Local regulatory mechanism to coordinate colorectal motility in rats

Physiological Reports
Rika SawadaYasutake Shimizu

Abstract

The presence of a fecal pellet in the colorectum causes ascending contraction and descending relaxation, propelling the pellet aborally. However, random occurrence of the reflexes at multiple sites would disturb sequential excretion of the pellets, resulting in inefficient defecation. Hence, we postulated that a regulatory mechanism to coordinate peristaltic motility initiated at adjacent portions of the colorectum may exist. Colorectal motility was recorded with balloons located at 2 cm, 5 cm and 7 cm from the anus in vivo in anesthetized rats. The presence of a balloon in the colorectum inhibited motility of the oral side and enhanced motility of the anal side. Both the ascending inhibitory and descending facilitatory actions were unaffected by cutting the pelvic nerves, suggesting little contribution of the lumbosacral defecation center. In contrast, disrupting the continuity of the enteric nervous system abolished the local reflex mechanism. The ascending inhibitory pathway operated in a condition in which facilitatory input from the lumbosacral defecation center was fully activated by intrathecal injection of ghrelin. We also found that functional impairment of the local reflex pathways was evident in rats that recovered f...Continue Reading

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Aug 29, 2019·American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology·Hiroyuki NakamoriYasutake Shimizu

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