of the entire enteric nervous system, including coupling motility to secretion and blood flow. Mucosal 5-HT appears to be important for the initiation and effective propagation of CMMCs, although this mechanism is a longstanding controversy since the 1950s, which we will address. We argue that the slow apparent propagation of the CMMC/HAPC down the colon is unlikely to result from a slowly conducting wave front of neural activity, but more likely because of an interaction between ascending excitatory and descending (serotonergic) inhibitory neural pathways interacting both within the myenteric plexus and at the level of the muscle. That is, CMMC/HAPC propagation appears to be similar to esophageal peristalsis. The suppression of inhibitory (neuronal nitric oxide synthase) motor neurons and mucosal 5-HT release by an upregulation of prostaglandins has important implications in a number of gastrointestinal disorders, especially slow transit constipation.
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- Terence K Smith
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, USA
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, USA
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Mañé N, Jimenez M. Interplay between myogenic pacemakers and enteric neurons determine distinct motor patterns in the rat colon. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2014; 26:1508-12. [PMID: 25088991 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Waxing and waning of slow waves amplitude has been recently associated with a segmentation motor pattern in the murine small intestine. The 'wax and wane' phenomenon in this area of the gastrointestinal tract seems to be the result of modulation of slow waves by a second pacemaker of a lower frequency displayed by the interstitial cells of Cajal near the deep muscular plexus (ICC-DMP). In the rat colon, smooth muscle cyclic depolarizations causing low-frequency (LF) contractions (0.9 ± 0.1 cpm) occur together with slow wave activity associated to high-frequency (HF) contractions (14 ± 0.3 cpm; ripples). In the present manuscript, we demonstrate the presence of 'wax and wane' in rat colonic slow waves. Depolarization from the 'wax' to the 'wane' was 7.6 ± 1.2 mV, i.e., smooth muscle cells went from a resting membrane potential (RMP) of -50.0 mV to a RMP of -42.4 mV. The amplitude of the slow wave decreased from 14.0 ± 2.2 mV to 3.4 ± 0.7 mV. The wax and wane phenomenon occurred at 0.9 ± 0.1 cpm, coinciding with the frequency of cyclic depolarizations. Therefore, we hypothesized that the 'wax and wane' of slow waves in the rat colon could be the result of their interaction with the LF pacemaker. We describe three different myogenic motor patterns that depend on the level of smooth muscle and ICC excitation: (i) LF propulsive contractions, (ii) regular slow waves causing ripples, and (iii) a wax and wane pattern that may lead to segmentation. Different intra- and extra-luminal inputs probably determine the dominating motor pattern in each area through the enteric nervous system.
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- N Mañé
- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology and Neuroscience Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Sanders KM, Ward SM, Koh SD. Interstitial cells: regulators of smooth muscle function. Physiol Rev 2014; 94:859-907. [PMID: 24987007 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00037.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Smooth muscles are complex tissues containing a variety of cells in addition to muscle cells. Interstitial cells of mesenchymal origin interact with and form electrical connectivity with smooth muscle cells in many organs, and these cells provide important regulatory functions. For example, in the gastrointestinal tract, interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and PDGFRα(+) cells have been described, in detail, and represent distinct classes of cells with unique ultrastructure, molecular phenotypes, and functions. Smooth muscle cells are electrically coupled to ICC and PDGFRα(+) cells, forming an integrated unit called the SIP syncytium. SIP cells express a variety of receptors and ion channels, and conductance changes in any type of SIP cell affect the excitability and responses of the syncytium. SIP cells are known to provide pacemaker activity, propagation pathways for slow waves, transduction of inputs from motor neurons, and mechanosensitivity. Loss of interstitial cells has been associated with motor disorders of the gut. Interstitial cells are also found in a variety of other smooth muscles; however, in most cases, the physiological and pathophysiological roles for these cells have not been clearly defined. This review describes structural, functional, and molecular features of interstitial cells and discusses their contributions in determining the behaviors of smooth muscle tissues.
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- Kenton M Sanders
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada
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Blair PJ, Rhee PL, Sanders KM, Ward SM. The significance of interstitial cells in neurogastroenterology. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2014; 20:294-317. [PMID: 24948131 PMCID: PMC4102150 DOI: 10.5056/jnm14060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Smooth muscle layers of the gastrointestinal tract consist of a heterogeneous population of cells that include enteric neurons, several classes of interstitial cells of mesenchymal origin, a variety of immune cells and smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Over the last number of years the complexity of the interactions between these cell types has begun to emerge. For example, interstitial cells, consisting of both interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha-positive (PDGFRα(+)) cells generate pacemaker activity throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and also transduce enteric motor nerve signals and mechanosensitivity to adjacent SMCs. ICC and PDGFRα(+) cells are electrically coupled to SMCs possibly via gap junctions forming a multicellular functional syncytium termed the SIP syncytium. Cells that make up the SIP syncytium are highly specialized containing unique receptors, ion channels and intracellular signaling pathways that regulate the excitability of GI muscles. The unique role of these cells in coordinating GI motility is evident by the altered motility patterns in animal models where interstitial cell networks are disrupted. Although considerable advances have been made in recent years on our understanding of the roles of these cells within the SIP syncytium, the full physiological functions of these cells and the consequences of their disruption in GI muscles have not been clearly defined. This review gives a synopsis of the history of interstitial cell discovery and highlights recent advances in structural, molecular expression and functional roles of these cells in the GI tract.
