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Research ArticleGASTROINTESTINAL, HEPATIC, PULMONARY, AND RENAL

Insulin Regulates Neuronal M2 Muscarinic Receptor Function in the Ileum of Diabetic Rats

Fiona R. Coulson, David B. Jacoby and Allison D. Fryer
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 2004, 308 (2) 760-766; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.103.057570
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Acetylcholine release from cholinergic nerves in the gastrointestinal tract is limited by neuronal M2 muscarinic receptors. In diabetic animals, M2 muscarinic receptor function in the ileum is increased, leading to decreased acetylcholine release and smooth muscle contraction in response to nerve stimulation. The mechanisms responsible for increased M2 muscarinic receptor function are unknown but may contribute to the gastrointestinal dysmotility that occurs frequently in diabetics. In this study, we investigated whether insulin modulates M2 muscarinic receptor function in the gastrointestinal tract of diabetic rats. M2 muscarinic receptor function was tested by measuring the ability of an agonist, pilocarpine, to inhibit and an antagonist, methoctramine, to potentiate electrical field stimulation (EFS)-induced contraction of ileum in vitro. Insulin administration (0.2, 0.6, and 2 U s.c. daily for 7 days) reversed the diabetes-induced increase in M2 muscarinic receptor function and restored normal contractions to EFS. Insulin had no effect on the function of postjunctional M3 muscarinic receptors, determined by measuring contractile responses to acetylcholine. These data suggest that insulin tonically inhibits neuronal M2 muscarinic receptors. Thus, loss of insulin removes this inhibition and increases M2 muscarinic receptor function leading to decreased acetylcholine release and contraction to EFS. In nondiabetic rats, there was a trend that higher insulin doses (0.6 and 2 U) increased M2 muscarinic receptor function, suggesting a bell-shaped concentration-response relationship for insulin. In conclusion, lack of insulin or excess insulin increases M2 muscarinic receptor function in rat ileum. This mechanism may contribute to decreased acetylcholine release in the gastrointestinal tract of diabetics, resulting in dysmotility.

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  • This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health Grants HL-55543 (to A.D.F.), HL-54659 (to D.B.J.), HL-61013 (D.B.J.), HL-10342 (to A.D.F.) and by a grant from the American Heart Association (to A.D.F.).

  • DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.057570.

  • ABBREVIATION: EFS, electrical field stimulation.

    • Received September 4, 2003.
    • Accepted November 4, 2003.
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Insulin Regulates Neuronal M2 Muscarinic Receptor Function in the Ileum of Diabetic Rats

Fiona R. Coulson, David B. Jacoby and Allison D. Fryer
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1, 2004, 308 (2) 760-766; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.103.057570

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Research ArticleGASTROINTESTINAL, HEPATIC, PULMONARY, AND RENAL

Insulin Regulates Neuronal M2 Muscarinic Receptor Function in the Ileum of Diabetic Rats

Fiona R. Coulson, David B. Jacoby and Allison D. Fryer
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1, 2004, 308 (2) 760-766; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.103.057570
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