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Chen SH, Wu HS, Jiang XF, Zhou C, Bian XR, He X, Li B, Dong YJ, Wang KG, Shen SH, Lv GY, Zhi YH. Bioinformatics and LC-QTOF-MS based discovery of pharmacodynamic and Q-markers of Pitongshu against functional dyspepsia. J Ethnopharmacol 2024; 329:118096. [PMID: 38537841 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.118096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Pitongshu (PTS) is a clinically effective empirical formula for the treatment of FD. The efficacy and safety of PTS have been demonstrated in randomized, controlled, double-blind trials, but there is a lack of understanding of the systematic evaluation of the efficacy of PTS and its material basis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of PTS in Functional dyspepsia (FD) mice and possible Q-markers. METHOD In this study, we used "irregular feeding + chronic unpredictable chronic stimulation" to establish a mice model of FD with hepatogastric disharmony. The efficacy of PTS was assessed from hair condition, behavioral, pain, gastrointestinal function, and serum 5-HT, GAS, MTL levels in mice by instillation of different doses of PTS. In addition, the composition of drugs in blood was analyzed by LC-QTOF-MS and potential Q-markers were selected by combining network pharmacology, molecular docking and actual content. RESULT Our study showed that different doses of PTS increased pain threshold and writhing latency, decreased the number of writhings, increased gastric emptying rate and small intestinal propulsion rate, decreased total acidity of gastric contents and gastric acid secretion, and increased serum levels of 5-HT, GAS, and MTL in mice to different degrees. Enrichment analysis showed that PTS may be anti-FD through multiple pathways such as Serotonergic synapse, thyroid hormone signaling pathway, cholinergic synapse, and dopaminergic synapse. In addition, potential active ingredient substances were explored by LC-QTOF-MS combined with bioinformatics. Combined with the actual contentselected six constituents, hesperidin, neohesperidin, naringin, paeoniflorin, magnolol and honokiol, possible as Q-markers. CONCLUSION PTS may exert its anti-FD effects through multi-component, multi-target and multi-pathway". Constituents, hesperidin, neohesperidin, naringin, paeoniflorin, magnolol and honokiol may be the Q-markers of its anti-FD effects.
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- Su-Hong Chen
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, No. 548, Binwen Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM for Innovative R & D and Digital Intelligent Manufacturing of TCM Great Health Products, Huzhou, zhejiang 313200, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM for Innovative R & D and Digital Intelligent Manufacturing of TCM Great Health Products, Huzhou, zhejiang 313200, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM for Innovative R & D and Digital Intelligent Manufacturing of TCM Great Health Products, Huzhou, zhejiang 313200, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM for Innovative R & D and Digital Intelligent Manufacturing of TCM Great Health Products, Huzhou, zhejiang 313200, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM for Innovative R & D and Digital Intelligent Manufacturing of TCM Great Health Products, Huzhou, zhejiang 313200, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM for Innovative R & D and Digital Intelligent Manufacturing of TCM Great Health Products, Huzhou, zhejiang 313200, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM for Innovative R & D and Digital Intelligent Manufacturing of TCM Great Health Products, Huzhou, zhejiang 313200, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, No. 18, Chaowang Road, Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, No. 548, Binwen Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of TCM for Innovative R & D and Digital Intelligent Manufacturing of TCM Great Health Products, Huzhou, zhejiang 313200, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China; Kun-Gen Wang National Famous Chinese Medicine Doctor Studio, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China.
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China; Kun-Gen Wang National Famous Chinese Medicine Doctor Studio, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, No. 548, Binwen Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China.
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China; Kun-Gen Wang National Famous Chinese Medicine Doctor Studio, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China.