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- Peter J Blair
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA; and
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA; and
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA; and
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Blair PJ, Rhee PL, Sanders KM, Ward SM. The significance of interstitial cells in neurogastroenterology. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2014. [PMID: 24948131 DOI: 10.5056/jnm140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Smooth muscle layers of the gastrointestinal tract consist of a heterogeneous population of cells that include enteric neurons, several classes of interstitial cells of mesenchymal origin, a variety of immune cells and smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Over the last number of years the complexity of the interactions between these cell types has begun to emerge. For example, interstitial cells, consisting of both interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha-positive (PDGFRα(+)) cells generate pacemaker activity throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and also transduce enteric motor nerve signals and mechanosensitivity to adjacent SMCs. ICC and PDGFRα(+) cells are electrically coupled to SMCs possibly via gap junctions forming a multicellular functional syncytium termed the SIP syncytium. Cells that make up the SIP syncytium are highly specialized containing unique receptors, ion channels and intracellular signaling pathways that regulate the excitability of GI muscles. The unique role of these cells in coordinating GI motility is evident by the altered motility patterns in animal models where interstitial cell networks are disrupted. Although considerable advances have been made in recent years on our understanding of the roles of these cells within the SIP syncytium, the full physiological functions of these cells and the consequences of their disruption in GI muscles have not been clearly defined. This review gives a synopsis of the history of interstitial cell discovery and highlights recent advances in structural, molecular expression and functional roles of these cells in the GI tract.
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- Peter J Blair
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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Wright GWJ, Parsons SP, Loera-Valencia R, Wang XY, Barajas-López C, Huizinga JD. Cholinergic signalling-regulated KV7.5 currents are expressed in colonic ICC-IM but not ICC-MP. Pflugers Arch 2013; 466:1805-18. [PMID: 24375291 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1425-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Revised: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and the enteric nervous system orchestrate the various rhythmic motor patterns of the colon. Excitation of ICC may evoke stimulus-dependent pacemaker activity and will therefore have a profound effect on colonic motility. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the potential role of K(+) channels in the regulation of ICC excitability. We employed the cell-attached patch clamp technique to assess single channel activity from mouse colon ICC, immunohistochemistry to determine ICC K(+) channel expression and single cell RT-PCR to identify K(+) channel RNA. Single channel activity revealed voltage-sensitive K(+) channels, which were blocked by the KV7 blocker XE991 (n = 8), which also evoked inward maxi channel activity. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor stimulation with carbachol inhibited K(+) channel activity (n = 8). The single channel conductance was 3.4 ± 0.1 pS (n = 8), but with high extracellular K(+), it was 18.1 ± 0.6 pS (n = 22). Single cell RT-PCR revealed Ano1-positive ICC that were positive for KV7.5. Double immunohistochemical staining of colons for c-Kit and KV7.5 in situ revealed that intramuscular ICC (ICC-IM), but not ICC associated with the myenteric plexus (ICC-MP), were positive for KV7.5. It also revealed dense cholinergic innervation of ICC-IM. ICC-IM and ICC-MP networks were found to be connected. We propose that the pacemaker network in the colon consists of both ICC-MP and ICC-IM and that one way of exciting this network is via cholinergic KV7.5 channel inhibition in ICC-IM.
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- George W J Wright
- Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, HSC-3N8, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada,
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Sha L, Linden DR, Farrugia G, Szurszewski JH. Effect of endogenous hydrogen sulfide on the transwall gradient of the mouse colon circular smooth muscle. J Physiol 2013; 592:1077-89. [PMID: 24366262 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.266841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A transwall gradient in resting membrane potential (RMP) exists across the circular muscle layer in the mouse colon. This gradient is dependent on endogenous generation of CO. H2S is also generated in muscle layers of the mouse colon. The effect of endogenously generated H2S on the transwall gradient is not known. The aim was to investigate the role of endogenous H2S. Our results showed that the CSE inhibitor dl-propargylglycine (PAG, 500 μm) had no effect on the transwall gradient. However, in preparations pretreated with the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N-nitro-l-arginine (l-NNA, 200 μm) and in nNOS-knockout (KO) mouse preparations, PAG shifted the transwall gradient in the depolarizing direction. In CSE-KO-nNOS-KO mice, the gradient was shifted in the depolarizing direction. Endogenous generation of NO was significantly higher in muscle preparations of CSE-KO mice compared to wild-type (WT) mice. The amplitude of NO-mediated slow inhibitory junction potentials (S-IJPs) evoked by electric field stimulation was significantly higher in CSE-KO mouse preparations compared to the amplitude of S-IJPs in wild-type mouse preparations. CSE was present in all submucosal ganglion neurons and in almost all myenteric ganglion neurons. Eleven per cent of CSE positive neurons in the submucosal plexus and 50% of CSE positive neurons in the myenteric plexus also contained nNOS. Our results suggest that endogenously generated H2S acts as a stealth hyperpolarizing factor on smooth muscle cells to maintain the CO-dependent transwall gradient and inhibits NO production from nNOS.
