Iizuka Yumiko, Kuwahara Atsukazu, Karaki Shin-Ichiro
Laboratory of Physiology, Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences/Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan.
J Physiol Sci. 2014 Mar;64(2):85-96. doi: 10.1007/s12576-013-0295-2. Epub 2013 Oct 30.
The aim of this study was to determine which PGE2 receptors (EP1-4 receptors) influence colonic motility. Mucosa-free longitudinal smooth muscle strips of the rat middle colon spontaneously induced frequent phasic contractions (giant contractions, GCs) in vitro, and the GCs were almost completely abolished by a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, piroxicam, and by an EP3 receptor antagonist, ONO-AE3-240, but enhanced by tetrodotoxin (TTX). In the presence of piroxicam, exogenous PGE2, both ONO-AE-248 (EP3 agonist), and ONO-DI-004 (EP1 agonist) induced GC-like contractions, and increased the frequency and amplitude. These effects of EP receptor agonists were insensitive to TTX and ω-conotoxins. In immunohistochemistry, the EP1 and EP3 receptors were expressed in the longitudinal smooth muscle cells. These results suggest that the endogenous PGE2 spontaneously generates and enhances the frequent phasic contractions directly activating the EP1 and EP3 receptors expressed on longitudinal smooth muscle cells in the rat middle colon.
本研究的目的是确定哪些前列腺素E2受体(EP1 - 4受体)影响结肠运动。大鼠中结肠无黏膜的纵行平滑肌条在体外可自发诱导频繁的相性收缩(巨收缩,GCs),环氧化酶抑制剂吡罗昔康和EP3受体拮抗剂ONO - AE3 - 240几乎完全消除了GCs,但河豚毒素(TTX)可增强GCs。在吡罗昔康存在的情况下,外源性前列腺素E2、ONO - AE - 248(EP3激动剂)和ONO - DI - 004(EP1激动剂)均可诱导类似GC的收缩,并增加频率和幅度。EP受体激动剂的这些作用对TTX和ω - 芋螺毒素不敏感。在免疫组织化学中,EP1和EP3受体在纵行平滑肌细胞中表达。这些结果表明,内源性前列腺素E2通过直接激活大鼠中结肠纵行平滑肌细胞上表达的EP1和EP3受体,自发产生并增强频繁的相性收缩。