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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
The present study evaluated the mechanism of cholecystokinin-induced gallbladder contraction in awake opossums. Each of 19 chronic animal preparations had an indwelling gallbladder cannula for monitoring changes in gallbladder volume and a jugular catheter for administration of cholecystokinin octapeptide and drugs. An intraduodenal catheter allowed intraduodenal infusion of Isocal (Mead Johnson Laboratories, Evansville, Ind.). Bipolar electrodes in the stomach, duodenum, and jejunum enabled monitoring of the duodenal migratory myoelectric complex cycle. One-hour infusions of cholecystokinin octapeptide (10 ng/kg/min), intraduodenal Isocal (0.4 ml/min), or feeding were started 20 min after cessation of phase 3 duodenal migratory myoelectric complex activity. Bolus intravenous doses of potential pharmacological antagonists were given 10 min before and 20 min after the onset of cholecystokinin octapeptide infusion, Isocal infusion, or feeding. Each test challenge induced about 60% gallbladder emptying at 30 min and 70% at 60 min. Cholecystokinin octapeptide-induced gallbladder emptying was converted to filling by hexamethonium and nearly abolished by atropine. Similar results were obtained for gallbladder emptying induced by feeding or duodenal infusion of Isocal. Phentolamine caused a modest decrease of cholecystokinin octapeptide-induced gallbladder contraction at 30 min, whereas postprandial or Isocal-induced gallbladder contraction was unaffected. Cholecystokinin octapeptide-induced gallbladder contraction was not affected by pirenzepine, 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine methiodide, prazosin, pyrilamine, cimetidine, methysergide, naloxone, or propranolol. In acute studies of anesthetized animals, gallbladder contraction induced by a D100 intravenous bolus of cholecystokinin octapeptide (800 ng/kg) was not antagonized by hexamethonium, atropine, or tetrodotoxin. It is concluded (a) that cholecystokinin-induced physiologic contraction of the opossum gallbladder occurs through neural mechanisms rather than by a direct action of cholecystokinin on gallbladder smooth muscle, and (b) that studies using pharmacologic bolus doses of cholecystokinin octapeptide and tetrodotoxin indicate that cholecystokinin receptors exist on the gallbladder smooth muscle which do not seem to have any physiological role in gallbladder emptying.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0016-5085
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1299-306
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of cholecystokinin-induced contraction of the opossum gallbladder.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.