Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23904600›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2013

Hydrogen sulfide selectively potentiates central preganglionic fast nicotinic synaptic input in mouse superior mesenteric ganglion.

Lei Sha, David R Linden, Gianrico Farrugia, Joseph H Szurszewski

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Hydrogen sulfide/polysulfides signaling and neuronal diseases.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
    Review
  4. Hydrogen Sulfide (HInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  5. Gasotransmitter Heterocellular Signaling.Antioxidants & redox signaling · 2017
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lei ShaEnteric NeuroScience Program, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
David R Linden
Gianrico Farrugia
Joseph H Szurszewski
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

PILOT AND FEASIBILTY PROGRAMP30DK084567 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Nicholas F. LaRusso · 2009 to 2026
$22.2M
Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle in Health &DiseaseR01DK017238 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI SZURSZEWSKI, JOSEPH H. · 1997 to 2012
$4.0M
Extrinsic Neural Control of Gastrointestinal Function in the Disordered BowelR01DK076665 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI LINDEN, DAVID R. · 2008 to 2012
$1.5M
GASTROINTESTINAL SMOOTH MUSCLE IN HEALTH &DISEASESR37DK017238 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC COLL OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER · PI SZURSZEWSKI, JOSEPH H. · 1986 to 1996
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NIDDK NIH HHS DK076665NIDDK NIH HHS DK17238NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK084567NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK017238NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK076665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) plays important roles in the enteric system in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. There have been no studies on whether H2S is endogenously generated in peripheral sympathetic ganglia and, if so, its effect on synaptic transmission. In this study, we examined the effect of H2S on cholinergic excitatory fast synaptic transmission in the mouse superior mesenteric ganglion (SMG). Our study revealed that NaHS and endogenously generated H2S selectively potentiated cholinergic fast EPSPs (F-EPSPs) evoked by splanchnic nerve stimulation but not F-EPSPs evoked by colonic nerve stimulation. The H2S-producing enzyme cystathionine-γ-lyase (CSE) was expressed in both neurons and glial cells. The CSE blocker PAG (dl-propargylglycine) significantly reduced the amplitude of F-EPSPs evoked by splanchnic nerve stimulation but not F-EPSPs evoked by colonic nerve stimulation. Inhibiting the breakdown of endogenously generated H2S with stigmatellin potentiated the amplitude of F-EPSPs evoked by splanchnic nerve stimulation but not F-EPSPs evoked by colonic nerve stimulation. Splanchnic F-EPSPs but not colonic F-EPSPs were reduced in CSE knock-out (KO) mice. Functional studies showed that NaHS enhanced the inhibitory effect of splanchnic nerve stimulation on colonic motility. Colonic motility in CSE-KO mice was significantly higher than colonic motility in wild-type mice. We conclude that endogenously generated H2S acted selectively on presynaptic terminals of splanchnic nerves to modulate fast cholinergic synaptic input and that this effect of H2S modulates CNS control of gastrointestinal motility. Our results show for the first time that the facilitatory effect of endogenous H2S in the mouse SMG is pathway specific.

Indexed as

AcetylcholineAnimalsAutonomic Fibers, PreganglionicCholinergic AgonistsColon, DescendingCystathionine gamma-LyaseDrug InteractionsElectric StimulationEnzyme InhibitorsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsGanglia, SympatheticGastrointestinal MotilityGuinea PigsHydrogen SulfideIn Vitro TechniquesAcetylcholineCholinergic AgonistsCystathionine gamma-LyaseEnzyme InhibitorsGABA-A Receptor AntagonistsHydrogen SulfideSlc18a3 protein, ratVesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins

Identifiers

PMID23904600
PMCPMC3728682
OpenAlexW2055834382

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