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Armario A, Belda X, Gagliano H, Fuentes S, Molina P, Serrano S, Nadal R. Differential Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal Response to Stress among Rat Strains: Methodological Considerations and Relevance for Neuropsychiatric Research. Curr Neuropharmacol 2023; 21:1906-1923. [PMID: 36453492 PMCID: PMC10514526 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x21666221129102852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, particularly glucocorticoids (GCs), play a critical role in the behavioral and physiological consequences of exposure to stress. For this reason, numerous studies have described differences in HPA function between different rodent strains/lines obtained by genetic selection of certain characteristics not directly related to the HPA axis. These studies have demonstrated a complex and poorly understood relationship between HPA function and certain relevant behavioral characteristics. The present review first remarks important methodological considerations regarding the evaluation and interpretation of resting and stress levels of HPA hormones. Then, it presents works in which differences in HPA function between Lewis and Fischer rats were explored as a model for how to approach other strain comparisons. After that, differences in the HPA axis between classical strain pairs (e.g. High and Low anxiety rats, Roman high- and low-avoidance, Wistar Kyoto versus Spontaneously Hypertensive or other strains, Flinder Sensitive and Flinder Resistant lines) are described. Finally, after discussing the relationship between HPA differences and relevant behavioral traits (anxiety-like and depression-like behavior and coping style), an example for main methodological and interpretative concerns and how to test strain differences is offered.
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- Antonio Armario
- Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Traslational Neuroscience Unit, UAB-Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain
- Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology Unit, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- CIBERSAM, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology Unit, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology Unit, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology Unit, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology Unit, Faculty of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Traslational Neuroscience Unit, UAB-Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain
- CIBERSAM, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
- Psychobiology Unit, Faculty of Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Bay V, Happ DF, Ardalan M, Quist A, Oggiano F, Chumak T, Hansen K, Ding M, Mallard C, Tasker RA, Wegener G. Flinders sensitive line rats are resistant to infarction following transient occlusion of the middle cerebral artery. Brain Res 2020; 1737:146797. [PMID: 32194078 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Depression is a common complication of stroke and increases the risk of mortality and disability. Pre-stroke depression is a possible risk factor for stroke and has also been linked to adverse outcomes. The underlying mechanisms linking depression and stroke remain unclear. Preclinical models may provide novel insights, but models reflecting both conditions are lacking. METHODS In this study, we investigated the effects of a 45-min transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) on infarct size in male adult Flinders Sensitive Line rats, a genetic animal model of depression, and their control strains Flinders Resistant Line and Sprague-Dawley rats. Infarct size was assessed by tetrazolium chloride (TTC) and microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) staining after 48 h of reperfusion. Angiograms of the vascular structure of naïve animals were produced with a µ-CT scanner. RESULTS Both Flinders strains had significantly smaller infarcts following MCAo compared to Sprague-Dawley rats. This effect does not appear to be due to changes in cerebrovascular architecture, as indicated by an initial exploration of vascular organization using angiograms, or body temperature regulation. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that the rat strain does not influence infarct volumes following MCAo.
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- Vibeke Bay
- Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark
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- Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark.
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- Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark; Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Physiology at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Comparative Medicine Lab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Health, Aarhus University, Denmark; Section for Zoophysiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Forensic Medicine, Health, Aarhus University, Denmark
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark
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- Department of Physiology at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown PEI, Canada
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- Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark; Pharmaceutical Research Center of Excellence, School of Pharmacy (Pharmacology), North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), such as functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are characterized by chronic abdominal symptoms in the absence of an organic, metabolic or systemic cause that readily explains these complaints. Their pathophysiology is still not fully elucidated and animal models have been of great value to improve the understanding of the complex biological mechanisms. Over the last decades, many animal models have been developed to further unravel FGID pathophysiology and test drug efficacy. In the first part of this review, we focus on stress-related models, starting with the different perinatal stress models, including the stress of the dam, followed by a discussion on neonatal stress such as the maternal separation model. We also describe the most commonly used stress models in adult animals which brought valuable insights on the brain-gut axis in stress-related disorders. In the second part, we focus more on models studying peripheral, i.e., gastrointestinal, mechanisms, either induced by an infection or another inflammatory trigger. In this section, we also introduce more recent models developed around food-related metabolic disorders or food hypersensitivity and allergy. Finally, we introduce models mimicking FGID as a secondary effect of medical interventions and spontaneous models sharing characteristics of GI and anxiety-related disorders. The latter are powerful models for brain-gut axis dysfunction and bring new insights about FGID and their comorbidities such as anxiety and depression.
