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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 272: G4-G9, 1997;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 1 4-G9, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Regulation of motilin release: studies with ex vivo perfused canine jejunum

P. Poitras, L. Trudel, P. Miller and C. M. Gu
Centre de Recherche Clinique Andre-Viallet, Hopital Saint-Luc, Universite de Montreal, Canada.

The regulatory process of motilin release was studied in segments of canine jejunum isolated and perfused ex vivo. The secretion of motilin in the effluent venous system of the isolated intestine was measured by radioimmunoassay in response to various pharmacological agents injected intra-arterially. Muscarinie agonist and antagonist, respectively, increased and decreased the release of motilin. The stimulatory effect of carbachol was still documented after tetrodotoxin (10(-5) M) was injected in the system to block neural influence on M cells. Bombesin and morphine also increased the release of motilin. The effect of bombesin was still documented in the presence of atropine or tetrodotoxin, but the stimulatory morphine effect was blocked by atropine. Both phenylephrine and octreotide decreased the release of motilin stimulated by carbachol in a jejunal segment pretreated and denervated with tetrodotoxin. Therefore, a revised model for the regulation of motilin release from M cells of intestinal mucosa can now be proposed. Cholinergic and bombesin receptors are present on M cells to encode a stimulatory signal, whereas adrenergic and somatostatin receptors are responsible for inhibitory transmission. The stimulatory effect of morphine is mediated via a muscarinic transmitter.


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