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Altered non-adrenergic non-cholinergic neurotransmission in gastric fundus from streptozotocin-diabetic rats. 2000

K M Jenkinson, and J J Reid
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010M, Parkville, Australia. k.jenkinson@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au

The influence of streptozotocin-induced diabetes has been investigated on responses to non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) nerve stimulation in rat gastric fundus. NANC relaxations in precontracted muscle strips from diabetic rats were smaller than those from control rats. In addition, the relaxations in diabetic but not control rats were followed by rapidly-developing frequency-dependent contractions. In the presence of alpha-chymotrypsin and N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), the NANC contractions were markedly enhanced in diabetic rats. Treatment with the aldose reductase inhibitor, sorbinil, did not affect NANC relaxations or contractions in tissues from diabetic rats, and responses remained significantly different from those from control rats. The findings suggest that diabetes impairs relaxations to NANC nerve stimulation in the rat gastric fundus, and that a contractile NANC neurotransmitter(s) is released in diabetic rats. The results also suggest that diabetes-induced alterations in the NANC nerve response are not caused by increased activity of the aldose reductase pathway.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007093 Imidazoles Compounds containing 1,3-diazole, a five membered aromatic ring containing two nitrogen atoms separated by one of the carbons. Chemically reduced ones include IMIDAZOLINES and IMIDAZOLIDINES. Distinguish from 1,2-diazole (PYRAZOLES).
D008297 Male Males
D009126 Muscle Relaxation That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position. Muscle Relaxations,Relaxation, Muscle,Relaxations, Muscle
D009435 Synaptic Transmission The communication from a NEURON to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a SYNAPSE. In chemical synaptic transmission, the presynaptic neuron releases a NEUROTRANSMITTER that diffuses across the synaptic cleft and binds to specific synaptic receptors, activating them. The activated receptors modulate specific ion channels and/or second-messenger systems in the postsynaptic cell. In electrical synaptic transmission, electrical signals are communicated as an ionic current flow across ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES. Neural Transmission,Neurotransmission,Transmission, Neural,Transmission, Synaptic
D002918 Chymotrypsin A serine endopeptidase secreted by the pancreas as its zymogen, CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN and carried in the pancreatic juice to the duodenum where it is activated by TRYPSIN. It selectively cleaves aromatic amino acids on the carboxyl side. Alpha-Chymotrypsin Choay,Alphacutanée,Avazyme
D003921 Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental Diabetes mellitus induced experimentally by administration of various diabetogenic agents or by PANCREATECTOMY. Alloxan Diabetes,Streptozocin Diabetes,Streptozotocin Diabetes,Experimental Diabetes Mellitus,Diabete, Streptozocin,Diabetes, Alloxan,Diabetes, Streptozocin,Diabetes, Streptozotocin,Streptozocin Diabete
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D004558 Electric Stimulation Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses. Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D004791 Enzyme Inhibitors Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. Enzyme Inhibitor,Inhibitor, Enzyme,Inhibitors, Enzyme
D005748 Gastric Fundus The superior portion of the body of the stomach above the level of the cardiac notch. Fundus, Gastric

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