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Stebbing MJ, Shafton AD, Davey CE, Di Natale MR, Furness JB, McAllen RM. A ganglionic intestinointestinal reflex activated by acute noxious challenge. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2024; 326:G360-G373. [PMID: 38226653 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00145.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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To investigate noxious stimulation-responsive neural circuits that could influence the gut, we recorded from intestinally directed (efferent) nerve filaments dissected from mesenteric nerves close to the small intestine in anesthetized rats. These exhibited baseline multiunit activity that was almost unaffected by vagotomy (VagX) and reduced only slightly by cutting the splanchnic nerves. The activity was halved by hexamethonium (Hex) treatment. When an adjacent gut segment received an intraluminal stimulus 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonate (TNBS) in 30% ethanol, mesenteric efferent nerve activity increased for more than 1 h. The increased activity was almost unaffected by bilateral vagotomy or splanchnic nerve section, indicating a lack of central nervous involvement, but it was 60% reduced by hexamethonium. Spike sorting discriminated efferent single and predominantly single-unit spike trains that responded to TNBS, were unaffected by splachnectomy but were silenced by hexamethonium. After noxious stimulation of one segment, the adjacent segment showed no evidence of suppression of gut motility or vasoconstriction. We conclude that luminal application of a noxious stimulus to the small intestine activates an entirely peripheral, intestinointestinal reflex pathway. This pathway involves enteric intestinofugal neurons that excite postganglionic sympathetic neurons via a nicotinic synapse. We suggest that the final sympathetic efferent neurons that respond to a tissue damaging stimulus are distinct from vasoconstrictor, secretomotor, and motility inhibiting neurons.NEW & NOTEWORTHY An intraluminal noxious chemical stimulus applied to one segment of small intestine increased mesenteric efferent nerve activity to an adjacent segment. This was identified as a peripheral ganglionic reflex that did not require vagal or spinal connections. Hexamethonium blocked most, but not all, ongoing and reflex mesenteric efferent activity. The prevertebral sympathetic efferent neurons that are activated likely affect inflammatory and immune functions of other gut segments.
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- Martin J Stebbing
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Rijavec M, Maver A, Turner PJ, Hočevar K, Košnik M, Yamani A, Hogan S, Custovic A, Peterlin B, Korošec P. Integrative transcriptomic analysis in human and mouse model of anaphylaxis identifies gene signatures associated with cell movement, migration and neuroinflammatory signalling. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1016165. [PMID: 36569939 PMCID: PMC9772259 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1016165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Anaphylaxis is an acute life-threatening allergic reaction and a concern at a global level; therefore, further progress in understanding the underlying mechanisms and more effective strategies for diagnosis, prevention and management are needed. Objective We sought to identify the global architecture of blood transcriptomic features of anaphylaxis by integrating expression data from human patients and mouse model of anaphylaxis. Methods Bulk RNA-sequencings of peripheral whole blood were performed in: i) 14 emergency department (ED) patients with acute anaphylaxis, predominantly to Hymenoptera venom, ii) 11 patients with peanut allergy undergoing double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) to peanut, iii) murine model of IgE-mediated anaphylaxis. Integrative characterisation of differential gene expression, immune cell-type-specific gene expression profiles, and functional and pathway analysis was undertaken. Results 1023 genes were commonly and significantly dysregulated during anaphylaxis in ED and DBPCFC patients; of those genes, 29 were also dysregulated in the mouse model. Cell-type-specific gene expression profiles showed a rapid downregulation of blood basophil and upregulation of neutrophil signature in ED and DBPCFC patients and the mouse model, but no consistent and/or significant differences were found for other blood cells. Functional and pathway analysis demonstrated that human and mouse blood transcriptomic signatures of anaphylaxis follow trajectories of upregulation of cell movement, migration and neuroinflammatory signalling, and downregulation of lipid activating nuclear receptors signalling. Conclusion Our study highlights the matched and extensive blood transcriptomic changes and suggests the involvement of discrete cellular components and upregulation of migration and neuroinflammatory pathways during anaphylaxis.
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- Matija Rijavec
- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia
- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Clinical Institute of Medical Genetics, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Institute of Medical Genetics, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia
- Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center (MHWFAC), Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center (MHWFAC), Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Institute of Medical Genetics, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Tikoo S, Barki N, Jain R, Zulkhernain NS, Buhner S, Schemann M, Weninger W. Imaging of mast cells. Immunol Rev 2019; 282:58-72. [PMID: 29431206 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mast cells are a part of the innate immune system implicated in allergic reactions and the regulation of host-pathogen interactions. The distribution, morphology and biochemical composition of mast cells has been studied in detail in vitro and on tissue sections both at the light microscopic and ultrastructural level. More recently, the development of fluorescent reporter strains and intravital imaging modalities has enabled first glimpses of the real-time behavior of mast cells in situ. In this review, we describe commonly used imaging approaches to study mast cells in cell culture as well as within normal and diseased tissues. We further describe the interrogation of mast cell function via imaging by providing a detailed description of mast cell-nerve plexus interactions in the intestinal tract. Together, visualizing mast cells has expanded our view of these cells in health and disease.
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- Shweta Tikoo
- The Centenary Institute, Newtown, NSW, Australia.,Discipline of Dermatology, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- LS Human Biology, Technical University München, München, Germany
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- The Centenary Institute, Newtown, NSW, Australia.,Discipline of Dermatology, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- LS Human Biology, Technical University München, München, Germany
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- LS Human Biology, Technical University München, München, Germany
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- The Centenary Institute, Newtown, NSW, Australia.,Discipline of Dermatology, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Department of Dermatology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Colitis-induced alterations in response properties of visceral nociceptive neurons in the rat caudal medulla oblongata and their modulation by 5-HT3 receptor blockade. Brain Res Bull 2018; 142:183-196. [PMID: 30031817 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2018.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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There is considerable clinical and experimental evidence that intestinal inflammation is associated with altered visceral nociceptive processing in the spinal cord and brain, but the underlying neuronal mechanisms, especially acting at the supraspinal level, remain unclear. Considering that the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM) and the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) are the first sites for supraspinal processing of visceral pain signals, in the present study we evaluated the experimental colitis-induced changes in response properties of CVLM and NTS medullary neurons to noxious colorectal distension (CRD) in urethane-anesthetized adult male Wistar rats. To determine if gut inflammation alters the 5-HT3 receptor-dependent modulation of visceral pain-related CVLM and NTS cells, we examined the effects of intravenously administered selective 5-HT3 antagonist granisetron on ongoing and CRD-evoked activity of CVLM and NTS neurons in healthy control and colitic animals. In the absence of colonic pathology, the CVLM neurons were more excited by noxious CRD that the NTS cells, which demonstrated a greater tendency to be inhibited by the stimulation. The difference was eliminated after the development of colitis due to the increase in the proportion of CRD-excited neurons in both medullary regions associated with enhanced magnitude of the neuronal nociceptive responses. Intravenous granisetron (1 or 2 mg/kg) produced the dose-dependent suppression of the ongoing and evoked firing of CRD-excited cells within both the CVLM and NTS in normal conditions as well as was able to substantially reduce excitability of the caudal medullary neurons in the presence of colonic inflammation, arguing for the potential efficacy of the 5-HT3 receptor blockade with granisetron against both acute and inflammatory abdominal pain. Taken together, the data obtained can contribute to a deeper understanding of supraspinal serotonergic mechanisms responsible for the persistence of visceral hypersensitivity and hyperalgesia triggered by colonic inflammation.
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Allen SJ, Chazot PL, Dixon CJ. Can H 2 -receptor upregulation and raised histamine explain an anaphylactoid reaction on cessation of ranitidine in a 19-year-old female? A case report. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2018; 84:1611-1616. [PMID: 29667234 PMCID: PMC6005605 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.13578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Revised: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The anaphylactoid reaction described follows cessation of ranitidine in a 19-year-old female with the disease cluster: mast cell activation syndrome, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and postural tachycardia syndrome. Anaphylaxis can give wide-ranging symptoms from rhinorrhoea and urticaria to tachycardia and system-wide, life-threatening, anaphylactic shock. Individuals with a disorder of mast cell activation can experience many such symptoms. H2 receptor antagonists, such as ranitidine, are commonly prescribed in this population. A mechanism for the reaction is proposed in the context of ranitidine, as an inverse agonist, causing upregulation of H2 histamine receptors and raised histamine levels due to enzyme induction. This effect, following extended and/or high antihistamine dosing, may have implications for other individuals with a disorder of mast cell activation, such as mastocytosis or mast cell activation syndrome. There are potential policy and patient guidance implications for primary and secondary care with respect to cessation of H2 antagonists.