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- L Sha
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA. E-mail:
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Costa M, Dodds KN, Wiklendt L, Spencer NJ, Brookes SJH, Dinning PG. Neurogenic and myogenic motor activity in the colon of the guinea pig, mouse, rabbit, and rat. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2013; 305:G749-59. [PMID: 24052530 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00227.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gastrointestinal motility involves interactions between myogenic and neurogenic processes intrinsic to the gut wall. We have compared the presence of propagating myogenic contractions of the isolated colon in four experimental animals (guinea pig, mouse, rabbit, and rat), following blockade of enteric neural activity. Isolated colonic preparations were distended with fluid, with the anal end either closed or open. Spatiotemporal maps of changes in diameter were constructed from video recordings. Distension-induced peristaltic contractions were abolished by tetrodotoxin (TTX; 0.6 μM) in all animal species. Subsequent addition of carbachol (0.1-1 μM) did not evoke myogenic motor patterns in the mouse or guinea pig, although some activity was observed in rabbit and rat colon. These myogenic contractions propagated both orally and anally and differed from neurogenic propagating contractions in their frequency, extent of propagation, and polarity. Niflumic acid (300 μM), used to block myogenic activity, also blocked neural peristalsis and thus cannot be used to discriminate between these mechanisms. In all species, except the mouse colon, small myogenic "ripple" contractions were revealed in TTX, but in both rat and rabbit an additional, higher-frequency ripple-type contraction was superimposed. Following blockade of enteric nerve function, a muscarinic agonist can evoke propulsive myogenic peristaltic contractions in isolated rabbit and rat colon, but not in guinea pig or mouse colon. Marked differences between species exist in the ability of myogenic mechanisms to propel luminal content, but in all species there is normally a complex interplay between neurogenic and myogenic processes.
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- M Costa
- Dept. of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Flinders Univ., South Australia 5042.
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Gastrointestinal (GI) motility function and its regulation is a complex process involving collaboration and communication of multiple cell types such as enteric neurons, interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC), and smooth muscle cells. Recent advances in GI research made a better understanding of ICC function and their role in the GI tract, and studies based on different types of techniques have shown that ICC, as an integral part of the GI neuromuscular apparatus, transduce inputs from enteric motor neurons, generate intrinsic electrical rhythmicity in phasic smooth muscles, and have a mechanical sensation ability. Absence or improper function of these cells has been linked to some GI tract disorders. This paper provides a general overview of ICC; their discovery, subtypes, function, locations in the GI tract, and some disorders associated with their loss or disease, and highlights some controversial issues with regard to the importance of ICC in the GI tract.
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- Othman A. Al-Shboul
- Department of Physiology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan,Address for correspondence: Dr. Othman Abdullah Al-Shboul, Department of Physiology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid - 22110, Jordan. E-mail:
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Dinning PG, Costa M, Brookes SJ, Spencer NJ. Neurogenic and myogenic motor patterns of rabbit proximal, mid, and distal colon. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 303:G83-92. [PMID: 22556138 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00429.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The rabbit colon consists of four distinct regions. The motility of each region is controlled by myogenic and neurogenic mechanisms. Associating these mechanisms with specific motor patterns throughout all regions of the colon has not previously been achieved. Three sections of the colon (the proximal, mid, and distal colon) were removed from euthanized rabbits. The proximal colon consists of a triply teniated region and a single tenia region. Spatio-temporal maps were constructed from video recordings of colonic wall diameter, with associated intraluminal pressure recorded from the aboral end. Hexamethonium (100 μM) and tetrodotoxin (TTX; 0.6 μM) were used to inhibit neural activity. Four distinct patterns of motility were detected: 1 myogenic and 3 neurogenic. The myogenic activity consisted of circular muscle (CM) contractions (ripples) that occurred throughout the colon and propagated in both antegrade (anal) and retrograde (oral) directions. The neural activity of the proximal colon consisted of slowly (0.1 mm/s) propagating colonic migrating motor complexes, which were abolished by hexamethonium. These complexes were observed in the region of the proximal colon with a single band of tenia. In the distal colon, tetrodotoxin-sensitive, thus neurally mediated, but hexamethonium-resistant, peristaltic (anal) and antiperistaltic (oral) contractions were identified. The distinct patterns of neurogenic and myogenic motor activity recorded from isolated rabbit colon are specific to each anatomically distinct region. The regional specificity motor pattern is likely to facilitate orderly transit of colonic content from semi-liquid to solid composition of feces.
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- P G Dinning
- Dept. of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, Finders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia.