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- Alison Accarie
- Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing (ChroMetA), Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing (ChroMetA), Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Ye Y, Wang XR, Zheng Y, Yang JW, Yang NN, Shi GX, Liu CZ. Choosing an Animal Model for the Study of Functional Dyspepsia. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018; 2018:1531958. [PMID: 29623262 DOI: 10.1155/2018/1531958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder with pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen as the main characteristic. The prevalence of FD worldwide varies between 5% and 11%. This condition adversely affects attendance and productivity in the workplace. Emerging evidence is beginning to unravel the pathophysiologies of FD, and new data on treatment are helping to guide evidence-based practice. In order to better understand the pathophysiologies of FD and explore better treatment options, various kinds of animal models of FD have been developed. However, it is unclear which of these models most closely mimic the human disease. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the currently available animal models of FD in relationship to the clinical features of the disease. The rationales, methods, merits, and disadvantages for modelling specific symptoms of FD are discussed in detail.
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Dalziel JE, Fraser K, Young W, McKenzie CM, Bassett SA, Roy NC. Gastroparesis and lipid metabolism-associated dysbiosis in Wistar-Kyoto rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2017; 313:G62-G72. [PMID: 28408641 PMCID: PMC5538835 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00008.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Revised: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Altered gastric accommodation and intestinal morphology suggest impaired gastrointestinal (GI) transit may occur in the Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat strain, as common in stress-associated functional GI disorders. Because changes in GI transit can alter microbiota composition, we investigated whether these are altered in WKY rats compared with the resilient Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats under basal conditions and characterized plasma lipid and metabolite differences. Bead transit was tracked by X-ray imaging to monitor gastric emptying (4 h), small intestine (SI) transit (9 h), and large intestine transit (12 h). Plasma extracts were analyzed by lipid and hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Cecal microbial composition was determined by Illumina MiSeq 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and analysis using the QIIME pipeline. Stomach retention of beads was 77% for WKY compared with 35% for SD rats. GI transit was decreased by 34% (9 h) and 21% (12 h) in WKY compared with SD rats. Excluding stomach retention, transiting beads moved 29% further along the SI over 4-9 h for WKY compared with SD rats. Cecal Ruminococcus, Roseburia, and unclassified Lachnospiraceae genera were less abundant in WKY rats, whereas the minor taxa Dorea, Turicibacter, and Lactobacillus were higher. Diglycerides, triglycerides, phosphatidyl-ethanolamines, and phosphatidylserine were lower in WKY rats, whereas cholesterol esters and taurocholic acids were higher. The unexpected WKY rat phenotype of delayed gastric emptying, yet rapid SI transit, was associated with altered lipid and metabolite profiles. The delayed gastric emptying of the WKY phenotype suggests this rat strain may be useful as a model for gastroparesis.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study reveals that the stress-prone Wistar-Kyoto rat strain has a baseline physiology of gastroparesis and rapid small intestine transit, together with metabolic changes consistent with lipid metabolism-associated dysbiosis, compared with nonstress-prone rats. This suggests that the Wistar-Kyoto rat strain may be an appropriate animal model for gastroparesis.
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- J. E. Dalziel
- 1Food Nutrition and Health Team, Food and Bio-Based Products Group, AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand;
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- 1Food Nutrition and Health Team, Food and Bio-Based Products Group, AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand;
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- 1Food Nutrition and Health Team, Food and Bio-Based Products Group, AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand;
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- 2Bioinformatics Mathematics and Statistics, AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand; and
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- 1Food Nutrition and Health Team, Food and Bio-Based Products Group, AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand;
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- 1Food Nutrition and Health Team, Food and Bio-Based Products Group, AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand; ,3Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Padol IT, Wang C, Hunt RH. Altered physiology of acid secretion in depression-prone Flinders rats results in exacerbated NSAID and stress-induced gastric damage. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2012; 24:154-63, e89. [PMID: 22082353 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01811.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL) rats are characterized by hypersensitivity to cholinergic stimuli and have been extensively used for studying depressive disorders. A link between depression and peptic ulcers has long been established; however, there is a lack of data from animal models. METHODS We studied the physiology of acid secretion in FSL and Flinders Resistant Line (FRL) rats in vivo and in vitro. We also examined the susceptibility of Flinders rats to water immersion restraint stress (WIRS) or NSAID-induced gastric damage and explored the effect of an anticholinergic agent, atropine, in reversing this effect. KEY RESULTS Basal acid output was more than twofold greater in FSL compared with FRL rats in vivo, 213.5 and 92.8 μEq/3 h/100 g (P = 0.02), respectively. Carbachol was a more potent secretagog in vitro, and somatostatin was a less potent inhibitory agent, while paradoxically stimulating acid secretion over and above the carbachol response in gastric glands from FSL rats. The FSL rats were more susceptible to indomethacin and WIRS-induced gastric mucosal damage compared with FRL rats. Atropine reduced acid output, which resulted in a reduction in indomethacin and stress-induced gastric damage in FSL rats. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES Our study, for the first time, demonstrates that the altered vagally mediated physiology of acid secretion in depression-prone FSL rats contributes to gastric hypersecretion and, consequently, results in exacerbated stress and NSAID-induced gastric damage. Flinders rats may be a useful animal model for studying acid-related and also gastrointestinal functional disorders in depression.
