title: Impaired intracellular signal transduction in gastric smooth muscle of diabetic BB/W rats.
abstract: The pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for diabetic gastroparesis remain unclear. Diabetes mellitus occurs spontaneously in 90% of a partially inbred colony of BB/W rats. This animal model resembles human insulin-dependent diabetes and is suitable for investigating the mechanism of diabetic gastroparesis. Diabetic BB/W rats were killed 6 mo after the onset of diabetes. Muscle contraction experiments and [3H]acetylcholine release studies were performed with muscle strips of the gastric body. Biochemical measurements of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and protein kinase C (PKC) in gastric muscle were performed to characterize abnormalities of the intracellular signal transduction system in gastric myocytes. Circular muscle contractions in response to direct myogenic stimulants, carbachol (10(-7) - 10 (-3)M) or substance P (10(-7) - 10(-5)M), were significantly impaired in diabetic BB/W rats compared with controls. Similarly, muscle contractions in response to NaF (10 mM), a direct stimulant of G proteins, were also impaired in diabetic BB/W rats. In contrast, muscle contractions in response to KCl (25-75 mM) were similar between control and diabetic BB/W rats, indicating normal voltage-dependent Ca2+ entry in muscle strips obtained from diabetics BB/W rats. [3H]acetylcholine release from gastric myenteric plexus in response to electrical transmural stimulation remained intact in diabetic BB/W rats. In separate studies, we demonstrated that carbachol (10(-6) - 10(-4)M) -induced IP3 responses were significantly reduced in diabetic rats compared with control. In addition, there was also impairment of translocation of PKC in diabetic BB/W rats. These observations indicate that myogenic impairment occurred in diabetic BB/W rats. This resulted from altered intracellular signal transduction involving abnormal IP3 production and PKC translocation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamijo
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sima
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Owyang
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011913:Rats, Inbred BB; D012016:Reference Values; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000494:pharmacology; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D013373:Substance P; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002217:Carbachol; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000109:Acetylcholine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium