ROLE OF OPIATE RECEPTORS IN THE REGULATION OF COLONIC TRANSIT
ROLE OF OPIATE RECEPTORS IN THE REGULATION OF COLONIC TRANSIT
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-5085(88)90673-7
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发表时间:
1988-06-01
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影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
FISHER, RS
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作者:
KAUFMAN, PN;KREVSKY, B;FISHER, RS
The effects of morphine and the opiate antagonist naloxone on human colonic transit were investigated. In a crossover, double-blind fashion, two groups of 6 normal volunteers were studied using colonic transit scintigraphy during the administration of a test drug or control. The test drugs were morphine (0.1 mg/kg every 6 h s.c.) or naloxone (0.8 mg every 6 h s.c.); control was saline (1 ml every 6 h s.c.). Morphine significantly delayed transit in the cecum and ascending colon (p < 0.05), slowed the progression of the geometric center (p < 0.01), and decreased the number of bowel movements per 48 h (p < 0.005). Naloxone accelerated transit in the transverse colon and rectosigmoid colon (p < 0.05) and accelerated the progression of the geometric center (p < 0.05), but had no effect on the number of bowel movements per 48 h (p > 0.05). These results suggest that narcotic analgesics may cause constipation in part by slowing colonic transit in the proximal colon and by inhibiting defecation. Acceleration of transit by naloxone suggests that endogenous opiate peptides may play an inhibitory role in the regulation of human colonic transit.