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Liu YA, Chung YC, Pan ST, Hou YC, Peng SJ, Pasricha PJ, Tang SC. 3-D illustration of network orientations of interstitial cells of Cajal subgroups in human colon as revealed by deep-tissue imaging with optical clearing. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 302:G1099-110. [PMID: 22421617 PMCID: PMC3362097 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00432.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Morphological changes of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) have been proposed to characterize motility disorders. However, a global view of the network orientations of ICC subgroups has not been established to illustrate their three-dimensional (3-D) architectures in the human colon. In this research, we integrate c-kit immunostaining, 3-D microscopy with optical clearing, and image rendering to present the location-dependent network orientations with high definition. Full-depth colonic tissues were obtained from colectomies performed for nonobstructing carcinoma. Specimens of colon wall were prepared away from the tumor site. C-kit and nuclear fluorescent staining were used to identify the ICC processes and cell body. Optical clearing was used to generate transparent colon specimens, which led to panoramic visualization of the fluorescence-labeled ICC networks at the myenteric plexus (ICC-MY), longitudinal (ICC-LM) and circular (ICC-CM) muscles, and submucosal boundary (ICC-SM) up to 300 μm in depth via confocal microscopy with subcellular level resolution. We observed four distinct network patterns: 1) periganglionic ICC-MY that connect with ICC-LM and ICC-CM, 2) plexuses of ICC-LM within the longitudinal muscle and extending toward the serosa, 3) repetitive and organized ICC-CM layers running parallel to the circular muscle axis and extending toward the submucosa, and 4) a condensed ICC-SM layer lining the submucosal border. Among the four patterns, the orderly aligned ICC-CM layers provide an appropriate target for quantitation. Our results demonstrate the location-dependent network orientations of ICC subgroups and suggest a practical approach for in-depth imaging and quantitative analysis of ICC in the human colon specimen.
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- Yuan-An Liu
- 1Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University;
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- 2Division of Colorectal Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital–Hsinchu Branch;
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- 3Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital–Hsinchu Branch; and
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- 2Division of Colorectal Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital–Hsinchu Branch;
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- 1Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University; ,4Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; and
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- 5Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- 1Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University; ,4Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; and
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FINTL C, PEARSON GT, MAYHEW IG, HUDSON NPH. In vitro electrical activity of the equine pelvic flexure. Equine Vet J 2011:145-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2011.00396.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rumessen JJ, Vanderwinden JM, Horn T. Crohn's disease: ultrastructure of interstitial cells in colonic myenteric plexus. Cell Tissue Res 2011; 344:471-9. [PMID: 21562942 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1175-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 04/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The role of the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) in chronic inflammatory bowel disease, i.e., ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), remains unclear. Ultrastructural alterations in ICC in the colonic myenteric plexus (ICC-MP) have been reported previously in UC, but descriptions of ICC-MP and other interstitial cells in the myenteric region of the colon are lacking for CD. In the present study, we characterized the ultrastructure of interstitial cells, nerves, and glial cells in the myenteric region in Crohn's colitis (CC). In comparison with controls, varicosities of the myenteric bundles were dilated and appeared to be empty. Lipid droplets and lipofuscin-bodies were prominent in glial cells and neurons. ICC-MP were scanty but, as in controls, had caveolae, prominent intermediate filaments, cytoplasmic dense bodies, and membrane-associated dense bands with a patchy basal lamina. ICC-MP were similar in the various colonic regions. ICC-MP in CC showed no signs of degeneration or cytological changes. As in controls, fibroblast-like cells had abundant coated vesicles but lacked prominent intermediate filaments and caveolae. Macrophages also appeared as in controls. In comparison with ICC-MP in UC, the cytology of ICC-MP in CC were thus undisturbed. The ultrastructural differences between UC and CC might reflect pathophysiological differences of importance for understanding pathogenetic differences between CD and UC.
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- Jüri J Rumessen
- Department of Gastroenterology F, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Niels Andersensvej 65, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark.
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Rumessen JJ, Vanderwinden JM, Horn T. Ulcerative colitis: ultrastructure of interstitial cells in myenteric plexus. Ultrastruct Pathol 2011; 34:279-87. [PMID: 20568987 DOI: 10.3109/01913121003770701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are key regulatory cells in the gut. In the colon of patients with severe ulcerative colitis (UC), myenteric ICC had myoid ultrastructural features and were in close contact with nerve terminals. In all patients as opposed to controls, some ICC profiles showed degenerative changes, such as lipid droplets and irregular vacuoles. Nerve terminals often appeared swollen and empty. Glial cells, muscle cells, and fibroblast-like cells (FLC) showed no alterations. FLC enclosed macrophages (MLC), which were in close contact with naked axon terminals. The organization and cytological changes may be of pathophysiological significance in patients with UC.
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- J J Rumessen
- Department of Gastroenterology F, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark.
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Rumessen JJ, Vanderwinden JM, Horn T. Crohn's disease of the colon: ultrastructural changes in submuscular interstitial cells of Cajal. Cell Tissue Res 2010; 343:421-8. [PMID: 21120534 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1087-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) at the submuscular border of the human colon (ICC-SMP) are the proposed pacemaker cells of the musculature. In patients with Crohn's disease (CD) of the colon, ICC-SMP showed characteristic cytological changes from controls. The changes comprised secondary lysosomes in connection with lipid droplets and cytoplasmic vacuoles or multiple empty, confluent and often outbulging vacuoles merging with cisterns of granular endoplasmic reticulum and clusters of glycogen granules. These changes were most pronounced in patients with macroscopical mucosal inflammation but were also demonstrable in uninvolved colonic segments. Relationships of ICC to other cells were undisturbed. The changes were selective to ICC-SMP, as glial cells, muscle cells and fibroblast-like cells at the submuscular border showed no cytological alterations compared with controls. Varicosities of the submuscular plexus were often empty and dilated. Fibroblast-like cells selectively encased macrophages and mast cells. The cytological changes in ICC-SMP in CD are thus similar to changes seen in ulcerative colitis and may be of pathophysiological significance with regard to the motility and sensory disturbances seen in patients with CD.
