期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
卷 290, 期 5, 页码 C1411-C1427出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00447.2005
关键词
Ca2+ signaling; slow waves; gastrointestinal motility
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [P20 RR 18751] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 41315, R01 DK 45713] Funding Source: Medline
Spontaneous electrical pacemaker activity occurs in tunica muscularis of the gastrointestinal tract and drives phasic contractions. Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are the pacemaker cells that generate and propagate electrical slow waves. We used Ca2+ imaging to visualize spontaneous rhythmicity in ICC in the myenteric region (ICC-MY) of the murine small intestine. ICC-MY, verified by colabeling with Kit antibody, displayed regular Ca2+ transients that occurred after electrical slow waves. ICC-MY formed networks, and Ca2+ transient wave fronts propagated through the ICC-MY networks at similar to 2 mm/s and activated attached longitudinal muscle fibers. Nicardipine blocked Ca2+ transients in LM but had no visible effect on the transients in ICC-MY. beta-Glycyrrhetinic acid reduced the coherence of propagation, causing single cells to pace independently. Thus, virtually all ICC-MYs are spontaneously active, but normal activity is organized into propagating wave fronts. Inhibitors of dihydropyridine-resistant Ca2+ entry (Ni2+ and mibefradil) and elevated external K+ reduced the coherence and velocity of propagation, eventually blocking all activity. The mitochondrial uncouplers, FCCP, and antimycin and the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-inhibitory drug, 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, abolished rhythmic Ca2(+) transients in ICC-MY. These data show that global Ca2+ transients in ICC-MYs are a reporter of electrical slow waves in gastrointestinal muscles. Imaging of ICC networks provides a unique multicellular view of pacemaker activity. The activity of ICC- MY is driven by intracellular Ca2+ handling mechanisms and entrained by voltage-dependent Ca2+ entry and coupling of cells via gap junctions.
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