RELEASE OF ENDOGENOUS 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE FROM RESTING AND STIMULATED ENTERIC NEURONS
RELEASE OF ENDOGENOUS 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE FROM RESTING AND STIMULATED ENTERIC NEURONS
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DOI:
10.1016/0306-4522(81)90017-8
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
TAMIR, H
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作者:
GERSHON, MD;TAMIR, H
The release of endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine from enteric neurons is reported. Segments of guinea-pig small intestine were everted and perfused in vitro through the newly created serosal lumen. Tests with [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine revealed the existence of a tissue barrier preventing diffusion of mucosal (enteroendocrine cell) 5-hydroxytryptamine into the perfusate; all 5-hydroxytryptamine in the perfusate was of neural origin. The gut was stimulated electrically. 5-Hydroxytryptamine in the perfusate and in the myenteric plexus was assayed by a specific radioenzymatic method. 5-Hydroxytryptamine was present in the myenteric plexus; it was released into the perfusate spontaneously and the release was enhanced by electrical stimulation. The stimulated, but not the spontaneous, release of the amine was Ca2+-dependent. Comparison with the release of newly taken up [3H]5-hydroxytryptamine showed that the specific radioactivity of electrically released 5-hydroxytryptamine was higher than that of either the spontaneously released or tissue amine. Stimulation also increased the release of 5-hydroxytryptamine more than that of its metabolites in the perfusate. 5-Hydroxytryptamine is apparently an endogeneous constituent of the enteric nervous system which is released by electrical field stimulation of enteric nerves. Newly taken up 5-hydroxytryptamine is probably released preferentially by these neurons.