AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 1 31-G39, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Role of nitric oxide-related inhibition in intestinal function: relation to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

E. E. Daniel, C. Haugh, Z. Woskowska, S. Cipris, J. Jury and J. E. Fox-Threlkeld
Department of Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

This study examined the role of nitric oxide (NO) in tonic inhibition of motor activity in isolated, perfused canine ileal segments. Brief addition of N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) to the perfusate caused, after a delay, a concentration-dependent persistent increase in tonic and phasic activity of circular muscle. This increased motor activity was prevented or reversed by addition of L- but not D-arginine to the perfusate. Removal of Ca2+ or addition of 10(-7) M omega-conotoxin (GVIA) to the perfusate markedly reduced this response. The motor activity induced by L-NAME was accompanied by loss of distal inhibition and enhanced excitation to low-frequency field stimulation. L-NAME infusion significantly reduced tonic vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) output, sodium nitroprusside increased VIP output, but L-arginine infusion did not restore VIP output. Atropine (10(-7) M) and/or hexamethonium (10(-4) M) reduced the motor response to L-NAME by 75%. Atropine reduced and hexamethonium nearly abolished VIP output. We conclude that there is tonic Ca(2+)-dependent NO output from perfused intestinal segments dependent on nerves with N-Ca channels, that NO acts to inhibit muscle directly and by inhibiting release of excitatory mediators, and that this output is the primary inhibitory determinant of contractile activity.

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