期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
卷 699, 期 1-3, 页码 48-54出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.11.035
关键词
Erythromycin; Vomiting; Suncus murinus; Gastric motility; Vagus; Motilin
资金
- GlaxoSmithKline
- University of Huddersfield
- MRC
- MRC [G0900805] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0900805] Funding Source: researchfish
Paradoxically, erythromycin is associated with nausea when used as an antibiotic but at lower doses erythromycin activates motilin receptors and is used to treat delayed gastric emptying and nausea. The aim of this study was to characterise pro- and anti-emetic activity of erythromycin and investigate mechanisms of action. Japanese House musk shrews (Suncus murinus) were used. Erythromycin was administered alone or prior to induction of emesis with abnormal motion or subcutaneous nicotine (10 mg/kg). The effects of erythromycin and motilin on vagal nerve activity and on cholinergically mediated contractions of the stomach (evoked by electrical field stimulation) were studied in vitro. The results showed that erythromycin (1 and 5 mg/kg) reduced vomiting caused by abnormal motion (e.g., from 10.3 +/- 1.8 to 4.0 +/- 1.1 emetic episodes at 5 mg/kg) or by nicotine (from 9.5 +/- 2.0 to 3.1 +/- 2.0 at 5 mg/kg), increasing latency of onset to emesis; lower or higher doses had no effects. When administered alone, erythromycin 100 mg/kg induced vomiting in two of four animals, whereas lower doses did not. In vitro, motilin (1, 100 nM) increased gastric vagal afferent activity without affecting jejunal afferent mesenteric nerve activity. Cholinergically mediated contractions of the stomach (prevented by tetrodotoxin 1 mu M or atropine 1 mu M, facilitated by L-NAME 300 mu M) were facilitated by motilin (1-100 nM) and erythromycin (10-30 mu M). In conclusion, low doses of erythromycin have anti-emetic activity. Potential mechanisms of action include increased gastric motility (overcoming gastric stasis) and/or modulation of vagal nerve pathways involved in emesis, demonstrated by first-time direct recording of vagal activation by motilin. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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