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- Jüri J Rumessen
- Department of Gastroenterology F, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Niels Andersensvej 65, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark.
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Bayguinov PO, Hennig GW, Smith TK. Ca2+ imaging of activity in ICC-MY during local mucosal reflexes and the colonic migrating motor complex in the murine large intestine. J Physiol 2010; 588:4453-74. [PMID: 20876203 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.196824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Colonic migrating motor complexes (CMMCs) are neurally mediated, cyclical contractile and electrical events, which typically propagate along the colon every 2-3 min in the mouse. We examined the interactions between myenteric neurons, interstitial cells of Cajal in the myenteric region (ICC-MY) and smooth muscle cells during CMMCs using Ca(2+) imaging. CMMCs occurred spontaneously or were evoked by stimulating the mucosa locally, or by brushing it at either end of the colon. Between CMMCs, most ICC-MY were often quiescent; their lack of activity was correlated with ongoing Ca(2+) transients in varicosities on the axons of presumably inhibitory motor neurons that were on or surrounded ICC-MY. Ca(2+) transients in other varicosities initiated intracellular Ca(2+) waves in adjacent ICC-MY, which were blocked by atropine, suggesting they were on the axons of excitatory motor neurons. Following TTX (1 μM), or blockade of inhibitory neurotransmission with N(ω)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA, a NO synthesis inhibitor, 10 μM) and MRS 2500 (a P2Y(1) antagonist, 1 μM), ongoing spark/puff like activity and rhythmic intracellular Ca(2+) waves (38.1 ± 2.9 cycles min(-1)) were observed, yet this activity was uncoupled, even between ICC-MY in close apposition. During spontaneous or evoked CMMCs there was an increase in the frequency (62.9 ± 1.4 cycles min(-1)) and amplitude of Ca(2+) transients in ICC-MY and muscle, which often had synchronized activity. At the same time, activity in varicosites along excitatory and inhibitory motor nerve fibres increased and decreased respectively, leading to an overall excitation of ICC-MY. Atropine (1 μM) reduced the evoked responses in ICC-MY, and subsequent addition of an NK1 antagonist (RP 67580, 500 nM) completely blocked the responses to stimulation, as did applying these drugs in reverse order. An NKII antagonist (MEN 10,376, 500 nM) had no effect on the evoked responses in ICC-MY. Following TTX application, carbachol (1 μM), substance P (1 μM) and an NKI agonist (GR73632, 100 nM) produced the fast oscillations superimposed on a slow increase in Ca(2+) in ICC-MY, whereas SNP (an NO donor, 10 μM) abolished all activity in ICC-MY. In conclusion, ICC-MY, which are under tonic inhibition, are pacemakers whose activity can be synchronized by excitatory nerves to couple the longitudinal and circular muscles during the CMMC. ICC-MY receive excitatory input from motor neurons that release acetylcholine and tachykinins acting on muscarinic and NK1 receptors, respectively.
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- Peter O Bayguinov
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Electromechanical characteristics of the human colon in vitro: is there any difference between the right and left colon? Int J Colorectal Dis 2010; 25:1117-26. [PMID: 20544209 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-010-0966-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE We examined the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the smooth muscles in the human colon at the muscle cell, the muscle strip, and at the whole tissue levels METHODS Conventional microelectrode recordings and tension recordings were performed. RESULTS There was no difference in resting membrane potential, frequency, and amplitude of slow waves between the right and left colon; but there were significant differences in frequency and amplitude of the slow waves between inner circular muscle (CM) and longitudinal muscle (LM), and between inner CM and outer CM, but not between outer CM and LM. On tension recording of CM and LM strip and colonic segment, amplitude, frequency, and area under the curve showed no difference between the right and left colon. In whole colonic segment, high amplitude dominant waves (DW) were found both in CM and LM. Low amplitude non-DWs were detected only in CM, more commonly in right colon and propagated aborally. DWs in the CM were associated with DWs in the LM. In the CM of the left colon, all DWs in the CM propagated aborally ending-up with DW in the LM layer. However, in the right colon, mixed pattern of propagation was detected in adjacent recording sites in 60% of tissues examined. CONCLUSION Electrophysiologic and mechanical characteristics were similar between the right and left human colon. However, the retrograde propagation of both DWs and non-DWs in the CM was more frequent in the right colon, accounting for mixing function in this region of the human colon.
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Fintl C, Hudson NPH. The interstitial cells of Cajal of the equine gastrointestinal tract: what we know so far. Equine Vet J 2010; 42:372-7. [PMID: 20525058 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Gastrointestinal motility disorders are a serious problem in both veterinary and human medicine and may represent a dysfunction of the neural, muscular or pacemaker components (interstitial cells of Cajal) of bowel control. The interstitial cells of Cajal are considered to be the pacemakers and mediators of certain forms of neurotransmission in the gastrointestinal tract. These cells have been implicated, either primarily or secondarily, in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal disease processes in which there is a prominent element of disturbance to intestinal motility. In the horse, their involvement has been implicated in large intestinal obstructive colic and grass sickness (equine dysautonomia). This review highlights the properties of the interstitial cells of Cajal and the role these cells play in orchestrating gastrointestinal motility patterns. In addition, it examines their role in intestinal motility disorders and summarises our current understanding of their importance in the equine gastrointestinal tract.