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- I T Padol
- Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Kotsovolou O, Ingelman-Sundberg M, Lang MA, Marselos M, Overstreet DH, Papadopoulou-Daifoti Z, Johanson I, Fotopoulos A, Konstandi M. Hepatic drug metabolizing profile of Flinders Sensitive Line rat model of depression. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2010; 34:1075-84. [PMID: 20595028 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Revised: 05/25/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL) rat model of depression exhibits some behavioral, neurochemical, and pharmacological features that have been reported in depressed patients and has been very effective in screening antidepressants. Major factor that determines the effectiveness and toxicity of a drug is the drug metabolizing capacity of the liver. Therefore, in order to discriminate possible differentiation in the hepatic drug metabolism between FSL rats and Sprague-Dawley (SD) controls, their hepatic metabolic profile was investigated in this study. The data showed decreased glutathione (GSH) content and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity and lower expression of certain major CYP enzymes, including the CYP2B1, CYP2C11 and CYP2D1 in FSL rats compared to SD controls. In contrast, p-nitrophenol hydroxylase (PNP), 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-dealkylase (EROD) and 16alpha-testosterone hydroxylase activities were higher in FSL rats. Interestingly, the wide spread environmental pollutant benzo(alpha)pyrene (B(alpha)P) induced CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2B1/2 and ALDH3c at a lesser extend in FSL than in SD rats, whereas the antidepressant mirtazapine (MIRT) up-regulated CYP1A1/2, CYP2C11, CYP2D1, CYP2E1 and CYP3A1/2, mainly, in FSL rats. The drug also further increased ALDH3c whereas suppressed GSH content in B(alpha)P-exposed FSL rats. In conclusion, several key enzymes of the hepatic biotransformation machinery are differentially expressed in FSL than in SD rats, a condition that may influence the outcome of drug therapy. The MIRT-induced up-regulation of several drug-metabolizing enzymes indicates the critical role of antidepressant treatment that should be always taken into account in the designing of treatment and interpretation of insufficient pharmacotherapy or drug toxicity.
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Yin J, Chen J, Chen JDZ. Ameliorating effects and mechanisms of electroacupuncture on gastric dysrhythmia, delayed emptying, and impaired accommodation in diabetic rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2010; 298:G563-70. [PMID: 20093561 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00252.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects and mechanisms of electroacupuncture (EA) on gastric accommodation, gastric dysrhythmia, and gastric emptying (GE) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Five experiments were performed in five groups of STZ-induced diabetic rats to study the effects of EA at ST-36 (Zusanli) on gastric slow-wave dysrhythmia, delayed GE and intestinal transit, impaired gastric accommodation, and the mechanisms of EA involving the autonomic and opioidergic pathways. We found the following: 1) EA improved gastric dysrhythmia in the diabetic rats. The normal percentage of slow waves was 55.4 +/- 2.9% at baseline and significantly increased to 69.2 +/- 2.2% with EA (P = 0.01); this effect was blocked by naloxone. 2) EA resulted in a 21.4% increase in GE and 18.2% increase in small intestinal transit in the diabetic rats. 3) EA restored diabetes-induced impairment in gastric accommodation. Gastric accommodation was 0.98 +/- 0.13 ml with sham EA and significantly increased to 1.21 +/- 0.15 ml with EA (P = 0.01), and this effect was blocked by naloxone. 4) EA increased vagal activity assessed by the spectral analysis of the heart rate variability. We concluded that EA at ST-36 improves gastric dysrhythmia, delayed GE and intestinal transit, and impaired accommodation in STZ-induced diabetic rats, and the improvement seems to be mainly mediated via the vagal pathway. EA may have a promising therapeutic potential for diabetic gastroparesis.
