GABA receptors in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus influence feline lower esophageal sphincter and gastric function

Brain Research Bulletin
R J WashabauF C Barone

Abstract

Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) antagonist (bicuculline methiodide, BIC; picrotoxin, PIC) or agonist (muscimol, MUS) microinjections were made into the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (DMV), and effects on lower esophageal sphincter pressure (LESP), gastric motility, and gastric acid secretion were determined in chloralose-anesthetized cats. Right or left DMV sites were microinjected with BIC, PIC, MUS, or isotonic tonic saline (140 nl) through a glass micropipette having a tip diameter of 15-21 microns. Esophageal body, LESP, and gastric fundic pressures were measured manometrically. Circular smooth muscle contractions of the antrum and pylorus were recorded with strain-gauge force transducers. Gastric acid secretion was measured every 15 min through a gastric cannula and titrated to pH 7.0. DMV microinjection sites were verified histologically. Direct BIC microinjections (0.275 or 0.550 nmol) into the DMV primarily produced a decrease in LESP (71% of all sites tested), with mean LESP changing from 23.2 +/- 1.7 mmHg to 3.7 +/- 0.7 mmHg (p < 0.01). Tonic LESP increases and phasic LESP contractile activity occurred less frequently. BIC-induced LESP responses were abolished by vagotomy or by microinjections of MUS (0.5 to ...Continue Reading

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