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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 295, Issue 1, Pages G187-G196Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00047.2008
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diarrhea; constipation; 5-HT; 5-HT4 receptor agonists; prokinetic agents; irritable bowel syndrome
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-072414, DK-32346] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent findings show that the enteric neurotransmitter VIP enhances gene transcription of the alpha(1C) subunit of Ca(v)1.2 (L-type) Ca2(+) channels in the primary cultures of human colonic circular smooth muscle cells and circular smooth muscle strips. In this study, we investigated whether systemic infusion of VIP in intact animals enhances the gene transcription and protein expression of these channels to accelerate colonic transit. We also investigated whether similar systemic infusions of VPAC(1/2) receptor antagonist retards colonic transit by repressing the constitutive gene expression of the alpha(1C) subunit. We found that the systemic infusion of VIP for 7 days by a surgically implanted osmotic pump enhances the gene and protein expression of the alpha(1C) subunit and circular muscle contractility in the proximal and the middle rat colons, but not in the distal colon. A similar systemic infusion of VPAC1/2 receptor antagonist represses the expression of the alpha(1C) subunit and circular smooth muscle contractility in the proximal and the middle colons. The VIP infusion accelerates colonic transit and pellet defecation by rats, whereas the infusion of VPAC(1/ 2) receptor antagonist retards colonic transit and pellet defecation. VPAC(1) receptors, but not VPAC(2) receptors, mediate the above gene transcription-induced promotility effects of VIP. We conclude that VIP and VPAC(1) receptor agonists may serve as potential promotility agents in constipation-like conditions, whereas VPAC receptor antagonists may serve as potential antimotility agents in diarrhea- like conditions produced by enhanced motility function.
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