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  • Upregulation of mucosal 5-HT3 receptors is involved in restoration of colonic transit after pelvic nerve transection.

Upregulation of mucosal 5-HT3 receptors is involved in restoration of colonic transit after pelvic nerve transection.

Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2012-02-07)
I Gribovskaja-Rupp, T Takahashi, T Ridolfi, L Kosinski, K Ludwig
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Colonic dysfunction occurs after pelvic autonomic nerve damage. The enteric nervous system can compensate. We investigated the role of mucosal serotonin receptors, 5-HT(3) and 5-HT(4) , in the colonic motility restoration over 2 weeks after parasympathetic pelvic nerve transection in a rat model. Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent pelvic nerve transection or sham operation. Colonic transit was expressed as the geometric center of (51) Cr distribution. Mucosal 5-HT(3) and 5-HT(4) receptor expression was evaluated by Western blot. Intraluminal pressure increase was measured after 5-HT(3) (ondansetron) or 5-HT(4) receptor antagonist (GR125487) administration in vitro in sham and denervated distal colons. At 2 weeks, colonic transit in the denervated group was 30% slower compared to the sham group (P < 0.01). At 1 and 2 weeks, 5-HT(3) receptor expression was increased two-fold in the denervated group, compared to shams (P < 0.05). A three-fold smaller dose of ondansetron was required in denervated tissues to inhibit intraluminal pressure rise than in sham colons (P < 0.01). There was no difference in the expression of 5-HT(4) receptor or the response to GR125487 in denervated vs sham colons. Colonic motility was restored to approximately 70% normal over 1 week without further improvement at 2 weeks. Enteric nervous system compensated by upregulating mucosal 5-HT(3,) but not 5-HT(4,) receptors.

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GR 113808, ≥98% (HPLC), solid