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- C Fintl
- Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, PO Box 8146 Dep., 0033 Oslo, Norway
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Sha L, Farrugia G, Linden DR, Szurszewski JH. The transwall gradient across the mouse colonic circular muscle layer is carbon monoxide dependent. FASEB J 2010; 24:3840-9. [PMID: 20543114 DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-156232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Gastric and small intestinal circular smooth muscle layers have a transwall resting membrane potential (RMP) gradient that is dependent on release of carbon monoxide (CO) from interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs). Our aim was to determine whether a RMP gradient exists in the mouse colon and whether the gradient is CO dependent. Microelectrodes were used to record RMPs from muscle cells at different depths of the circular muscle layer from wild-type and heme oxygenase-2-knockout (HO-2-KO) mice. A transwall RMP gradient was present in wild-type mice. The CO scavenger oxyhemoglobin (20 μM) and the heme oxygenase inhibitor chromium mesoporphyrin IX (CrMP, 5 μM) abolished the transwall gradient. The gradient was absent in HO-2-KO mice. Tetrodotoxin (1 μM) caused a significant depolarization in circular smooth muscle cells throughout the circular muscle layer and abolished the transwall gradient. Removal of the submucosal neurons abolished the gradient. The majority of submucosal neurons contained HO-2 immunoreactivity (HO-2-IR), while ICCs did not. These data show for the first time that a transwall gradient exists across the circular smooth muscle layer of the mouse colon, that the gradient is due to CO, and that the source of CO is the submucosal neurons.
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- L Sha
- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Dickson EJ, Heredia DJ, McCann CJ, Hennig GW, Smith TK. The mechanisms underlying the generation of the colonic migrating motor complex in both wild-type and nNOS knockout mice. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2010; 298:G222-32. [PMID: 19959818 PMCID: PMC2822500 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00399.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Accepted: 11/27/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Colonic migrating motor complexes (CMMCs) propel fecal contents and are altered in diseased states, including slow-transit constipation. However, the mechanisms underlying the CMMCs are controversial because it has been proposed that disinhibition (turning off of inhibitory neurotransmission) or excitatory nerve activity generate the CMMC. Therefore, our aims were to reexamine the mechanisms underlying the CMMC in the colon of wild-type and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)(-/-) mice. CMMCs were recorded from the isolated murine large bowel using intracellular recordings of electrical activity from circular muscle (CM) combined with tension recording. Spontaneous CMMCs occurred in both wild-type (frequency: 0.3 cycles/min) and nNOS(-/-) mice (frequency: 0.4 cycles/min). CMMCs consisted of a hyperpolarization, followed by fast oscillations (slow waves) with action potentials superimposed on a slow depolarization (wild-type: 14.0 +/- 0.6 mV; nNOS(-/-): 11.2 +/- 1.5 mV). Both atropine (1 microM) and MEN 10,376 [neurokinin 2 (NK2) antagonist; 0.5 microM] added successively reduced the slow depolarization and the number of action potentials but did not abolish the fast oscillations. The further addition of RP 67580 (NK1 antagonist; 0.5 microM) blocked the fast oscillations and the CMMC. Importantly, none of the antagonists affected the resting membrane potential, suggesting that ongoing tonic inhibition of the CM was maintained. Fecal pellet propulsion, which was blocked by the NK2 or the NK1 antagonist, was slower down the longer, more constricted nNOS(-/-) mouse colon (wild-type: 47.9 +/- 2.4 mm; nNOS(-/-): 57.8 +/- 1.4 mm). These observations suggest that excitatory neurotransmission enhances pacemaker activity during the CMMC. Therefore, the CMMC is likely generated by a synergistic interaction between neural and interstitial cells of Cajal networks.
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- Eamonn J Dickson
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA.
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Américo MF, Oliveira RB, Corá LA, Marques RG, Romeiro FG, Andreis U, Miranda JRA. The ACB technique: a biomagentic tool for monitoring gastrointestinal contraction directly from smooth muscle in dogs. Physiol Meas 2009; 31:159-69. [DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/2/003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Brookes SJ, Dinning PG, Gladman MA. Neuroanatomy and physiology of colorectal function and defaecation: from basic science to human clinical studies. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2009; 21 Suppl 2:9-19. [PMID: 19824934 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01400.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Colorectal physiology is complex and involves programmed, coordinated interaction between muscular and neuronal elements. Whilst a detailed understanding remains elusive, novel information has emerged from recent basic science and human clinical studies concerning normal sensorimotor mechanisms and the organization and function of the key elements involved in the control of motility. This chapter summarizes these observations to provide a contemporary review of the neuroanatomy and physiology of colorectal function and defaecation.