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- Susan J. Allen
- Pharmacy Practice, Leicester School of PharmacyDe Montfort UniversityLeicesterUK
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- Pharmacology, Department of BiosciencesDurham UniversityDurhamUK
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- Pharmacology, Leicester School of PharmacyDe Montfort UniversityLeicesterUK
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Mast Cells and Nerve Signal Conduction in Acupuncture. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2018; 2018:3524279. [PMID: 29707031 PMCID: PMC5863328 DOI: 10.1155/2018/3524279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Nerve and mast cells are densely distributed around acupoints in connective tissue. To explore the internal relations between them in acupuncture effect, we examined dorsal root potential (DRP) response to acupuncture at Zusanli (ST36) under sodium cromoglicate (DSCG, a mast cell stabilizer) intervention in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. We used single unit nerve recording techniques to collect nerve signals from DRP afferent nerves for a 45-minute period that includes 4 stages, that is, base, drug absorption, acupuncture, and recovery stages. We analyzed the recorded signals from time-domain and frequency-domain perspectives. The results showed that once acupuncture needle was inserted, twisting needle excited more nerves discharges than those at base discharges in ACU (from 35.1 ± 7.2 to 47 ± 9.2 Hz, P = 0.004), and there existed the same trend in Saline + ACU group (from 23.8 ± 2.6 to 29.8 ± 4.2 Hz, P = 0.059). There was no change of nerve discharges under twisting needle with injection of DSCG (from 34.8 ± 5.3 to 34.7 ± 4.4 Hz, P = 0.480). We conclude that acupuncture manipulation promotes neural signal production and DSCG could partly inhibit nerve discharges.
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Rodrigues L, Ekundi-Valentim E, Florenzano J, Cerqueira ARA, Soares AG, Schmidt TP, Santos KT, Teixeira SA, Ribela MTCP, Rodrigues SF, de Carvalho MH, De Nucci G, Wood M, Whiteman M, Muscará MN, Costa SKP. Protective effects of exogenous and endogenous hydrogen sulfide in mast cell-mediated pruritus and cutaneous acute inflammation in mice. Pharmacol Res 2016; 115:255-266. [PMID: 27840098 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The recently described 'gasomediator' hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been involved in pain mechanisms, but its effect on pruritus, a sensory modality that similarly to pain acts as a protective mechanism, is poorly known and controversial. The effects of the slow-releasing (GYY4137) and spontaneous H2S donors (Na2S and Lawesson's reagent, LR) were evaluated in histamine and compound 48/80 (C48/80)-dependent dorsal skin pruritus and inflammation in male BALB/c mice. Animals were intradermally (i.d.) injected with C48/80 (3μg/site) or histamine (1μmol/site) alone or co-injected with Na2S, LR or GYY4137 (within the 0.3-100nmol range). The involvement of endogenous H2S and KATP channel-dependent mechanism were also evaluated. Pruritus was assessed by the number of scratching bouts, whilst skin inflammation was evaluated by the extravascular accumulation of intravenously injected 125I-albumin (plasma extravasation) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity (neutrophil recruitment). Histamine or C48/80 significantly evoked itching behavior paralleled by plasma extravasation and increased MPO activity. Na2S and LR significantly ameliorated histamine or C48/80-induced pruritus and inflammation, although these effects were less pronounced or absent with GYY4137. Inhibition of endogenous H2S synthesis increased both Tyrode and C48/80-induced responses in the skin, whereas the blockade of KATP channels by glibenclamide did not. H2S-releasing donors significantly attenuate C48/80-induced mast cell degranulation either in vivo or in vitro. We provide first evidences that H2S donors confer protective effect against histamine-mediated acute pruritus and cutaneous inflammation. These effects can be mediated, at least in part, by stabilizing mast cells, known to contain multiple mediators and to be primary initiators of allergic processes, thus making of H2S donors a potential alternative/complementary therapy for treating inflammatory allergic skin diseases and related pruritus.
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- L Rodrigues
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Nuclear and Energetic Research (IPEN), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Loewendorf AI, Matynia A, Saribekyan H, Gross N, Csete M, Harrington M. Roads Less Traveled: Sexual Dimorphism and Mast Cell Contributions to Migraine Pathology. Front Immunol 2016; 7:140. [PMID: 27148260 PMCID: PMC4836167 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Migraine is a common, little understood, and debilitating disease. It is much more prominent in women than in men (~2/3 are women) but the reasons for female preponderance are not clear. Migraineurs frequently experience severe comorbidities, such as allergies, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, and others; many of the comorbidities are more common in females. Current treatments for migraine are not gender specific, and rarely are migraine and its comorbidities considered and treated by the same specialist. Thus, migraine treatments represent a huge unmet medical need, which will only be addressed with greater understanding of its underlying pathophysiology. We discuss the current knowledge about sex differences in migraine and its comorbidities, and focus on the potential role of mast cells (MCs) in both. Sex-based differences in pain recognition and drug responses, fluid balance, and the blood–brain barrier are recognized but their impact on migraine is not well studied. Furthermore, MCs are well recognized for their prominent role in allergies but much less is known about their contributions to pain pathways in general and migraine specifically. MC-neuron bidirectional communication uniquely positions these cells as potential initiators and/or perpetuators of pain. MCs can secrete nociceptor sensitizing and activating agents, such as serotonin, prostaglandins, histamine, and proteolytic enzymes that can also activate the pain-mediating transient receptor potential vanilloid channels. MCs express receptors for both estrogen and progesterone that induce degranulation upon binding. Furthermore, environmental estrogens, such as Bisphenol A, activate MCs in preclinical models but their impact on pain pathways or migraine is understudied. We hope that this discussion will encourage scientists and physicians alike to bridge the knowledge gaps linking sex, MCs, and migraine to develop better, more comprehensive treatments for migraine patients.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Huntington Medical Research Institutes , Pasadena, CA , USA
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- Huntington Medical Research Institutes , Pasadena, CA , USA
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Browning KN. Role of central vagal 5-HT3 receptors in gastrointestinal physiology and pathophysiology. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:413. [PMID: 26578870 PMCID: PMC4625078 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Vagal neurocircuits are vitally important in the co-ordination and modulation of GI reflexes and homeostatic functions. 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; serotonin) is critically important in the regulation of several of these autonomic gastrointestinal (GI) functions including motility, secretion and visceral sensitivity. While several 5-HT receptors are involved in these physiological responses, the ligand-gated 5-HT3 receptor appears intimately involved in gut-brain signaling, particularly via the afferent (sensory) vagus nerve. 5-HT is released from enterochromaffin cells in response to mechanical or chemical stimulation of the GI tract which leads to activation of 5-HT3 receptors on the terminals of vagal afferents. 5-HT3 receptors are also present on the soma of vagal afferent neurons, including GI vagal afferent neurons, where they can be activated by circulating 5-HT. The central terminals of vagal afferents also exhibit 5-HT3 receptors that function to increase glutamatergic synaptic transmission to second order neurons of the nucleus tractus solitarius within the brainstem. While activation of central brainstem 5-HT3 receptors modulates visceral functions, it is still unclear whether central vagal neurons, i.e., nucleus of the tractus solitarius (NTS) and dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV) neurons themselves also display functional 5-HT3 receptors. Thus, activation of 5-HT3 receptors may modulate the excitability and activity of gastrointestinal vagal afferents at multiple sites and may be involved in several physiological and pathophysiological conditions, including distention- and chemical-evoked vagal reflexes, nausea, and vomiting, as well as visceral hypersensitivity.
