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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 282: G904-G917, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00345.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 5, G904-G917, May 2002

Electrical rhythmicity and spread of action potentials in longitudinal muscle of guinea pig distal colon

Nick J. Spencer, Grant W. Hennig, and Terence K. Smith

Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557

Using simultaneous intracellular recordings, we have characterized 1) electrical activity in the longitudinal muscle (LM) of isolated segments of guinea pig distal colon free to contract spontaneously and 2) extent of propagation of spontaneous action potentials around the circumference of the colon. In all animals, rhythmical spontaneous depolarizations (SDs) were recorded that are usually associated with the generation of action potentials. Recordings from pairs of LM cells, separated by 100 µm in the circumferential axis, revealed that each action potential was phase locked at the two electrodes (mean propagation velocity: 3 mm/s). However, at an increased electrode separation distance of 1 mm circumferentially, action potentials and SDs became increasingly uncoordinated at the two recording sites. No SDs or action potentials ever propagated from one circumferential edge to the other (i.e., 13 mm apart). When LM strips were separated from the myenteric plexus and circular muscle, rhythmically firing SDs and action potentials were still recorded. Atropine (1 µM) or tetrodotoxin (1 µM) either reduced the frequency of SDs or temporily abolished activity, whereas nifedipine (1 µM) always abolished SDs and action potentials. Kit-positive interstitial cells of Cajal were present at the level of the myenteric plexus and circular and longitudinal muscle. In summary, SDs and action potentials in LM propagate over discrete localized zones, usually <1 mm around the circumference of the colon. Furthermore, in contrast to the classic slow wave, rhythmic depolarizations in LM appear to be generated by an intrinsic property of the smooth muscle itself and are critically dependent on opening of L-type Ca2+ channels.

interstitial cells of Cajal; slow wave; pacemaker cell


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