Abstract
Very little is known about the role played by CGA and its fragments in the gastrointestinal physiology. We have studied the role of CGAN-terminal fragments in the regulation of intestinal smooth muscle contractility by measuring the influence of recombinant CGA 1–78 (VS-1) and synthetic CGA 7–57 peptides on the spontaneous mechanical activity of rat proximal colon in vitro. The mechanical activity wasrecorded as changes in the intraluminal pressure. VS-1 (0.1–30 nM) and CGA 7–57 (10–300 nM) produced concentration-dependentinhibitory effects, characterized by a progressive decrease in the mean amplitude of circular muscle spontaneous contractions, withoutaffecting the resting tone. The response to VS-1 was antagonised by anti-CGA monoclonal antibodies (mAb5A8, B4E11, 7D1 or 4D5) butnot by an irrelevant antibody, indicating that the effect was specific. The inhibitory responses to VS-1 and to CGA 7–57 were significantlyreduced by pre-treatment of the preparations with Nx-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) (300 AM), 1H-(1,2,4) oxadiazolo-(4,3-a)quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) (10 AM), apamin (0.1 AM) or tetrodotoxin (TTX) (1 AM). The results suggest that VS-1 plays an inhibitorymodulatory role on spontaneous contractions rat colon circular muscle, through mechanisms involving in part neural release of nitric oxide.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 42-47 |
Numero di pagine | 6 |
Rivista | Regulatory Peptides |
Volume | 130 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Published - 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Endocrinology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience