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NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY
卷 17, 期 3, 页码 415-422出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2005.00648.x
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antalarmin; colon; corticotropin releasing factor
The potential relationship between stress and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptomatology suggests a possible role for stress-mediating hormones, such as corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), in the altered perception of stimuli in IBS patients. In previous studies, Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats with genetic indices of high anxiety demonstrated colonic hypersensitivity coupled with a high basal level of CRF within the central nervous system. In the current study we tested the hypothesis that a selective, non-peptide CRF, receptor antagonist, antalarmin, would inhibit hypersensitivity in the WKY rat colon. Colonic sensitivity was determined by monitoring a visceromotor behavioural response during innocuous levels of colorectal distention (30 mmHg). In high anxiety WKY rats we found that antalarmin (20 mg kg(-1), i.p.) significantly decreased the visceromotor response induced by colorectal distention. In a second study central administration (i.c.v.) of CRF was used to induce colonic hypersensitivity in lower anxiety Fischer 344 (F-344) rats, and in this model, antalarmin significantly inhibited the CRF-induced colonic hypersensitivity. In summary, a selective CRF, receptor antagonist, antalarmin, inhibits colonic hypersensitivity apparent in WKY rats or in F-344 rats given a central administration of CRF. Our findings suggest that CRF, receptor antagonism may represent a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of IBS.
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