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- Kirsteen N Browning
- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine Hershey, PA, USA
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Intestinal barrier function and the brain-gut axis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 817:73-113. [PMID: 24997030 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0897-4_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The luminal-mucosal interface of the intestinal tract is the first relevant location where microorganism-derived antigens and all other potentially immunogenic particles face the scrutiny of the powerful mammalian immune system. Upon regular functioning conditions, the intestinal barrier is able to effectively prevent most environmental and external antigens to interact openly with the numerous and versatile elements that compose the mucosal-associated immune system. This evolutionary super system is capable of processing an astonishing amount of antigens and non-immunogenic particles, approximately 100 tons in one individual lifetime, only considering food-derived components. Most important, to develop oral tolerance and proper active immune responses needed to prevent disease and inflammation, this giant immunogenic load has to be managed in a way that physiological inflammatory balance is constantly preserved. Adequate functioning of the intestinal barrier involves local and distant regulatory networks integrating the so-called brain-gut axis. Along this complex axis both brain and gut structures participate in the processing and execution of response signals to external and internal changes coming from the digestive tract, using multidirectional pathways to communicate. Dysfunction of brain-gut axis facilitates malfunctioning of the intestinal barrier, and vice versa, increasing the risk of uncontrolled immunological reactions that may trigger mucosal and brain low-grade inflammation, a putative first step to the initiation of more permanent gut disorders. In this chapter, we describe the structure, function and interactions of intestinal barrier, microbiota and brain-gut axis in both healthy and pathological conditions.
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Yan XJ, Feng CC, Liu Q, Zhang LY, Dong X, Liu ZL, Cao ZJ, Mo JZ, Li Y, Fang JY, Chen SL. Vagal Afferents Mediate Antinociception of Estrogen in a Rat Model of Visceral Pain: The Involvement of Intestinal Mucosal Mast Cells and 5-Hydroxytryptamine 3 Signaling. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2014; 15:204-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Revised: 09/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Undem BJ, Taylor-Clark T. Mechanisms underlying the neuronal-based symptoms of allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2014; 133:1521-34. [PMID: 24433703 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 11/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Persons with allergies present with symptoms that often are the result of alterations in the nervous system. Neuronally based symptoms depend on the organ in which the allergic reaction occurs but can include red itchy eyes, sneezing, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, coughing, bronchoconstriction, airway mucus secretion, dysphagia, altered gastrointestinal motility, and itchy swollen skin. These symptoms occur because mediators released during an allergic reaction can interact with sensory nerves, change processing in the central nervous system, and alter transmission in sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric autonomic nerves. In addition, evidence supports the idea that in some subjects this neuromodulation is, for reasons poorly understood, upregulated such that the same degree of nerve stimulus causes a larger effect than seen in healthy subjects. There are distinctions in the mechanisms and nerve types involved in allergen-induced neuromodulation among different organ systems, but general principles have emerged. The products of activated mast cells, other inflammatory cells, and resident cells can overtly stimulate nerve endings, cause long-lasting changes in neuronal excitability, increase synaptic efficacy, and also change gene expression in nerves, resulting in phenotypically altered neurons. A better understanding of these processes might lead to novel therapeutic strategies aimed at limiting the suffering of those with allergies.
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- Bradley J Undem
- Division of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla
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Page C, Humphrey P. Sir David Jack: an extraordinary drug discoverer and developer. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2013; 75:1213-8. [PMID: 22994263 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04467.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- Clive Page
- Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, UK
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SCHEMANN MICHAEL, CAMILLERI MICHAEL. Functions and imaging of mast cell and neural axis of the gut. Gastroenterology 2013; 144:698-704.e4. [PMID: 23354018 PMCID: PMC3922647 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Revised: 12/05/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Close association between nerves and mast cells in the gut wall provides the microanatomic basis for functional interactions between these elements, supporting the hypothesis that a mast cell-nerve axis influences gut functions in health and disease. Advanced morphology and imaging techniques are now available to assess structural and functional relationships of the mast cell-nerve axis in human gut tissues. Morphologic techniques including co-labeling of mast cells and nerves serve to evaluate changes in their densities and anatomic proximity. Calcium (Ca(++)) and potentiometric dye imaging provide novel insights into functions such as mast cell-nerve signaling in the human gut tissues. Such imaging promises to reveal new ionic or molecular targets to normalize nerve sensitization induced by mast cell hyperactivity or mast cell sensitization by neurogenic inflammatory pathways. These targets include proteinase-activated receptor (PAR) 1 or histamine receptors. In patients, optical imaging in the gut in vivo has the potential to identify neural structures and inflammation in vivo. The latter has some risks and potential of sampling error with a single biopsy. Techniques that image nerve fibers in the retina without the need for contrast agents (optical coherence tomography and full-field optical coherence microscopy) may be applied to study submucous neural plexus. Moreover, the combination of submucosal dissection, use of a fluorescent marker, and endoscopic confocal microscopy provides detailed imaging of myenteric neurons and smooth muscle cells in the muscularis propria. Studies of motility and functional gastrointestinal disorders would be feasible without the need for full-thickness biopsy.
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- MICHAEL SCHEMANN
- Human Biology, Technische Universität
München, Freising, Germany
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- Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and
Epidemiological Research (CENTER), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Schemann M, Kugler EM, Buhner S, Eastwood C, Donovan J, Jiang W, Grundy D. The mast cell degranulator compound 48/80 directly activates neurons. PLoS One 2012; 7:e52104. [PMID: 23272218 PMCID: PMC3525567 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Compound 48/80 is widely used in animal and tissue models as a “selective” mast cell activator. With this study we demonstrate that compound 48/80 also directly activates enteric neurons and visceral afferents. Methodology/Principal Findings We used in vivo recordings from extrinsic intestinal afferents together with Ca++ imaging from primary cultures of DRG and nodose neurons. Enteric neuronal activation was examined by Ca++ and voltage sensitive dye imaging in isolated gut preparations and primary cultures of enteric neurons. Intraluminal application of compound 48/80 evoked marked afferent firing which desensitized on subsequent administration. In egg albumen-sensitized animals, intraluminal antigen evoked a similar pattern of afferent activation which also desensitized on subsequent exposure to antigen. In cross-desensitization experiments prior administration of compound 48/80 failed to influence the mast cell mediated response. Application of 1 and 10 µg/ml compound 48/80 evoked spike discharge and Ca++ transients in enteric neurons. The same nerve activating effect was observed in primary cultures of DRG and nodose ganglion cells. Enteric neuron cultures were devoid of mast cells confirmed by negative staining for c-kit or toluidine blue. In addition, in cultured enteric neurons the excitatory action of compound 48/80 was preserved in the presence of histamine H1 and H2 antagonists. The mast cell stabilizer cromolyn attenuated compound 48/80 and nicotine evoked Ca++ transients in mast cell-free enteric neuron cultures. Conclusions/Significance The results showed direct excitatory action of compound 48/80 on enteric neurons and visceral afferents. Therefore, functional changes measured in tissue or animal models may involve a mast cell independent effect of compound 48/80 and cromolyn.
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- Michael Schemann
- Human Biology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
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Schaeffer DF, Kirsch R, Riddell RH. Mast cells and intestinal motility disorders (mastocytic enteritis/colitis). Dig Dis Sci 2012; 57:1118-21. [PMID: 22466075 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2123-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Jiang W, Kirkup AJ, Grundy D. Mast cells drive mesenteric afferent signalling during acute intestinal ischaemia. J Physiol 2011; 589:3867-82. [PMID: 21669977 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.209478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Acute intestinal ischaemia stimulates visceral afferent nerves but the mechanisms responsible for this excitation are not fully understood. Mast cells may participate in this process as they are known to signal to mesenteric afferents during intestinal anaphylaxis and contribute to early inflammation and neuronal damage in response to cerebral ischaemia. We therefore hypothesised that mast cells are early responders to acute intestinal ischaemia and their activation initiates rapid signalling to the CNS via the excitation of mesenteric afferents. Primary afferent firing was recorded from a mesenteric nerve bundle supplying a segment of jejunum in anaesthetized adult rats. Acute focal ischaemia was produced by clamping theme senteric vessels for 8 min, and reperfusion followed removal of the vessel clip. Two episodes of ischaemia–reperfusion (I–R) separated by a 30 min interval were performed. Drugs or their vehicles were administered 10 min before the 2nd I–R episode. Ischaemia caused a reproducible, intense and biphasic afferent firing that was temporally dissociated from the concomitantly triggered complex pattern of intestinal motor activity. The L-type calcium channel blocker, nifedipine, significantly attenuated this afferent firing by a mechanism independent of its action on intestinal tone. Ischaemia-induced afferent firing was also abrogated by the mast cell stabilizer, doxantrazole, and the H1 histamine receptor antagonist, pyrilamine. In contrast, the nicotinic receptor antagonist, hexamethonium, and the N-type calcium channel toxin, ω-conotoxin GVIA, each reduced the ischaemia-evoked motor inhibition but not the concurrent afferent discharge. Similarly, the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, naproxen, had no effect on the ischaemic afferent response but reduced the intestinal tone shortly from the onset of ischaemia to the early period of reperfusion. These data support a critical role for mast cell-derived histamine in the direct chemoexcitation of mesenteric afferents during acute intestinal ischaemia, whereas enteric reflex mechanisms and cyclooxygenase products contribute primarily to ischaemia-induced changes in intestinal motility. Therefore, targeting mast cells may provide benefits in patients with abdominal pain resulting from an ischaemic insult to the gastrointestinal tract.
