Differential functional role of purinergic and nitrergic inhibitory cotransmitters in human colonic relaxation
Differential functional role of purinergic and nitrergic inhibitory cotransmitters in human colonic relaxation
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DOI:
10.1111/apha.12408
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发表时间:
2014-12-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Jimenez, M.
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作者:
Mane, N.;Gil, V.;Jimenez, M.
AimATP and nitric oxide (NO) are released from enteric inhibitory motor neurones and are responsible for colonic smooth muscle relaxation. However, how frequency of neural stimulation affects this cotransmission process and the post-junctional responses has not been systematically characterized in the human colon.MethodsThe dynamics of inhibitory cotransmission were studied using different protocols of electrical field stimulation (EFS) to characterize the inhibitory junction potentials (IJP) and the corresponding relaxation in colonic strips obtained from 36 patients.ResultsSingle pulses elicited a fast IJP (IJPf(MAX)=-27.61.6mV), sensitive to the P2Y(1) antagonist MRS2500 1m, that ran down with frequency increase leaving a residual hyperpolarization at high frequencies (IJPf=-3.7 +/- 0.6mV). Accordingly, low frequencies of EFS caused purinergic transient relaxations that cannot be maintained at high frequencies. Addition of the P2Y(1) agonist MRS2365 10m during the purinergic rundown did not cause any hyperpolarization. Protein kinase C (PKC), a putative P2Y(1) desensitizator, was able to reduce the amplitude of the IJPf when activated, but the rundown was not modified by PKC inhibitors. Frequencies higher than 0.60 +/- 0.15Hz were needed to evoke a sustained nitrergic hyperpolarization that progressively increased reaching IJPs=-13 +/- 0.4mV at high frequencies and leading to a sustained inhibition of spontaneous motility.ConclusionChanges in frequency of stimulation possibly mimicking neuronal firing will post-junctionally determine purinergic vs. nitrergic responses underlying different functional roles. NO will be responsible for sustained relaxations needed in physiological processes such as storage, while purinergic neurotransmission evoking sharp transient relaxations will be dominant in processes such as propulsion.