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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology2009

Effects of brain stem cholecystokinin-8s on gastric tone and esophageal-gastric reflex.

Gregory M Holmes, Melissa Tong, R Alberto Travagli

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Article in American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cholecystokinin Induces CaThe European journal of neuroscience · 2026
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  5. Advances in the physiology of gastric emptying.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2019
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  6. Apelin-13 inhibits gastric motility through vagal cholinergic pathway in rats.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2018
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  7. Vagal neurocircuitry and its influence on gastric motility.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2016
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  18. Vanilloid, purinergic, and CCK receptors activate glutamate release on single neurons of the nucleus tractus solitarius centralis.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gregory M HolmesDepartment of Neuroscience, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
Melissa Tong
R Alberto Travagli
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Research BaseP30DK072476 · NIDDK · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI Peter Todd Katzmarzyk · 2005 to 2026
$26.5M
BRAINSTEM CIRCUITS CONTROLLING GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTIONR01DK055530 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BROWNING, KIRSTEEN NAIRN · 1998 to 2020
$4.6M
Brainstem Esophageal-Gastric ReflexesR01DK056373 · NIDDK · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ROGERS, RICHARD C. · 1999 to 2009
$2.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK-55530NIDDK NIH HHS DK-56373NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK072476NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK055530PHS HHS 49177
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The actions of cholecystokinin (CCK) on gastrointestinal functions occur mainly via paracrine effects on peripheral sensory vagal fibers, which engage vago-vagal brain stem circuits to convey effector responses back to the gastrointestinal tract. Recent evidence suggests, however, that CCK also affects brain stem structures directly. Many electrophysiological studies, including our own, have shown that brain stem vagal circuits are excited by sulfated CCK (CCK-8s) directly, and we have further demonstrated that CCK-8s induces a remarkable degree of plasticity in GABAergic brain stem synapses. In the present study, we used fasted, anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats to investigate the effects of brain stem administration of CCK-8s on gastric tone before and after activation of the esophageal-gastric reflex. CCK-8s microinjected in the dorsal vagal complex (DVC) or applied on the floor of the fourth ventricle induced an immediate and transient decrease in gastric tone. Upon recovery of gastric tone to baseline values, the gastric relaxation induced by esophageal distension was attenuated or even reversed. The effects of CCK-8s were antagonized by vagotomy or fourth ventricular, but not intravenous, administration of the CCK-A antagonist lorglumide, suggesting a central, not peripheral, site of action. The gastric relaxation induced by DVC microinjection of CCK-8s was unaffected by pretreatment with systemic bethanecol but was completely blocked by NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, suggesting a nitrergic mechanism of action. These data suggest that 1) brain stem application of CCK-8s induces a vagally mediated gastric relaxation; 2) the CCK-8s-induced gastric relaxation is mediated via activation of nonadrenergic, noncholinergic pathways; and 3) CCK-8s reverses the esophageal-gastric reflex transiently.

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AnimalsBrain StemCholecystokininDose-Response Relationship, DrugDyspepsiaEsophagusFastingMaleMicroinjectionsNeural InhibitionPeptide FragmentsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReflexStomachVagus NerveCholecystokinincholecystokinin 8Peptide Fragments

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PMID19136379
PMCPMC2660178
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