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- Wen Jiang
- Department of Biomedical Science, Florey Building, Firth Court, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Zhang LY, Dong X, Liu ZL, Mo JZ, Fang JY, Xiao SD, Li Y, Chen SL. Luminal serotonin time-dependently modulates vagal afferent driven antinociception in response to colorectal distention in rats. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011; 23:62-9, e6. [PMID: 20723070 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01589.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Compelling evidence shows that vagal afferents mediate antinociception in response to visceral insults. Our recent findings implied that luminal serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) might mediate chronic food allergen sensitized visceral hyperalgesia, in which vagal afferents might be implicated. Here, to test this hypothesis, we investigated the effects of luminal infused 5-HT on visceral nociception and the involvement of vagal antinociceptive pathway. METHODS The vagus-intact or vagotomized rats were given acute intraluminally or intraperitoneally administered 5-HT, or chronic luminal infusion of 5-HT. The visceromotor response (VMR) to colorectal distension (CRD) was electrophysiologically recorded. KEY RESULTS Acute intraluminal infusion of 5-HT (10 or 100 nmol) significantly attenuated VMR to CRD, while systemic administered 5-HT at similar doses resulted in markedly augmented nociception. Pretreatment with luminal application of granisetron or lidocaine, or pharmacological depletion of endogenous 5-HT with injection of p-chlorophenylalanine, a 5-HT synthesis inhibitor, and subdiaphragmatic vagotomy or functional deafferentation with capsaicin abolished the effect of luminal (but not systemic) 5-HT. Chronic infusion of 5-HT (10 nmol d(-1) for 5 days) produced gradual augmentation of baseline VMR. And, the VMR to CRD after 5-HT infusion decreased on day 1 and 2, then gradually increased from day 3. Surgical vagotomy or daily preperfusion with granisetron canceled these time-dependent patterns. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Luminal 5-HT time-dependently modulates vagal afferent driven antinociception. Acute infusion of 5-HT attenuates visceral nociception via activation of vagal afferent 5-HT type 3 receptors (5-HT(3)Rs)within intestinal mucosa; while chronic luminal 5-HT caused gradually developed visceral hyperalgesia, which may also involve vagal 5-HT(3)Rs.
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- L Y Zhang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Lee HN, Kim CH, Song GG, Cho SW. Effects of IL-3 and SCF on Histamine Production Kinetics and Cell Phenotype in Rat Bone Marrow-derived Mast Cells. Immune Netw 2010; 10:15-25. [PMID: 20228932 PMCID: PMC2837153 DOI: 10.4110/in.2010.10.1.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Revised: 12/29/2009] [Accepted: 01/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rat mast cells were regarded as a good model for mast cell function in immune response. METHODS Rat bone marrow mast cells (BMMC) were prepared both by recombinant rat IL-3 (rrIL-3) and by recombinant mouse stem cell factor (rmSCF), and investigated for both proliferation and differentiation in time course. Rat BMMC was induced by culture of rat bone marrow cells (BMCs) in the presence of both rrIL-3 (5 ng/ml) and rmSCF (5 ng/ml). Culture media were changed 2 times per week with the cell number condition of 5x10(4)/ml in 6 well plate. Proliferation was analyzed by cell number and cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and differentiation was by rat mast cell protease (RMCP) II and histamine. RESULTS Cell proliferation rates reached a maximum at 8 or 11 days of culture and decreased thereafter. However, both RMCP II production and histamine synthesis peaked after 11 days of culture. By real time RT-PCR, the level of histidine decarboxylase mRNA was more than 500 times higher on culture day 11 than on culture day 5. By transmission electron microscopy, the cells were heterogeneous in size and contained cytoplasmic granules. Using gated flow cytometry, we showed that cultured BMCs expressed high levels of FcepsilonRI and the mast cell antigen, ganglioside, on culture day 11. CONCLUSION These results indicate that rat BMMCs were generated by culturing BMCs in the presence of rrIL-3 and rmSCF and that the BMMCs have the characteristics of mucosal mast cells.
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- Haneul Nari Lee
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul 136-705, Korea
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Peripheral relays in stress-induced activation of visceral afferents in the gut. Auton Neurosci 2010; 153:99-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2009.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2009] [Revised: 07/06/2009] [Accepted: 07/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Chen S, Li J, Zhang L, Dong X, Gao W, Mo J, Chen H, Xiao S, Li Y. 5-HT 3 receptors mediate the time-dependent vagal afferent modulation of nociception during chronic food allergen-sensitized visceral hyperalgesia in rats. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2009; 21:1222-e113. [PMID: 19558425 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01335.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Converging lines of evidence demonstrate a vagally mediated antinociceptive pathway in animals undergoing acute visceral insults, the contribution of this system to visceral pain following chronic noxious stimuli is unknown. 5-HT(3) receptor (5-HT(3)Rs) on spinal afferents are crucially involved in nociceptive processing, the role of 5-HT(3)Rs on vagal afferents is unclear. The aim of the present study was to determine the contribution of vagal afferents to visceral nociception in rats undergoing chronic luminal allergen stimulation and whether it involves vagal 5-HT(3)Rs. Sensitized rats received chicken egg albumin (EA, 1 mg mL(-1)) in drinking water for 2 weeks (day 1-14). Visceromotor response (VMR) to colorectal distension [colorectal distension (CRD), 60 mmHg] and the levels of mRNA encoding 5-HT(3)R (including 3A and 3B subunits) in the nodose ganglia (NG) were evaluated on day 2, 4, 8 and 15. Chronic EA challenge induced gradually increased visceral nociception, with a peak on day 15. Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy or functional deafferentation with capsaicin abolished this time-dependent manner, inducing hyperalgesia from day 2, lasting to day 15. Intraluminal infusion of a 5-HT(3)R antagonist (granisetron), whether alone or infused after local mucosa anaesthetic with 1% lidocaine, mimicked the effects of vagotomy. The mRNA levels for 5-HT(3B) or 5-HT(3A) subunit in the NG showed an opposite time-course to that of visceral pain, which increased from day 2, then decreased gradually to levels lower than those of controls. Our results demonstrate a time-dependent vagal afferent modulation of chronic allergen-sensitized visceral hyperalgesia, which may involve a 5-HT(3)R pathway.
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- S Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Cyphert JM, Kovarova M, Allen IC, Hartney JM, Murphy DL, Wess J, Koller BH. Cooperation between mast cells and neurons is essential for antigen-mediated bronchoconstriction. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:7430-9. [PMID: 19494266 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Mast cells are important sentinels guarding the interface between the environment and the body: a breach in the integrity of this interface can lead to the release of a plethora of mediators that engage the foreign agent, recruit leukocytes, and initiate adaptive physiological changes in the organism. While these capabilities make mast cells critical players in immune defense, it also makes them important contributors to the pathogenesis of diseases such as asthma. Mast cell mediators induce dramatic changes in smooth muscle physiology, and the expression of receptors for these factors by smooth muscle suggests that they act directly to initiate constriction. Contrary to this view, we show herein that mast cell-mediated bronchoconstriction is observed only in animals with intact innervation of the lung and that serotonin release alone is required for this action. While ablation of sensory neurons does not limit bronchoconstriction, constriction after Ag challenge is absent in mice in which the cholinergic pathways are compromised. Linking mast cell function to the cholinergic system likely provides an important means of modulating the function of these resident immune cells to physiology of the lung, but may also provide a safeguard against life-threatening anaphylaxis during mast cell degranulation.
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- Jaime M Cyphert
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Intestinal afferent nerve sensitivity is increased during the initial development of postoperative ileus in mice. J Gastrointest Surg 2009; 13:423-31. [PMID: 19130152 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0789-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2008] [Accepted: 12/11/2008] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Neuronal reflex inhibition of gastrointestinal motility is a key mechanism in the development of postoperative ileus (POI). The aim of our study was to determine whether intestinal afferent nerve fibers are sensitized during the first hours after surgery contributing to this mechanism. METHODS Under enflurane anesthesia, C57BL/6 mice underwent laparotomy followed by sham treatment or standardized small bowel manipulation to induce POI. After 1, 3, or 9 h, extracellular multi-unit mesenteric afferent nerve recordings were performed in vitro from 2 cm segments of jejunum (subgroups n = 6) superfused with Kreb's buffer (32 degrees C, gassed with O(2)/CO(2) mixture). Segments were cannulated to monitor luminal pressure and intestinal motility. Afferent impulses as response to bradykinin (0.5 microM) and to mechanical ramp distension of the intestinal lumen from 0 to 80 cmH(2)O were recorded. RESULTS At 1 h, amplitudes of intestinal contractions were 0.8 +/- 0.2 cmH(2)O after induction of POI and 5.0 +/- 0.8 cmH(2)O in sham controls (mean +/- SEM; p < 0.01). A similar difference was observed for segments harvested at 3 and 9 h. Afferent firing to serosal bradykinin was increased at 1, 3, and 9 h in POI segments compared to sham controls (p < 0.05 at 1 h, p < 0.01 at 3 and 9 h). During distension with high pressures, afferent firing rate was increased at 1 and 3 h in segments after induction of POI compared to sham controls. Nine hours postoperatively, contracted and dilated segments were observed during POI that were investigated separately. While afferent firing in dilated segments was increased to 176 +/- 16 imp s(-1) at 80 cmH(2)O luminal distension (p < 0.01), it was 46 +/- 5 imp s(-1) in contracted segments (p < 0.001) compared to 77 +/- 4 imp s(-1) in sham controls. CONCLUSIONS Afferent firing to bradykinin and high threshold distension is augmented in the early phase of POI. As these stimuli are known to sensitize predominantly spinal afferents, this mechanism may contribute to reflex inhibition of intestinal motility during POI.
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Differential Sensitization of Afferent Neuronal Pathways During Postoperative Ileus in the Mouse Jejunum. Ann Surg 2008; 247:791-802. [DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e31816a9d97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Serotonin pharmacology in the gastrointestinal tract: a review. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2008; 377:181-203. [PMID: 18398601 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-008-0276-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine or 5-HT) plays a critical physiological role in the regulation of gastrointestinal (GI) function. 5-HT dysfunction may also be involved in the pathophysiology of a number of functional GI disorders, such as chronic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia. This article describes the role of 5-HT in the enteric nervous system (ENS) of the mammalian GI tract and the receptors with which it interacts. Existing serotonergic therapies that have proven effective in the treatment of GI functional disorders and the potential of drugs currently in development are also highlighted. Advances in our understanding of the physiological and pathophysiological roles of 5-HT in the ENS and the identification of selective receptor ligands bodes well for the future development of more efficacious therapies for patients with functional GI disorders.
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Wu X, Gao J, Yan J, Fan J, Owyang C, Li Y. Role for NMDA receptors in visceral nociceptive transmission in the anterior cingulate cortex of viscerally hypersensitive rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2008; 294:G918-27. [PMID: 18258793 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00452.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have identified colorectal distension (CRD)-responsive neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and demonstrated that persistence of a heightened visceral afferent nociceptive input to the ACC induces ACC sensitization. In the present study, we confirmed that rostral ACC neurons of sensitized rats [induced by chicken egg albumin (EA)] exhibit enhanced spike responses to CRD. Simultaneous in vivo recording and reverse microdialysis of single ACC neurons showed that a low dose of glutamate (50 microM) did not change basal ACC neuronal firing in normal rats but increased ACC neuronal firing in EA rats from 18 +/- 2 to 32 +/- 3.8 impulses/10 s. A high dose of glutamate (500 microM) produced 1.95-fold and a 4.27-fold increases of ACC neuronal firing in sham-treated rats and in EA rats, respectively, suggesting enhanced glutamatergic transmission in the ACC neurons of EA rats. Reverse microdialysis of the 3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA)/kainite receptor antagonist 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX; 10 microM) reduced basal and abolished CRD-induced ACC neuronal firing in normal rats. In contrast, microdialysis of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist AP5 had no effect on ACC neuronal firing in normal rats. However, AP5 produced 86% inhibition of ACC neuronal firing evoked by 50 mmHg CRD in the EA rats. In conclusion, ACC nociceptive transmissions are mediated by glutamate AMPA receptors in the control rats. ACC responses to CRD are enhanced in viscerally hypersensitive rats. The enhancement of excitatory glutamatergic transmission in the ACC appears to mediate this response. Furthermore, NMDA receptors mediate ACC synaptic responses after the induction of visceral hypersensitivity.
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- Xiaoyin Wu
- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Yu S, Kollarik M, Ouyang A, Myers AC, Undem BJ. Mast cell-mediated long-lasting increases in excitability of vagal C fibers in guinea pig esophagus. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 293:G850-6. [PMID: 17702952 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00277.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Several esophageal pathologies are associated with an increased number of mast cells in the esophageal wall. We addressed the hypothesis that activation of esophageal mast cells leads to an increase in the excitability of local sensory C fibers. Guinea pigs were actively sensitized to ovalbumin. The mast cells in the esophagus were selectively activated ex vivo by superfusion with ovalbumin. Action potential discharge in guinea pig vagal nodose esophageal C-fiber nerve endings was monitored in the isolated (ex vivo) vagally innervated esophagus by extracellular recordings. Ovalbumin activated esophageal mast cells, leading to the rapid release of approximately 20% of the tissue histamine stores. This was associated with a consistent and significant increase in excitability of the nodose C fibers as reflected in a two- to threefold increase in action potential discharge frequency evoked by mechanical (increases in intraluminal pressure) stimulation. The increase in excitability persisted unchanged for at least 90 min (longest time period tested) after ovalbumin was washed from the tissue. This effect could be prevented by the histamine H1 receptor antagonist pyrilamine, but once the increase in excitability occurred, it persisted in the nominal absence of histamine and could not be reversed even with large concentrations of the histamine receptor antagonist. In conclusion, activation of esophageal mast cells leads to a pronounced and long-lived increase in nociceptive C-fiber excitability such that any sensation or reflex evoked via the vagal nociceptors will likely be enhanced. The effect is initiated by histamine acting via H1 receptor activation and maintained in the absence of the initiating stimulus.
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- Shaoyong Yu
- Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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Rijnierse A, Nijkamp FP, Kraneveld AD. Mast cells and nerves tickle in the tummy: implications for inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Pharmacol Ther 2007; 116:207-35. [PMID: 17719089 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 06/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mast cells are well known as versatile cells capable of releasing and producing a variety of inflammatory mediators upon activation and are often found in close proximity of neurons. In addition, inflammation leads to local activation of neurons resulting in the release neuropeptides, which also play an important immune modulatory role by stimulation of immune cells. In intestinal disorders like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the number of mast cells is known to be much higher than in the normal intestine. Moreover, both these disorders are also reported to be associated with alterations in neuropeptide content and in neural innervation. Mutual association between mast cells and enteric nerves has been demonstrated to be increased in pathophysiological conditions and contribute to spreading and amplification of the response in IBD and IBS. In this review the focus lies on studies appointed to the direct interaction between mast cells and nerves in IBD, IBS, and animal models for these disorders so far.
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- Anneke Rijnierse
- Department of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
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Based on a systematic PubMed search, this short review addresses why intestinal permeability may be important in the pathobiology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the evidence of abnormal permeability in patients with IBS, and the pros and cons of the different probe molecules available to assess intestinal permeability. While a subgroup of patients with IBS appears to have evidence of increased intestinal permeability, improvements in the methods and validation are key to further research in this field in order to better understand intestinal barrier functions in IBS.
