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PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 232-238Publisher
KOREAN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2016.13.2.232
Keywords
Antipsychotic agents; Intestinal motility; Serotonin system; Myosin light chain kinase
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81230027, 81401127]
- Shanghai Natural Science Foundation [13ZR1460500]
- Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders [13dz2260500-14-K06]
- Animal special fund of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai [13140903400]
- Shanghai Changhai Hospital Foundation
- Postdoctoral Grant of Secondary Military Medical University
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Objective To study whether the effects of olanzapine on gastrointestinal motility is related to the serotonin antagonism and myosin light chain kinase. Methods Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups. Olanzapine gavage was performed for each treatment group during the course of 30 continuous days, while the same volume of saline was given to the rats in the control group. Defecation of the rats was observed on days 7 and 30 after olanzapine gavage. The effects of olanzapine on contraction of colonic smooth muscles were observed in ex vivo experiments. A Western blot was used to evaluate expression levels of the serotonin transporter (SERT) and MLCK in colon segments of the rats. Results Compared to the control group, 5-160 mu M of olanzapine could inhibit dose-dependently the contraction of colonic smooth muscle ex vivo experiments. The maximum smooth muscle contraction effects of 5-HT and acetylcholine significantly decreased after treatment with 40-160 mu M of olanzapine. Constipation was found in the olanzapine-treated rats on day 7 and have sustained day 30 after gavage. Expression of MLCK in olanzapine-treated rats was significantly decreased, whereas the expression of SERT significantly increased on the day 7, then significantly decreased on the day 30 after olanzapine gavage. Conclusion SERT and MLCK may involve in the inhibition of colonic contraction induced by olanzapine.
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