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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 280: G463-G469, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 3, G463-G469, March 2001

Esophagitis-related esophageal shortening in opossum is associated with longitudinal muscle hyperresponsiveness

Robert J. White1,2, Yong Zhang1, Gerald P. Morris1,2, and William G. Paterson1,2,3,4

1 Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit and Departments of 2 Biology, 3 Physiology, and 4 Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6

Acute intraluminal acid perfusion induces esophageal shortening in humans and opossums. Lower esophageal sphincter (LES) hypotension and peristaltic dysfunction occur in patients and animal models of reflux esophagitis. This study examined whether similar shortening and motor dysfunction occur in anesthetized opossums after repeated esophageal acid exposure and whether this is associated with longitudinal muscle (LM) hyperresponsiveness. Manometry used before and after 3 consecutive days of 45-min perfusion with 100 mmol/l HCl or normal saline measured esophageal length and motor responses to induced swallows. LM electrical and mechanical responses were assessed using standard isometric tension and intracellular recording techniques. Compared with controls, repeated acid perfusion induced erosive esophagitis and significant esophageal shortening, associated with enhanced LM responses to carbachol, a significantly depolarized resting membrane potential, and abnormal spike patterns. LES resting pressure and swallow-induced peristalsis were unaffected. In this model of reflux esophagitis, marked persistent esophageal shortening and associated LM hyperresponsiveness occur before significant LES or peristaltic dysfunction, suggesting that esophageal shortening is the earliest motor disorder induced by acid injury.

hiatal hernia; peristalsis; lower esophageal sphincter; reflux esophagitis


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