title: Guanylin-, heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli- and vasoactive intestinal peptide-induced water and ion secretion in the rat intestine in vivo.
abstract: The heat-stable enterotoxin of Escherichia coli binds to an intestinal receptor, guanylyl cyclase-C, and produces cGMP to induce diarrhea. Guanylin is an endogenous ligand of this receptor. In the present in vivo study, the intestinal water and ion secretion induced by mucosal application of 2 nmol/ml guanylin or 5 or 10 units/ml heat-stable enterotoxin into closed loops was compared in the rat. The characteristics of secretion induced by cAMP following intravenous perfusion of 1.2 nmol/100 g per h vasoactive intestinal peptide were compared to those induced by cGMP. Unidirectional Na+ and Cl- fluxes were estimated by addition of 22Na into the loop and i.v. injection of 36Cl. Guanylin induced less water and ion secretion than that produced by heat-stable enterotoxin in the colon, confirming the results of in vitro studies, and also in duodenum and ileum. The cAMP- or cGMP-mediated response had a similar pattern, i.e., an inhibition of Na+ absorption and an increase in anion secretion.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM U 45: Systeme neuro-endocrine et épithélium intestinal normal et néoplasique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Volant
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Grishina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Descroix-Vagne
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pansu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D004386:Duodenum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007419:Intestinal Secretions / Q000187:drug effects*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D002712:Chlorides; D004768:Enterotoxins; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides; D010455:Peptides; C072685:guanylin; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D012964:Sodium