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  • Title: TRH analogue microinjected into specific medullary nuclei stimulates gastric serotonin secretion in rats.
    Author: Yang H, Stephens RL, Taché Y.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1992 Feb; 262(2 Pt 1):G216-22. PubMed ID: 1539656.
    Abstract:
    Brain nuclei involved in vagal release of gastric serotonin (5-HT) were investigated in urethan-anesthetized rats acutely implanted with gastric cannula. Gastric secretions were collected every 10-15 min for 2 h, and measurement of serotonin 5-HT was performed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detection and that of acid by titration. The stable thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) analogue, RX 77368, microinjected into the dorsal vagal complex (DVC) (1.5-77 pmol/50 nl) induced a dose-related and long-lasting increase in gastric 5-HT and acid output. TRH (276 pmol) microinjected into the DVC also stimulated gastric 5-HT secretion. TRH action was abolished by vagotomy. RX 77368 (77 pmol) increased 5-HT release after microinjection into the raphe obscurus, raphe pallidus, and nucleus ambiguus, although the responses were significantly lower compared with that induced by DVC microinjection. No changes in gastric 5-HT release were observed when the peptide was microinjected into the lateral hypothalamus, hypoglossal, paramedian reticular, inferior olive, lateral paragigantocellular or spinal trigeminal nucleus. The potent gastric 5-HT release induced by TRH or TRH analogue into the DVC added to the presence of TRH receptors and TRH-LI nerve terminals in the DVC suggest a role of medullary TRH in the vagal regulation of gastric 5-HT release.
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