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- M Camilleri
- Clinical Enteric Neuroscience Translational and Epidemiological Research Group, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Liu CY, Mueller MH, Grundy D, Kreis ME. Vagal modulation of intestinal afferent sensitivity to systemic LPS in the rat. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 292:G1213-20. [PMID: 17204546 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00267.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The central nervous system modulates inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract via efferent vagal pathways. We hypothesized that these vagal efferents receive synaptic input from vagal afferents, representing an autonomic feedback mechanism. The consequence of this vagovagal reflex for afferent signal generation in response to LPS was examined in the present study. Different modifications of the vagal innervation or sham procedures were performed in anesthetized rats. Extracellular mesenteric afferent nerve discharge and systemic blood pressure were recorded in vivo before and after systemic administration of LPS (6 mg/kg iv). Mesenteric afferent nerve discharge increased dramatically following LPS, which was unchanged when vagal efferent traffic was eliminated by acute vagotomy. In chronically vagotomized animals, to eliminate both vagal afferent and efferent traffic, the increase in afferent firing 3.5 min after LPS was reduced to 3.2 +/- 2.5 impulses/s above baseline compared with 42.2 +/- 2.0 impulses/s in controls (P < 0.001). A similar effect was observed following perivagal capsaicin, which was used to eliminate vagal afferent traffic only. LPS also caused a transient hypotension (<10 min), a partial recovery, and then persistent hypertension that was exacerbated by all three procedures. Mechanosensitivity was increased 15 min following LPS but had recovered at 30 min in all subgroups except for the chronic vagotomy group. In conclusion, discharge in capsaicin-sensitive mesenteric vagal afferents is augmented following systemic LPS. This activity, through a vagovagal pathway, helps to attenuate the effects of septic shock. The persistent hypersensitivity to mechanical stimulation after chronic vagal denervation suggests that the vagus exerts a regulatory influence on spinal afferent sensitization following LPS.
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- C Y Liu
- Institute of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Shandong, China
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Barbara G, Wang B, Stanghellini V, de Giorgio R, Cremon C, Di Nardo G, Trevisani M, Campi B, Geppetti P, Tonini M, Bunnett NW, Grundy D, Corinaldesi R. Mast cell-dependent excitation of visceral-nociceptive sensory neurons in irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology 2007; 132:26-37. [PMID: 17241857 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 540] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2005] [Accepted: 10/12/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Intestinal mast cell infiltration may participate to abdominal pain in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We assessed the effect of mast cell mediators released from the colonic mucosa of IBS patients on the activation of rat sensory neurons in vitro. METHODS Colonic mast cell infiltration and mediator release were assessed with quantitative immunofluorescence and immunoenzymatic assays. The effect of mucosal mediators was tested on mesenteric sensory nerve firing and Ca(2+) mobilization in dorsal root ganglia in rats. RESULTS Mediators from IBS patients, but not controls, markedly enhanced the firing of mesenteric nerves (14.7 +/- 3.2 imp/sec vs 2.8 +/- 1.5 imp/sec; P < .05) and stimulated mobilization of Ca(2+) in dorsal root ganglia neurons (29% +/- 4% vs 11% +/- 4%; P < .05). On average, 64% of dorsal root ganglia responsive to mediators were capsaicin-sensitive, known to mediate nociception. Histamine and tryptase were mainly localized to mucosal mast cells. IBS-dependent nerve firing and Ca(2+) mobilization were correlated with the area of the colonic lamina propria occupied by mast cells (r = 0.74; P < .01, and r = 0.78; P < .01, respectively). IBS-dependent excitation of dorsal root ganglia was inhibited by histamine H(1) receptor blockade and serine protease inactivation (inhibition of 51.7%; P < .05 and 74.5%; P < .05; respectively). CONCLUSIONS Mucosal mast cell mediators from IBS patients excite rat nociceptive visceral sensory nerves. These results provide new insights into the mechanism underlying visceral hypersensitivity in IBS.
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- Giovanni Barbara
- Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, and CRBA, University of Bologna, St. Orsola Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, I-40138 Bologna, Italy.
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Adam B, Liebregts T, Gschossmann JM, Krippner C, Scholl F, Ruwe M, Holtmann G. Severity of mucosal inflammation as a predictor for alterations of visceral sensory function in a rat model. Pain 2006; 123:179-86. [PMID: 16630696 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Revised: 02/12/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Transient inflammation is known to alter visceral sensory function and frequently precede the onset of symptoms in a subgroup of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Duration and severity of the initial inflammatory stimulus appear to be risk factors for the manifestation of symptoms. Therefore, we aimed to characterize dose-dependent effects of trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS)/ethanol on: (1) colonic mucosa, (2) cytokine release and (3) visceral sensory function in a rat model. Acute inflammation was induced in male Lewis rats by single administration of various doses of TNBS/ethanol (total of 0.8, 0.4 or 0.2 ml) in test animals or saline in controls. Assessment of visceromotor response (VMR) to colorectal distensions, histological evaluation of severity of inflammation, and measurement of pro-inflammatory cytokine levels (IL-2, IL-6) using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were performed 2h and 3, 14, 28, 31 and 42 days after induction. Increased serum IL-2 and IL-6 levels were evident prior to mucosal lesions 2h after induction of colitis and persist up to 14 days (p<0.05 vs. saline), although no histological signs of inflammation were detected at 14 days. In the acute phase, VMR was only significantly increased after 0.8 ml and 0.4 ml TNBS/ethanol (p<0.05 vs. saline). After 28 days, distension-evoked responses were persistently elevated (p<0.05 vs. saline) in 0.8 and 0.4 ml TNBS/ethanol-treated rats. In 0.2 ml TNBS/ethanol group, VMR was only enhanced after repeated visceral stimulation. Visceral hyperalgesia occurs after a transient colitis. However, even a mild acute but asymptomatic colitis can induce long-lasting visceral hyperalgesia in the presence of additional stimuli.
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- Birgit Adam
- Royal Adelaide Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and General Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia
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Stead RH, Colley EC, Wang B, Partosoedarso E, Lin J, Stanisz A, Hillsley K. Vagal influences over mast cells. Auton Neurosci 2006; 125:53-61. [PMID: 16500155 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2006] [Revised: 01/13/2006] [Accepted: 01/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The established microanatomical association of rat intestinal mucosal mast cells (IMMC) and mucosal nerves raises the possibility that there is crosstalk between mast cells and extrinsic nerves that connect to the CNS. The idea of mast cell-CNS interactions is supported by the demonstration that rat mast cell protease II (RMCPII), found predominantly in IMMC, can be conditionally released by pairing an audio-visual cue with antigen challenge. That the vagus nerve is involved in the IMMC-nerve axis was further demonstrated in a series of our studies showing that: (a) vagal afferents penetrate the small intestinal mucosa and contact IMMC; (b) vagotomy causes a reduction in IMMC density, suggesting a trophic relationship (typical of nerve-target interactions); and (c) stimulation of the cervical vagus causes an increase in histamine and serotonin in IMMC. To further investigate the IMMC-nerve axis in a model of post-inflammatory bowel disorders, infection with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (Nb) was used to demonstrate an increase in mast cell numbers in the intestinal mucosa and mucosal nerve remodelling with hyperinnervation. Administration of Nb antigen resulted in dramatic increases in mesenteric afferent nerve firing in Nb infected rats, that was absent in sham animals. Moreover, challenge of post-Nb rats with 2-methyl-5HT caused increased mesenteric afferent firing, indicating that vagal afferent innervation remains intact in the post-infection state. These data suggest a functional connection between mast cells and extrinsic afferent nerves. Nb infection provides a useful model of altered communication between IMMCs, peripheral nerves and the CNS, as may occur in post-inflammatory disease states. Since a close anatomical relationship has also previously been demonstrated between nerves and IMMC in humans, further understanding the mast cell-nerve axis may be of critical importance in the development of treatments for various human disease states, including functional bowel disorders.
