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Takahashi T, Kojima Y, Tsunoda Y, Beyer LA, Kamijo M, Sima AA, Owyang C: Impaired intracellular signal transduction in gastric smooth muscle of diabetic BB/W rats. Am J Physiol. 1996 Mar;270(3 Pt 1):G411-7.
The pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for diabetic gastroparesis remain unclear. Diabetes mellitus occurs spontaneously in 90% of a partially inbred colony of BB/W rats. This animal model resembles human insulin-dependent diabetes and is suitable for investigating the mechanism of diabetic gastroparesis. Diabetic BB/W rats were killed 6 mo after the onset of diabetes. Muscle contraction experiments and [3H] acetylcholine release studies were performed with muscle strips of the gastric body. Biochemical measurements of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and protein kinase C (PKC) in gastric muscle were performed to characterize abnormalities of the intracellular signal transduction system in gastric myocytes. Circular muscle contractions in response to direct myogenic stimulants, carbachol (10 (-7) - 10 (-3) M) or substance P (10 (-7) - 10 (-5) M), were significantly impaired in diabetic BB/W rats compared with controls. Similarly, muscle contractions in response to NaF (10 mM), a direct stimulant of G proteins, were also impaired in diabetic BB/W rats. In contrast, muscle contractions in response to KCl (25-75 mM) were similar between control and diabetic BB/W rats, indicating normal voltage-dependent Ca2+ entry in muscle strips obtained from diabetics BB/W rats. [3H] acetylcholine release from gastric myenteric plexus in response to electrical transmural stimulation remained intact in diabetic BB/W rats. In separate studies, we demonstrated that carbachol (10 (-6) - 10 (-4) M) -induced IP3 responses were significantly reduced in diabetic rats compared with control. In addition, there was also impairment of translocation of PKC in diabetic BB/W rats. These observations indicate that myogenic impairment occurred in diabetic BB/W rats. This resulted from altered intracellular signal transduction involving abnormal IP3 production and PKC translocation. |
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