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- Jieyun Yin
- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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Kovačević T, Skelin I, Diksic M. Chronic fluoxetine treatment has a larger effect on the density of a serotonin transporter in the Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL) rat model of depression than in normal rats. Synapse 2009; 64:231-40. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.20721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Liu LS, Winston JH, Shenoy MM, Song GQ, Chen JDZ, Pasricha PJ. A rat model of chronic gastric sensorimotor dysfunction resulting from transient neonatal gastric irritation. Gastroenterology 2008; 134:2070-9. [PMID: 18448102 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.02.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2007] [Revised: 02/23/2008] [Accepted: 02/28/2008] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Although several pathophysiologic abnormalities have been noted in functional dyspepsia (FD), their pathogenesis is poorly understood. We hypothesized that chronic gastric hypersensitivity and gastric motor dysfunction seen in FD patients can be modeled in rats by transient gastric irritation during the neonatal period, a time of known neuronal vulnerability to long-term plasticity. METHODS Ten-day-old male rats received 0.2 mL 0.1% iodoacetamide (IA) in 2% sucrose daily by oral gavages for 6 days; controls received 2% sucrose. Rats in both groups were then followed to adulthood (8-10 weeks) at which point behavioral, visceromotor, and great splanchnic nerve responses to graded gastric balloon distention (GD; 20-80 mm Hg) and gastric motor function were tested. RESULTS IA-treated rats exhibited hypersensitivity to GD in a dose-dependent manner, as compared with the control group. The threshold of afferent nerve activation was lower and nerve responses to GD were significantly increased in IA-treated rats. Although IA-treated rats ingested food at a lower rate, gastric emptying was not significantly different between IA and control groups. However, gastric accommodation was significantly reduced in the IA group. No significant gastric pathology was seen in hypersensitive adult rats compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS These studies demonstrate that gastric irritation in the neonatal period can result in chronic gastric hypersensitivity and gastric motor dysfunction in adults even in the absence of significant detectable gastric pathology. Our results offer insight into the pathogenesis of chronic functional dyspepsia and provide a potential model for further study to this important clinical problem.
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- Lian-Sheng Liu
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5187, USA
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O'Mahony S, Chua ASB, Quigley EMM, Clarke G, Shanahan F, Keeling PWN, Dinan TG. Evidence of an enhanced central 5HT response in irritable bowel syndrome and in the rat maternal separation model. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2008; 20:680-8. [PMID: 18194152 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.01065.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Efforts to define either a biomarker for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or a valid animal model have proven disappointing. The aims of this study were to determine if buspirone stimulates prolactin release through the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT)1a receptor and whether this response is altered in patients with IBS and in the rat maternal separation model. Buspirone (30 mg) was used to stimulate prolactin release in 40 patients with IBS and in 40 healthy controls. In study 1, 10 IBS patients and 10 controls underwent pretreatment with pindolol (5HT1a antagonist) or placebo followed by buspirone. In study 2, 30 patients with IBS and 30 healthy controls had prolactin release stimulated by buspirone. Maternally separated and nonseparated rats were also treated with buspirone and prolactin monitored. Serotonin metabolites were measured together with the expression of the 5HT1a and serotonin transporter (SERT) gene. Pindolol produced a dose-dependent decrease in the buspirone prolactin response. Patients with IBS and maternally separated rats showed an exaggerated release of prolactin in response to buspirone. In the animal model, an increased turnover of 5HT was found in the brainstem together with a trend toward increased activity of the SERT gene. In conclusion altered central serotonin responses are found in both IBS and in an animal model.
