title: Expression and motor effects of secretin in small and large intestine of the rat.
abstract: Immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization revealed abundant secretin expressing cells on duodenal villi with a gradual decrease throughout the small intestines of the rat. They were absent in pancreas, stomach and colon. Secretin caused relaxation of rat intestinal longitudinal muscle in vitro. Studies on colon revealed that the secretin-evoked response was unaffected by apamin, tetrodotoxin, L-NAME, VIP or PACAP pretreatment; secretin itself caused desensitization. Addition of VIP or PACAP when the secretin-evoked relaxation was maximal evoked a further relaxation suggesting the presence of distinct receptors. Secretin causes relaxation via activation of secretin receptors located on the smooth muscle and not via any of the related VIP/PACAP receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Sciences, Section for Neuroendocrine Cell Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sundler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ekblad
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001030:Apamin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005724:Ganglia / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012633:Secretin / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013779:Tetrodotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C495403:Adcyap1 protein, rat; D009479:Neuropeptides; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D012633:Secretin; D001030:Apamin; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D013779:Tetrodotoxin; D000109:Acetylcholine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester