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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 291: G1163-G1170, 2006. First published June 29, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00587.2005
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MUCOSAL BIOLOGY

Luminal amino acid sensing in the rat gastric mucosa

Hisayuki Uneyama,1 Akira Niijima,2 Ana San Gabriel,1 and Kunio Torii1

1Physiology and Nutrition Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Ajinomoto, Kawasaki; and 2 Department of Physiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata, Japan

Submitted 27 December 2005 ; accepted in final form 6 June 2006

Recent advancements in molecular biology in the field of taste perception in the oral cavity have raised the possibility for ingested nutrients to be "tasted" in the upper gastrointestinal tract. The purpose of this study was to identify the existence of a nutrient-sensing system by the vagus in the rat stomach. Afferent fibers of the gastric branch increased their firing rate solely with the intragastric application of the amino acid glutamate. Other amino acids failed to have the same effect. This response to glutamate was blocked by the depletion of serotonin (5-HT) and inhibition of serotonin receptor3 (5-HT3) or nitric oxide (NO) synthase enzyme. Luminal perfusion with the local anesthesia lidocaine abolished the glutamate-evoked afferent activation. The afferent response was also mimicked by luminal perfusion with a NO donor, sodium nitroprusside. In addition, the NO donor-induced afferent activation was abolished by 5-HT3 blockade as well. Altogether, these results strongly suggest the existence of a sensing system for glutamate in the rat gastric mucosa. Thus luminal glutamate would enhance the electrophysiological firing rate of afferent fibers from the vagus nerve of the stomach through the production of mucosal bioactive substances such as NO and 5-HT. Assuming there is a universal coexistence of free glutamate with dietary protein, a glutamate-sensing system in the stomach could contribute to the gastric phase of protein digestion.

visceral nutrient sensing; rat vagal gastric afferent; serotonin; nitric oxide


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: H. Uneyama, Physiology and Nutrition Group, Institute of Life Sciences, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-8681, Japan (e-mail: hisayuki_uneyama{at}ajinomoto.com)




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