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- S J Brookes
- Department of Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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Sun Y, Song GQ, Yin J, Lei Y, Chen JDZ. Effects and mechanisms of gastrointestinal electrical stimulation on slow waves: a systematic canine study. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 297:R1392-9. [PMID: 19710395 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00006.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The aims of this study were to determine optimal pacing parameters of electrical stimulation on different gut segments and to investigate effects and possible mechanisms of gastrointestinal electrical stimulation on gut slow waves. Twelve female hound-mix dogs were used in this study. A total of six pairs of electrodes were implanted on the stomach, duodenum, and ascending colon. Bilateral truncal vagotomy was performed in six of the dogs. One experiment was designed to study the effects of the pacing frequency on the entrainment of gut slow waves. Another experiment was designed to study the modulatory effects of the vagal and sympathetic pathways on gastrointestinal pacing. The frequency of slow waves was 4.88 +/- 0.23 cpm (range, 4-6 cpm) in the stomach and 19.68 +/- 0.31 cpm (range, 18-22 cpm) in the duodenum. There were no consistent or dominant frequencies of the slow waves in the colon. The optimal parameters to entrain slow waves were: frequency of 1.1 intrinsic frequency (IF; 10% higher than IF) and pulse width of 150-450 ms (mean, 320.0 +/- 85.4 ms) for the stomach, and 1.1 IF and 10-20 ms for the small intestine. Electrical stimulation was not able to alter colon slow waves. The maximum entrainable frequency was 1.27 IF in the stomach and 1.21 IF in the duodenum. Gastrointestinal pacing was not blocked by vagotomy nor the application of an alpha- or beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist; whereas the induction of gastric dysrhythmia with electrical stimulation was completely blocked by the application of the alpha- or beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist. Gastrointestinal pacing is achievable in the stomach and small intestine but not the colon, and the maximal entrainable frequency of the gastric and small intestinal slow waves is about 20% higher than the IF. The entrainment of slow waves with gastrointestinal pacing is not modulated by the vagal or sympathetic pathways, suggesting a purely peripheral or muscle effect.
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- Yan Sun
- Veterans Research and Education Foundation, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA
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Ultrastructure of interstitial cells of Cajal in myenteric plexus of human colon. Cell Tissue Res 2009; 337:197-212. [PMID: 19506909 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0818-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2009] [Accepted: 05/05/2009] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The role of the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) associated with the myenteric plexus (ICC-MP) as regulators of the motility of the colonic external muscle remains unclear. Ultrastructural studies of myenteric interstitial cells are lacking in human colon. We therefore characterized the distinctive ultrastructure of these cells in the myenteric region of the colon by transmission electron microscopy of the region between the main muscle layers in all parts of the colon in unaffected areas of resected specimens from nine adult human patients. ICC-MP were similar in various colonic regions and had myoid features such as scattered caveolae, prominent intermediate filaments, and cytoplasmic dense bodies. We found characteristic dense membrane-associated bands with a patchy basal lamina, invaginating cellular protrusions (peg and socket junctions) between ICC and between ICC and muscle cells, and close contacts (<100 nm) between ICC and nerves. No gap junctions were observed. Fibroblast-like cells (FLC) were abundant showing well-developed secretory organelles, including coated vesicles, but lacked prominent intermediate filaments and caveolae. FLC had a patchy basal lamina, and peg and socket junctions were observed between them. Macrophage-like cells frequently occurred in close apposition with FLC and, more seldomly, with ICC-MP. The ultrastructure of ICC and FLC in the myenteric region of the human colon thus differs characteristically, but significant overlaps in the ultrastructure between ICC and FLC might complicate any interpretation in pathological ultrastructural studies of the human colonic muscle layer.
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Lee HT, Hennig GW, Park KJ, Bayguinov PO, Ward SM, Sanders KM, Smith TK. Heterogeneities in ICC Ca2+ activity within canine large intestine. Gastroenterology 2009; 136:2226-36. [PMID: 19268670 PMCID: PMC4802971 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2008] [Revised: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS In human and canine colon, both slow (slow waves, 2-8/min) and fast (myenteric potential oscillations [MPOs]; 16-20/min) electrical rhythms in the smooth muscle originate at the submucosal and myenteric borders, respectively. We used Ca(2+) imaging to investigate whether interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) at these borders generated distinct rhythms. METHODS Segments of canine colon were pinned with submucosal or myenteric surface uppermost or cut in cross section. Tissues were loaded with a Ca(2+) indicator (fluo-4), and activity was monitored at 36.5 +/- 0.5 degrees C using an electron multiplying charge coupled device (EMCCD). RESULTS Rhythmic, biphasic Ca(2+) transients (5-8/min), similar in waveform to electrical slow waves, propagated without decrement as a wave front (2-5 mm/s) through the ICC-SM network lying along the submucosal surface of the circular muscle (CM). In contrast, rhythmic intracellular Ca(2+) waves (approximately 16/min) and spontaneous reductions in Ca(2+) were observed in ICCs at the myenteric border (ICC-MY). Normally, intracellular Ca(2+) waves were unsynchronized between adjacent ICC-MY, although excitatory nerve activity synchronized activity. In addition, spontaneous reductions in Ca(2+) were observed that inhibited Ca(2+) waves. N omega-nitro-L-arginine (100 micromol/L; nitric oxide antagonist) blocked the reductions in Ca(2+) and increased the frequency (approximately 19/min) of intracellular Ca(2+) waves within ICC-MY. CONCLUSIONS ICC-SMs form a tightly coupled network that is able to generate and propagate slow waves. In contrast, Ca(2+) transients in ICC-MYs, which are normally not synchronized, have a similar duration and frequency as MPOs. Like MPOs, their activity is inhibited by nitrergic nerves and synchronized by excitatory nerves.
