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. 1995 Jul;115(6):1071–1079. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb15920.x

The effect of neuropeptide Y on sodium, chloride and potassium transport across the rat distal colon.

D Strabel 1, M Diener 1
PMCID: PMC1908995  PMID: 7582505

Abstract

1. Neuropeptide Y (NPY; 10(-10)-10(-7) mol l-1) reduced basal short-circuit current (Isc) in a concentration-dependent manner in the rat distal colon but was ineffective in the proximal colon. 2. The action of NPY was dependent upon the presence of Cl- and HCO3- anions and was blocked by prior treatment of the tissue with a Cl- channel blocker. The decrease in Isc was associated with an increase in mucosa-to-serosa fluxes of Na+, Rb+ (K+) and Cl-, whereas the serosa-to-mucosa flux of Cl- was decreased. 3. The size of the inhibitory NPY effect was linearly correlated with the height of the basal Isc, i.e. it inhibited 55% of basal secretory Isc. 4. The action of NPY was unaffected by indomethacin and tetrodotoxin, when given alone, but was abolished, when the basal Isc was decreased to values near zero by a combination of both inhibitors. This inhibition could be overcome by restoring basal Isc with prostaglandin E2, indicating that the effect of NPY is not mediated by nerves or prostaglandins, but that NPY is only effective, when anion secretion is stimulated by the spontaneous release of neurotransmitters and prostaglandins. 5. NPY inhibited the increase in Isc induced by veratridine and prostaglandin E2, but it had no effect on the Isc induced by direct stimulation of the adenylate cyclase with forskolin, or on Isc induced by stimulation of the Ca(2+)-pathway with carbachol.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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