title: Effects of microinjection of kainic acid into the nucleus tractus solitarius on fluid and NaCl absorption across the jejunum.
abstract: Effects of bilateral chemical inactivation of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) by microinjection of kainic acid (KA) on fluid and NaCl absorption across the jejunum were examined in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. Jejunal fluid and NaCl absorption was measured in a jejunal loop before and after the microinjection of artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) or KA into the NTS. Net fluid and NaCl absorption was not altered by a microinjection of aCSF. However, net fluid (from 1.12 +/- 0.07 to 1.66 +/- 0.06 ml/30 min) and NaCl (Na+ from 164.5 +/- 10.1 to 243.3 +/- 7.1 muEq/30 min; and Cl- from 175.9 +/- 7.5 to 260.8 +/- 6.5 muEq/30 min) absorption was significantly increased by the chemical inactivation of the NTS. To examine the efferent mechanism of the increased net absorption induced by the NTS inactivation, mesenteric nerve activity (MNA) was measured before and after the inactivation of the NTS. MNA was significantly increased by 165.9 +/- 74.2% after the bilateral inactivation of the NTS. Furthermore, absorption experiments were conducted in rats with pretreatment of atropine (acetylcholine-antagonist) or yohimbine (specific alpha 2-antagonist). In atropine treated rats, net jejunal absorption was significantly increased by the inactivation of the NTS. However, the increase in net absorption induced by the inactivation of the NTS was completely abolished by pretreatment with yohimbine. These results suggest that the NTS has a tonic suppression on jejunal absorption through alpha 2-adrenergic mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kagawa Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suwaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosomi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000187:drug effects*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000294:innervation; D008845:Microinjections; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D017552:Solitary Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015016:Yohimbine; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D001285:Atropine; D007608:Kainic Acid