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- S O'Mahony
- Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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Janssen P, Nielsen MA, Hirsch I, Svensson D, Gillberg PG, Hultin L. A novel method to assess gastric accommodation and peristaltic motility in conscious rats. Scand J Gastroenterol 2008; 43:34-43. [PMID: 18938773 DOI: 10.1080/00365520701580066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To simultaneously study gastric accommodation and peristaltic motility in the whole stomach of conscious rats by measuring intragastric pressure (IGP) during test-meal infusion. MATERIAL AND METHODS After an overnight fast, a test-meal infusion system and a catheter to measure IGP were connected to a chronically implanted gastric fistula. IGP was measured during infusion of an X-ray-opaque, non-nutritious viscous test meal (0.25-2 ml min(-1)); gastric motility and emptying were assessed by X-ray fluoroscopy. Peristaltic motility-induced IGP waves were quantified as a motility index (wave amplitude divided by wavelength). Experiments were performed in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and in the high-anxiety Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats. Moreover, the effects of 30 mg kg(-1) NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), 1 mg kg(-1) atropine or 20 mg kg(-1) molsidomine were tested in SD rats. RESULTS Compared with SD rats, IGP increased significantly faster during stomach distension in WKY rats, indicating impaired accommodation in the latter strain. Motility indices did not differ between the two strains. L-NAME significantly increased IGP during stomach distension, indicating decreased gastric accommodation. However, no change in motility indices was observed with L-NAME. Treatment with atropine significantly increased IGP and decreased motility indices, indicating decreased gastric accommodation and motility. Molsidomine significantly decreased IGP during stomach distension but did not affect motility. The results correspond to X-ray observations, and confirm literature data. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that IGP measurement during test-meal infusion represents an efficient and novel method to compare gastric accommodation and peristaltic motility in the whole stomach of conscious rats.
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- Pieter Janssen
- AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Department of Integrative Pharmacology, Gastrointestinal Biology, Mölndal, Sweden.
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Martínez V, Ryttinger M, Kjerling M, Astin-Nielsen M. Characterisation of colonic accommodation in Wistar Kyoto rats with impaired gastric accommodation. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2007; 376:205-16. [PMID: 17909748 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-007-0195-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2007] [Accepted: 09/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Defective colonic and gastric accommodations have been related to altered viscerosensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome and to functional dyspepsia, respectively. We assessed colonic accommodation in rats with impaired gastric accommodation to determine if altered accommodation can be regarded as a widespread pathophysiological alteration within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Colonic accommodation during colorectal distension (CRD) was assessed in Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY), an animal model of impaired gastric accommodation, and in Sprague-Dawley (SD) and Wistar rats, considered normal. CRD (10-80 mmHg)-induced visceral pain responses were also evaluated in the same strains of rats. During gastric distension, WKY rats had lower intra-gastric volume (0.96 +/- 0.22 ml) than SD (1.85 +/- 0.19 ml, P < 0.05) or Wistar rats (2.80 +/- 0.26 ml, P < 0.05), indicating impaired gastric accommodation. In the same animals, pressure-volume curves were constructed during CRD as a measure of colonic accommodation. During short-lasting (1 min) phasic CRD (2-20 mmHg), the pressure-volume curve in WKY rats was displaced to the right compared with SD or Wistar rats, indicative of reduced colonic accommodation (maximal volume: SD, 1.22 +/- 0.05 ml; Wistar, 1.07 +/- 0.04 ml; WKY, 0.87 +/- 0.07 ml; P < 0.01). Pre-treatment with atropine normalised the pressure-volume responses in WKY rats. No differences among strains were observed during the 2-min phasic or ramp-tonic CRD. Visceral pain responses during CRD (10-80 mmHg) were, overall, similar in the three strains, although WKY rats showed lower thresholds for pain (28.0 +/- 4.9 mmHg) than SD (42.3 +/- 6.6 mmHg, P = 0.072) or Wistar rats (48.3 +/- 6.0 mmHg, P < 0.05). WKY rats, although having impaired gastric accommodation, have the ability to fully accommodate the colon to increasing pressures. In WKY rats, impaired accommodation of the smooth muscle might not be a widespread phenomenon along the GI tract but rather a local disturbance.
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- Vicente Martínez
- Department of Integrative Pharmacology-Gastrointestinal Biology, AstraZeneca R&D, Mölndal SE-431 83, Sweden.
