title: Vagus nerve modulates secretin binding sites in the rat forestomach.
abstract: Secretin is well known for its inhibitory action on gastric motility. It has been reported that secretin in a physiological dose inhibits gastric motility through mediation by the vagal afferent pathway. Secretin also elicited relaxation of carbachol-stimulated rat forestomach muscle strips by binding to its receptors, suggesting a direct action on this peripheral tissue. We hypothesized that vagal input may affect the action of secretin by modulating the level of secretin receptor in the forestomach. Several treatments, including vagal ligation, vagotomy, perivagal application of capsaicin or colchicine, intravenous infusion of tetrodotoxin, and intraperitoneal injection of atropine, were performed to investigate their effects on secretin receptor binding to forestomach membranes. Specific binding of 125I-labeled secretin to forestomach membranes was significantly decreased (45%) by vagal ligation, vagotomy (50%), or perivagal colchicine treatment (40%). On the contrary, specific binding of 125I-secretin was not affected by perivagal capsaicin treatment, intravenous infusion of tetrodotoxin, or intraperitoneal injection of atropine. By Scatchard analysis of the binding data, the capacity of the high-affinity binding sites in forestomach membranes was found to decrease significantly after vagal ligation compared with membranes from the sham-operated group. However, the affinity at the high-affinity binding sites, the binding parameters of the low-affinity binding sites, and binding specificity were not changed. Vagal ligation but not perivagal capsaicin treatment reduced the inhibitory effect of secretin on bethanechol-stimulated contraction of isolated forestomach muscle strips, causing a right shift in the dose-response curve. These results suggest that vagal input through axonal transport plays a significant role on secretin action by modulating the capacity of secretin binding sites (but not affinity or specificity), at least in rat forestomach.
authors: Konar Center for Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14624, USA.
authors: H Y
authors: HY
authors: Kwon
authors: T M
authors: TM
authors: Chang
authors: K Y
authors: KY
authors: Lee
authors: W Y
authors: WY
authors: Chey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002211:Capsaicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003078:Colchicine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010451:Peptide PHI / Q000494:pharmacology; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D051381:Rats; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D011964:Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012633:Secretin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014628:Vagotomy; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C495403:Adcyap1 protein, rat; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010451:Peptide PHI; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D011964:Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone; C029937:secretin receptor; D012633:Secretin; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D001285:Atropine; D005934:Glucagon; D002211:Capsaicin; D003078:Colchicine