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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 266: G940-G943, 1994;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 5 940-G943, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Stimulation of duodenal motility by hyperosmolar mannitol depends on local osmoreceptor control

H. C. Lin, J. D. Elashoff, G. M. Kwok, Y. G. Gu and J. H. Meyer
Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 90048.

Duodenal motility is stimulated by hyperosmolar solution. Since intestinal distension also stimulates intestinal motility, this increase in the motility response may be due to either stimulation of duodenal local osmoreceptor control or intestinal distension resulting from osmotic equilibration. To test which mechanism is primarily responsible for this osmotically sensitive effect, we compared the number of duodenal spike bursts in five dogs equipped with duodenal fistulas that allowed for the preservation or removal of intestinal distension. The response to 300 vs. 1,200 mosM mannitol was compared under three experimental perfusion methods: 1) distension was preserved both proximal and distal to the fistula (DD); 2) distension proximal to the fistula was removed (rD); and 3) distension both proximal and distal to the fistula was removed (rr). The test solutions had access to either the whole gut (DD and rD) or only the first 10 cm of the duodenum (rr). We found that 1) there were more spike bursts after the hyperosmolar solution (dose effect, P < 0.05, analysis of variance); 2) there was no significant difference between the three experimental methods; and 3) the stimulating effect of hyperosmolar solution depended on the first 10 cm of the duodenum. Thus, since hyperosmolar solution increased duodenal motility regardless of whether intestinal distension was preserved or removed, the stimulating effect of hyperosmolar solution on duodenal motility was primarily the result of a local osmoreceptor control mechanism located in the first 10 cm of the duodenum.


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