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  • Title: Effect of prostaglandin E2 on the electrical activity of cat isolated stomach muscle.
    Author: Kim MS, Lee YL, Jo YH, Sim SS, Choi H.
    Journal: Prostaglandins; 1985 Jul; 30(1):99-107. PubMed ID: 3863196.
    Abstract:
    Prostaglandins (PGs) are believed to be present in the gastrointestinal tract and to increase the tone of longitudinal muscle layer. However the influence of PGs on the gastric slow wave (SW) is not clarified yet. We therefore investigated the effect of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on the electrical and the mechanical activities of feline isolated stomach muscle strips (7 X 1.5 cm), using five capillary electrodes (Ag-AgCl) and an isometric force transducer connected to the antral edge. One hundred and ninety-six strips, obtained from the corpus and antrum of 196 anaesthetized cats, were studied in a muscle chamber filled with Krebs solution (pH 7.4, temperature 36 degrees C) bubbled with 5% CO2 in O2. Exogenous PGE2 concentration-dependently increased the gastric SW frequency without affecting the spike and mechanical activities. Indomethacin decreased the SW frequency. These responses to PGE2 or indomethacin were not blocked by phentolamine, propranolol, hexamethonium, atropine or tetrodotoxin. It is therefore suggested that PGE2 facilitates the development of the gastric SW by an action on the muscle that does not involve cholinergic or adrenergic mechanism.
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