AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 1 181-G189, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Intestinal anaphylaxis induces Fos immunoreactivity in myenteric plexus of rat small intestine

M. Miampamba, D. T. Tan, M. R. Oliver, K. A. Sharkey and R. B. Scott
Gastrointestinal Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Fos immunohistochemistry was used to identify myenteric neurons activated as a consequence of intestinal anaphylaxis in Hooded-Lister rats sensitized to egg albumin (EA 10 micrograms ip). After incubation in test solutions, or after in vivo challenge, jejunal tissues were processed for immunohistochemistry with an anti-Fos antibody (1:500, TF161). The neuronal identity of the Fos-labeled nuclei was confirmed by double labeling with neuron-specific enclose (1:1,000). In in vitro studies, exposure of control tissue to 50 mM K(+)-Krebs-EA (2 x 10(-5) M) solutions significantly increased Fos immunoreactivity in the myenteric plexus, whereas a basal level of Fos was seen in control tissue incubated in Krebs solution, sham-sensitized tissue exposed to bovine serum albumin (BSA, 2 x 10(-5) M), or EA and sensitized tissue exposed to BSA. Pretreatment of sensitized tissue with doxantrazole (10(-4) M) markedly reduced Fos immunoreactivity observed after EA exposure. In in vivo studies, there was negligible Fos immunoreactivity in the myenteric plexus of control, sham-sensitized, or sensitized rats challenged with saline. A low level of Fos was seen in neurons of sham-sensitized rats challenged with BSA or EA and in sensitized rats challenged with BSA. Significantly greater levels of Fos were observed in the myenteric plexus of sensitized animals challenged with EA, even after pretreatment with capsaicin (125 mg/kg). These results suggest a role for myenteric neurons in intestinal anaphylaxis. In sensitized rats, activation of myenteric neurons is dependent on antigen-induced mast cell activation and occurs independently of capsaicin-sensitive afferent nerves.

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