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Friesen CA, Sandridge L, Andre L, Roberts CC, Abdel-Rahman SM. Mucosal eosinophilia and response to H1/H2 antagonist and cromolyn therapy in pediatric dyspepsia. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2006; 45:143-7. [PMID: 16528434 DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Both eosinophils and mast cells have been implicated in the generation of abdominal pain. The purposes of this retrospective study were to determine the prevalence of duodenal eosinophilia in pediatric dyspepsia and to determine the clinical response rate of these patients to combined H1 and H2 receptor antagonist and mast cell stabilizer therapy. Fifty-nine patients (ages 3.5-17.7 years) with dyspepsia undergoing endoscopy were evaluated. All patients had a minimum of 2 forceps biopsies obtained from each of the esophagus, antrum, and duodenal bulb. Routine histologic evaluation was performed and duodenal biopsies were additionally evaluated to determine eosinophil counts. Patients with > 10 eosinophils/hpf were treated with ranitidine and hydroxyzine (H1/H2). Nonresponders were then treated with oral cromolyn. Patients were followed up and response recorded in an abdominal pain database and/or medical chart, which were reviewed for this study. Forty-two patients (71%) had duodenal eosinophilia. Twenty-one (50%) of these were responders to H1/H2. The response rate did not differ between patients with and without noneosinophilic esophagitis, gastritis, or duodenitis, respectively. Two patients were lost to follow-up and considered nonresponders. Seventeen of the remaining 19 (89%) were responders to cromolyn. Overall, the response rate to this treatment pathway was 90%. Duodenal eosinophilia is common in pediatric patients with dyspepsia. These patients appear to be clinically amenable to combination H1/H2 therapy and/or oral cromolyn.
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- Craig A Friesen
- Section of Gastroenterology, The Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, 2401 Gilham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
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Bischoff SC, Gebhardt T. Role of Mast Cells and Eosinophils in Neuroimmune Interactions Regulating Mucosal Inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2006; 579:177-208. [PMID: 16620019 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-33778-4_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Stephan C Bischoff
- Division of Clinical Nutrition/Prevention and Immunology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Gao J, Wu X, Owyang C, Li Y. Enhanced responses of the anterior cingulate cortex neurones to colonic distension in viscerally hypersensitive rats. J Physiol 2006; 570:169-83. [PMID: 16239277 PMCID: PMC1464293 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.096073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2005] [Accepted: 10/19/2005] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is critically involved in processing the affective component of pain sensation. Visceral hypersensitivity is a characteristic of irritable bowel syndrome. Electrophysiological activity of the ACC with regard to visceral sensitization has not been characterized. Single ACC neuronal activities in response to colorectal distension (CRD) were recorded in control, sham-treated rats and viscerally hypersensitive (EA) rats (induced by chicken egg albumin injection, i.p). The ACC neurones of controls failed to respond to 10 or 30 mmHg CRD; only 22% were activated by 50 mmHg CRD. Among the latter, 16.4% exhibited an excitatory response to CRD and were labelled 'CRD-excited' neurones. In contrast, CRD (10, 30 and 50 mmHg) markedly increased ACC neuronal responses of EA rats (10%, 28% and 47%, respectively). CRD produced greater pressure-dependent increases in ACC spike firing rates in EA rats compared with controls. Splanchnicectomy combined with pelvic nerve section abolished ACC responses to CRD in EA rats. Spontaneous activity in CRD-excited ACC neurones was significantly higher in EA rats than in controls. CRD-excited ACC neurones in control and EA rats (7 of 16 (42%) and 8 of 20 (40%), respectively) were activated by transcutaneous electrical and thermal stimuli. However, ACC neuronal activity evoked by noxious cutaneous stimuli did not change significantly in EA rats. This study identifies CRD-responsive neurones in the ACC and establishes for the first time that persistence of a heightened visceral afferent nociceptive input to the ACC induces ACC sensitization, characterized by increased spontaneous activity of CRD-excited neurones, decreased CRD pressure threshold, and increased response magnitude. Enhanced ACC nociceptive transmission in viscerally hypersensitive rats is restricted to visceral afferent input.
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- Jun Gao
- Gastroenterology Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 6510 Medical Sciences Research Building I, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0682, USA
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Kleij HPVD, Bienenstock J. Significance of Conversation between Mast Cells and Nerves. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2005; 1:65-80. [PMID: 20529227 PMCID: PMC2877069 DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-1-2-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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More and more studies are demonstrating interactions between the nervous system and the immune system. However, the functional relevance of this interaction still remains to be elucidated. Such associations have been found in the intestine between nerves and mast cells as well as between eosinophils and plasma cells. Similar morphologic associations have been demonstrated in the liver, mesentery, urinary bladder, and skin. Unmyelinated axons especially were found to associate with mast cells as well as Langerhans' cells in primate as well as murine skin. Although there are several pathways by which immune cells interact with the nervous system, the focus in this review will be on the interaction between mast cells and nerves.
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- Hanneke Pm van der Kleij
- Brain-Body Institute and Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, St, Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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Beyak MJ, Vanner S. Inflammation-induced hyperexcitability of nociceptive gastrointestinal DRG neurones: the role of voltage-gated ion channels. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2005; 17:175-186. [PMID: 15810172 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00596.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Gastrointestinal (GI) inflammation modulates the intrinsic properties of nociceptive dorsal root ganglia neurones, which innervate the GI tract and these changes are important in the genesis of abdominal pain and visceral hyperalgesia neurones exhibit hyperexcitability characterized by a decreased threshold for activation and increased firing rate, and changes in voltages-gated Na(+) and K(+) channels play a major role in this plasticity. This review highlights emerging evidence that specific subsets of channels and signalling pathways are involved and their potential to provide novel selective therapeutics targets for the treatment of abdominal pain.
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- M J Beyak
- GI Diseases Research Unit, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 5G2
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Minute-to-minute behavior of the bowel, whether it is normal or disordered, is determined by integrative functions of the enteric nervous system (ENS). Information input processed by the ENS is derived from local sensory receptors, the central nervous system, and immune/inflammatory cells including mast cells. Enteric mast cells use the power of the immune system for detection of antigenic threats and for long-term memory of the identity of the specific antigens. Specific antibodies attach to the mast cells and enable the mast cell to detect sensitizing antigens when they reappear in the gut lumen. Should the sensitizing antigen reappear, mast cells detect it and signal its presence to the ENS. The ENS interprets the mast cell signal as a threat and calls up from its program library secretory and propulsive motor behavior that is organized to eliminate the threat rapidly and effectively. Operation of the alarm program protects the individual, but at the expense of symptoms that include cramping abdominal pain, fecal urgency, and diarrhea. Enteric mast cells use immunologic memory functions to detect foreign antigens as they appear and reappear throughout the life of the individual. Mast cells use paracrine signaling for the transfer of chemical information to the neural networks of the ENS. Integrative circuits in the ENS receive and interpret the chemical signals from the mast cells. Signals from the mast cells are interpreted by the ENS as a labeled code for the presence of a threat in the intestinal lumen.
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- Jackie D Wood
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology and Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
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Wagner C, Clayton MK, Gallegos J, Bass P, Oaks JA. Intraduodenal serotonin elicits non-propagating spike potentials in the small intestine of the rat. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2003; 136:591-603. [PMID: 14613787 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(03)00212-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is an endogenous signalling molecule capable of altering small intestinal motility. Serotonin is normally present in the intestinal lumen and released by enterochromaffin cells of the mucosal epithelium. We found that intraduodenal infusion of exogenous serotonin causes a dose-dependent myoelectric response in the smooth muscle of the small intestine in the conscious rat. The response consists of repetitive bursts of action potentials (RBAP) that are characterized as short bursts of non-propagative myoelectric spiking. RBAP occur intermittently and only during the first 15 min after intralumenal serotonin infusion. After the initial 15 min period, the frequency of RBAP declines, and the myoelectric pattern shifts to prolonged and continuous spiking, eliminating the interdigestive migrating myoelectric pattern. The effects of intralumenal serotonin are not replicated by parenteral or intraperitoneal infusion nor by intralumenal infusion of 5-hydroxytryptophan or 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid. The response to intralumenal serotonin was eliminated by several specific 5-HT receptor antagonists. On repeated intralumenal administration of serotonin, the RBAP response decreased demonstrating a decreased sensitivity of the muscle contraction on re-exposure to serotonin. We conclude that intralumenal infusion of serotonin can temporarily initiate specific small intestinal muscle events that are not generated by serotonin from other non-lumenal administration sites. We speculate that an afferent neuro-pathway is necessary for the induction of RBAP, since RBAP are not observed from in vitro muscle preparations.