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- Hyun-Tai Lee
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, USA
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Kato T, Nakamura E, Imaeda K, Suzuki H. Modulation of the activity of two pacemakers by transmural nerve stimulation in circular smooth muscle preparations isolated from the rat proximal colon. J Smooth Muscle Res 2009; 45:249-68. [DOI: 10.1540/jsmr.45.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Takashi Kato
- Department of Cell Physiology
- Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School
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Aranishi H, Kunisawa Y, Komuro T. Characterization of interstitial cells of Cajal in the subserosal layer of the guinea-pig colon. Cell Tissue Res 2008; 335:323-9. [PMID: 19048293 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-008-0730-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2008] [Accepted: 10/29/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Interstitial cells of Cajal in the subserosa (ICC-SS) of the guinea-pig proximal colon were studied by immunohistochemistry for c-Kit receptors and by transmission electron microscopy. These cells were distributed within a thin layer of connective tissue space immediately beneath the mesothelium and were multipolar with about five primary cytoplasmic processes that divided further into secondary and tertiary processes to form a two-dimensional network. Ultrastructural observations revealed that ICC-SS were connected to each other via gap junctions. They also formed close contacts and peg-and-socket junctions with smooth muscle cells. Three-dimensional analysis of confocal micrographs revealed that the cytoplasmic processes of ICC-SS had contacts with interstitial cells in the longitudinal muscle layer. Taking account of the location and peculiar arrangement of the ICC-SS and the main functions of the proximal colon, i.e. the absorption and transport of fluids, we suggest that the superficial network of ICC-SS acts as a stretch receptor to detect circumferential expansion and swelling of the colon wall and triggers the contraction of the longitudinal muscle to accelerate the drainage of fluids from the colon.
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- Hiromi Aranishi
- Laboratory of Histology and Neuroscience, Department of Health Science and Social Welfare, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-1192, Japan
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Lim D, Park WP, Lee YH, Lee QJ, Kim HS. Development and clinical testing of an ultrasonic diagnostic system for functional gastrointestinal disorders. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2008; 34:874-884. [PMID: 18255221 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Revised: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 11/29/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) affect millions of people without regard for age, race or sex, but little information related to FGIDs and few methods are available for diagnosing FGIDs. Therefore, the aims of this study were to investigate any alterations to the gastrointestinal tracts induced by FGIDs and to develop and test an ultrasonic diagnostic system capable of detecting the alteration in the gastrointestinal tract. Palpation/percussion examinations were performed on 40 participants with or without FGIDs to identify any mechanical alterations to the gastrointestinal tract induced by FGIDs. An ultrasonic diagnostic system for FGIDs was developed and clinical trials were performed on same participants used in the palpation/percussion examinations to test the system under actual clinical conditions. The results obtained from the palpation/percussion examinations showed that a gastrointestinal tract with a FGID became more rigid than a healthy tract (p < 0.05). Clinical trials also showed that gastrointestinal tracts in the patient group with FGIDs were in fact more rigid than those in the control group without FGIDs (p < 0.05). These findings indicated that our newly designed ultrasonic diagnostic system may be useful in clinics to accurately diagnose FGIDs through detecting mechanical alterations to the rigidity of the gastrointestinal tract induced by FGIDs. The current study may be valuable by identifying for the first time mechanical alterations of the gastrointestinal tract induced by FGIDs and may prove valuable as the first step in the development of a diagnostic system for FGIDs.
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- Dohyung Lim
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Research Institute for Medical Instruments and Rehabilitation Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Gangwon, Republic of Korea
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Forrest A, Huizinga JD, Wang XY, Liu LWC, Parsons M. Increase in stretch-induced rhythmic motor activity in the diabetic rat colon is associated with loss of ICC of the submuscular plexus. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2008; 294:G315-26. [PMID: 18006604 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00196.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Diabetes affects many aspects of gastrointestinal motility, in part due to changes in interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). The effect of diabetes on the colon, however, is not well characterized, and the aim of the present study was to investigate possible relationships between altered colonic motility as a consequence of streptozotocin-induced diabetes and injury to ICC. Physiological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural techniques were employed. The motor pattern of the rat colon was dominated by rhythmic high-amplitude, low-frequency contractions that were primarily myogenic in origin. These rhythmic contractions were induced by stretch associated with increased tension; the amplitude of the superimposed rhythmic contractions increased with increasing applied tension. In diabetic rats, the stretch-induced rhythmic contractile activity remained robust and of similar frequency but was significantly higher in amplitude compared with that in control rats. At 700 mg of applied tension, the force of contraction in circular colonic muscle strips of the diabetic rats was 370% of control values. This robust presence of low-frequency contractions is consistent with the unaffected pacemaker, the ICC associated with Auerbach's plexus, and the increased amplitude correlates with loss of and injury to ICC of the submuscular plexus and intramuscular ICC. Loss of inhibitory nitrergic nerves does not appear to be a factor based on unaltered nNOS immunoreactivity.
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- Abigail Forrest
- Department of Biosciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK
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