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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2011

Nitric oxide regulation of colonic epithelial ion transport: a novel role for enteric glia in the myenteric plexus.

Sarah J MacEachern, Bhavik A Patel, Derek M McKay, Keith A Sharkey

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarah J MacEachernHotchkiss Brain Institute and Snyder Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1.
Bhavik A Patel
Derek M McKay
Keith A Sharkey
University of Calgary · CAUniversity of Brighton · GB

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteric glia are increasingly recognized as important in the regulation of a variety of gastrointestinal functions.Here we tested the hypothesis that nicotinic signalling in the myenteric plexus results in the release of nitric oxide (NO) from neurons and enteric glia to modulate epithelial ion transport. Ion transport was assessed using full-thickness or muscle-stripped segments of mouse colon mounted in Ussing chambers. The cell-permeant NO-sensitive dye DAR-4M AM and amperometry were utilized to identify the cellular sites of NO production within the myenteric plexus and the contributions from specific NOS isoforms. Nicotinic receptors were localized using immunohistochemistry. Nicotinic cholinergic stimulation of colonic segments resulted in NO-dependent changes in epithelial active electrogenic ion transport that were TTX sensitive and significantly altered in the absence of the myenteric plexus. Nicotinic stimulation of the myenteric plexus resulted in NO production and release from neurons and enteric glia, which was completely blocked in the presence of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) I and NOS II inhibitors. Using the NO scavenger 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (PTIO), neuronal and enteric glial components of NO production were demonstrated. Nicotinic receptors were identified on enteric neurons, which express NOS I, and enteric glia, which express NOS II. These data identify a unique pathway in the mouse colon whereby nicotinic cholinergic signalling in myenteric ganglia mobilizes NO from NOS II in enteric glia, which in coordinated activity with neurons in the myenteric plexus modulates epithelial ion transport, a key component of homeostasis and innate immunity.

Indexed as

AnimalsColonEnteric Nervous SystemFemaleIntestinal MucosaIon TransportMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMyenteric PlexusNeurogliaNitric OxideNitric Oxide

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PMID21558161
PMCPMC3145943
OpenAlexW2122001786

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