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- Cornelia Wagner
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53703-2296, USA
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Kirkup AJ, Jiang W, Bunnett NW, Grundy D. Stimulation of proteinase-activated receptor 2 excites jejunal afferent nerves in anaesthetised rats. J Physiol 2003; 552:589-601. [PMID: 14561839 PMCID: PMC2343395 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.049387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 06/16/2003] [Accepted: 07/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) is a receptor for mast cell tryptase and trypsins and might participate in brain-gut communication. However, evidence that PAR2 activation can lead to afferent impulse generation is lacking. To address this issue, we examined the sensitivity of jejunal afferent nerves to a hexapeptide agonist of PAR2, SLIGRL-NH2, and the modulation of the resulting response to treatment with drugs and vagotomy. Multiunit recordings of jejunal afferent activity were made using extracellular recording techniques in anaesthetised male rats. SLIGRL-NH2 (0.001-1 mg kg-1, I.V.) increased jejunal afferent firing and intrajejunal pressure. The reverse peptide sequence (1 mg kg-1, I.V.), which does not stimulate PAR2, was inactive. Naproxen (10 mg kg-1, I.V.), but not a cocktail of omega-conotoxins GVIA and SVIB (each at 25 mug kg-1, I.V.), curtailed both the afferent response and the intrajejunal pressure rise elicited by the PAR2 agonist. Although neither treatment modulated the peak magnitude of the afferent firing, they each altered the intestinal motor response, unmasking an initial inhibitory component. Nifedipine (1 mg kg-1, I.V.) reduced the peak magnitude of the afferent nerve discharge and abolished the initial rise in intrajejunal pressure produced by SLIGRL-NH2. Vagotomy did not significantly influence the magnitude of the afferent response to the PAR2 agonist, which involves a contribution from capsaicin-sensitive fibres. In conclusion, intravenous administration of SLIGRL-NH2 evokes complex activation of predominantly spinally projecting extrinsic intestinal afferent nerves, an effect that involves both direct and indirect mechanisms.
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- Anthony J Kirkup
- Department of Biomedical Science, Alfred Denny Building, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Kreis ME, Mueller MH, Reber D, Glatzle J, Enck P, Grundy D. Stress-induced attenuation of brain stem activation following intestinal anaphylaxis in the rat. Neurosci Lett 2003; 345:187-91. [PMID: 12842287 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00519-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Intestinal anaphylaxis triggers neuronal activation in the nucleus tractus solitarius (nTS) of the rat brain stem. Stress may modulate reflex circuitry in the brain stem and facilitate intestinal inflammatory responses. We hypothesized that stress would modulate central neuronal activation during intestinal anaphylaxis. NTS neurons were activated following intestinal antigen challenge in sensitized Hooded Lister rats but not in negative controls (P < 0.05). The number of Fos-positive neurons following intestinal anaphylaxis decreased in animals exposed to water-avoidance stress (P < 0.05), although serum levels of rat mast cell protease II were not different in stressed and unstressed animals, indicating a similar degree of mast cell degranulation. Stress seems to inhibit neuronal activation in the rat brain stem during intestinal inflammation without modulation of the inflammatory response itself. This may have implications for a potential efferent neuronal modulation of inflammatory responses in the gut.
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- M E Kreis
- Universität Tübingen, Klinik für Allgemeine Chirurgie, Waldhörnlestrasse 22, D-72072 Tübingen, Germany.
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Reed DE, Barajas-Lopez C, Cottrell G, Velazquez-Rocha S, Dery O, Grady EF, Bunnett NW, Vanner SJ. Mast cell tryptase and proteinase-activated receptor 2 induce hyperexcitability of guinea-pig submucosal neurons. J Physiol 2003; 547:531-42. [PMID: 12562962 PMCID: PMC2342663 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.032011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Mast cells that are in close proximity to autonomic and enteric nerves release several mediators that cause neuronal hyperexcitability. This study examined whether mast cell tryptase evokes acute and long-term hyperexcitability in submucosal neurons from the guinea-pig ileum by activating proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) on these neurons. We detected the expression of PAR2 in the submucosal plexus using RT-PCR. Most submucosal neurons displayed PAR2 immunoreactivity, including those colocalizing VIP. Brief (minutes) application of selective PAR2 agonists, including trypsin, the activating peptide SL-NH2 and mast cell tryptase, evoked depolarizations of the submucosal neurons, as measured with intracellular recording techniques. The membrane potential returned to resting values following washout of agonists, but most neurons were hyperexcitable for the duration of recordings (> 30 min-hours) and exhibited an increased input resistance and amplitude of fast EPSPs. Trypsin, in the presence of soybean trypsin inhibitor, and the reverse sequence of the activating peptide (LR-NH2) had no effect on neuronal membrane potential or long-term excitability. Degranulation of mast cells in the presence of antagonists of established excitatory mast cell mediators (histamine, 5-HT, prostaglandins) also caused depolarization, and following washout of antigen, long-term excitation was observed. Mast cell degranulation resulted in the release of proteases, which desensitized neurons to other agonists of PAR2. Our results suggest that proteases from degranulated mast cells cleave PAR2 on submucosal neurons to cause acute and long-term hyperexcitability. This signalling pathway between immune cells and neurons is a previously unrecognized mechanism that could contribute to chronic alterations in visceral function.
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- David E Reed
- Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Kreis ME, Jiang W, Kirkup AJ, Grundy D. Cosensitivity of vagal mucosal afferents to histamine and 5-HT in the rat jejunum. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2002; 283:G612-7. [PMID: 12181174 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00206.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A complex sensitivity of afferent nerves in the mesentery of the rat jejunum to systemic administration of histamine has recently been demonstrated. In the present study, we aimed to characterize subpopulations of mesenteric afferents that mediate this afferent nerve response. Multiunit afferent discharge was recorded from mesenteric nerves supplying the proximal jejunum in anesthetized rats. The majority of mesenteric bundles (84%) exhibited biphasic responses to histamine (8 micromol/kg), and these bundles also responded to 2-methyl-5-HT (2m5HT). In contrast, monophasic responses lacked a short-latency component, and these bundles failed to respond to 2m5HT. Single-unit analysis revealed a population of afferents that possessed cosensitivity for 2m5HT and histamine. This population of afferents was absent in chronically vagotomized animals, whereas mucosal anesthesia with luminal lidocaine reversibly converted the biphasic profile to a monophasic one. Ondansetron (500 microg/kg) blocked the response to 2m5HT with no effect on the profile of the histamine response, whereas pyrilamine (5 mg/kg) blocked the histamine response without affecting the response to 2m5HT. We conclude that histamine-sensitive afferents exist in the rat proximal jejunum that also respond to 5-HT via the 5-HT3 receptor. These fibers appear to be vagal afferents originating in the intestinal mucosa and may be involved in the organization of mast cell-mediated responses.
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- M E Kreis
- Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Turesin F, Sadr A, Davison JS, Mathison R. The tripeptide FEG ameliorates systemic inflammatory responses to rat intestinal anaphylaxis. BMC PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 2:13. [PMID: 12199907 PMCID: PMC126222 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-2-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2002] [Accepted: 08/19/2002] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Food allergies are generally associated with gastrointestinal upset, but in many patients systemic reactions occur. However, the systemic effects of food allergies are poorly understood in experimental animals, which also offer the opportunity to explore the actions of anti-allergic drugs. The tripeptide D-phenylalanine-D-glutamate-Glycine (feG), which potentially alleviates the symptoms of systemic anaphylactic reactions, was tested to determine if it also reduced systemic inflammatory responses provoked by a gastric allergic reaction. RESULTS Optimal inhibition of intestinal anaphylaxis was obtained when 100 microg/kg of feG was given 20 min before the rats were challenged with antigen. The increase in total circulating neutrophils and accumulation of neutrophils in the heart, developing 3 h and 24 h, respectively, after antigen challenge were reduced by both feG and dexamethasone. Both anti-inflammatory agents reduced the increase in vascular permeability induced by antigen in the intestine and the peripheral skin (pinna), albeit with different time courses. Dexamethasone prevented increases in vascular permeability when given 12 h before antigen challenge, whereas feG was effective when given 20 min before ingestion of antigen. The tripeptide prevented the anaphylaxis induced up regulation of specific antibody binding of a cell adhesion molecule related to neutrophil activation, namely CD49d (alpha4 integrin). CONCLUSIONS Aside from showing that intestinal anaphylaxis produces significant systemic inflammatory responses in non-intestinal tissues, our results indicate that the tripeptide feG is a potent inhibitor of extra-gastrointestinal allergic reactions preventing both acute (30 min) and chronic (3 h or greater) inflammatory responses.
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- Fusun Turesin
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, USA
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