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Mizuta Y, Shikuwa S, Isomoto H, Mishima R, Akazawa Y, Masuda JI, Omagari K, Takeshima F, Kohno S. Recent insights into digestive motility in functional dyspepsia. J Gastroenterol 2006; 41:1025-40. [PMID: 17160514 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-006-1966-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Accepted: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Functional gastrointestinal disorders, such as functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome, are common pathologies of the gut. FD is a clinical syndrome defined as chronic or recurrent pain or discomfort of unknown origin in the upper abdomen. The pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for FD have not been fully elucidated, but new ideas regarding its pathophysiology and the significance of the pathophysiology with respect to the symptom pattern of FD have emerged. In particular, there is growing interest in alterations in gastric motility, such as accommodation to a meal or gastric emptying, and visceral sensation in FD. The mechanisms underlying impaired gastroduodenal motor function are unclear, but possible factors include abnormal neurohormonal function, autonomic dysfunction, visceral hypersensitivity to acid or mechanical distention, Helicobacter pylori infection, acute gastrointestinal infection, psychosocial comorbidity, and stress. Although the optimum treatment for FD is not yet clearly established, acid-suppressive drugs, prokinetic agents, eradication of H. pylori, and antidepressants have been widely used in the management of patients with FD. The therapeutic efficacy of prokinetics such as itopride hydrochloride and mosapride citrate in the treatment of FD is supported by the results of relatively large and well-controlled studies. In addition, recent research has yielded new therapeutic agents and modalities for dysmotility in FD, including agonists/antagonists of various sensorimotor receptors, activation of the nitrergic pathway, kampo medicine, acupuncture, and gastric electric stimulation. This review discusses recent research on the pathophysiology of and treatment options for FD, with special attention given to digestive dysmotility.
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- Yohei Mizuta
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Lunding JA, Tefera S, Bayati A, Gilja OH, Mattsson H, Hausken T, Berstad A. Pressure-induced gastric accommodation studied with a new distension paradigm. Abnormally low accommodation rate in patients with functional dyspepsia. Scand J Gastroenterol 2006; 41:544-52. [PMID: 16638696 DOI: 10.1080/00365520500353723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE A new distension paradigm, by which the gastric volume response to ramp-tonic distension can be analysed in detail, has been developed. The aim of this study was to investigate the applicability of this new paradigm in man, and to compare pressure-induced gastric accommodation in healthy volunteers (HV) and patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). MATERIAL AND METHODS Ten HV, and 11 FD patients were examined twice; once in the fasting state and once postprandially. Intragastric bag pressure was raised from 1 to 12 mmHg in 4 min (ramp phase) and then kept constant for 5 min (tonic phase). RESULTS Compared to HV, fasting FD patients had lower gastric accommodation rates (0.9+/-0.2 versus 2.5+/-0.4 ml/s, p=0.002), lower maximum volume (239+/-39 versus 428+/-64 ml, p=0.01) and a longer accommodation time (157+/-26 versus 92+/-15 s, p=0.03). A test meal prior to distension tended to normalize the response in FD patients. CONCLUSIONS This new barostat paradigm allowed detailed analysis of short-term pressure-induced accommodation in man. Impaired gastric distension-induced accommodation is a novel abnormality in FD.
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- Johan A Lunding
- Section for Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Institute of Medicine and National Centre of Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Bergen, Norway.
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Using dialysed squid axons we have been able to control internal and external ionic compositions under conditions in which most of the Na+ efflux goes through the Na+ pump. We found that (i) internal K+ had a strong inhibitory effect on Na+ efflux; this effect was antagonized by ATP, with low affinity, and by internal Na+, (ii) a reduction in ATP levels from 3 mM to 50 microM greatly increased the apparent affinity for external K+, but reduced its effectiveness compared with other monovalent cations, as an activator of Na+ efflux, and (iii) the relative effectiveness of different K+ congeners as external activator of the Na+ efflux, though affected by the ATP concentration, was not affected by the Na+/K+ ratio inside the cells. These results are consistent with the idea that the same conformation of the (Na+ + K+)-ATPase can be reached by interaction with external K+ after phosphorylation and with internal K+ before rephosphorylation. They also stress a nonphosphorylating regulatory role of ATP.
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