Volume 14, Issue 1-2 pp. 257-266

Receptor tyrosine and MAP kinase are involved in effects of H2O2 on interstitial cells of Cajal in murine intestine

Seok Choi

Seok Choi

Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea

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Cheol Ho Yeum

Cheol Ho Yeum

Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea

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Young Dae Kim

Young Dae Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea

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Chan Guk Park

Chan Guk Park

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea

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Man Yoo Kim

Man Yoo Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea

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Jong-Seong Park

Jong-Seong Park

Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

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Han-Seong Jeong

Han-Seong Jeong

Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

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Byung Joo Kim

Byung Joo Kim

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

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Insuk So

Insuk So

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

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Ki Whan Kim

Ki Whan Kim

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

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Jae Yeoul Jun

Corresponding Author

Jae Yeoul Jun

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: Jae Yeoul JUN, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Sesuk-dong, Dongku, 501-375, Gwanju, Korea.
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First published: 14 March 2010
Citations: 6

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is involved in intestinal motility through changes of smooth muscle activity. However, there is no report as to the modulatory effects of H2O2 on interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). We investigated the H2O2 effects and signal transductions to determine whether the intestinal motility can be modulated through ICC. We performed whole-cell patch clamp in cultured ICC from murine intestine and molecular analyses. H2O2 hyperpolarized the membrane and inhibited pacemaker currents. These effects were inhibited by glibenclamide, an inhibitor of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels. The free-radical scavenger catalase inhibited the H2O2-induced effects. MAFP and AACOCF3 (a cytosolic phospholipase A2 inhibitors) or SC-560 and NS-398 (a selective COX-1 and 2 inhibitor) or AH6809 (an EP2 receptor antagonist) inhibited the H2O2-induced effects. PD98059 (a mitogen activated/ERK-activating protein kinase inhibitor) inhibited the H2O2-induced effects, though SB-203580 (a p38 MAPK inhibitor) or a JNK inhibitor did not affect. H2O2-induced effects could not be inhibited by LY-294002 (an inhibitor of PI3-kinases), calphostin C (a protein kinase C inhibitor) or SQ-22536 (an adenylate cyclase inhibitor). Adenoviral infection analysis revealed H2O2 stimulated tyrosine kinase activity and AG 1478 (an antagonist of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase) inhibited the H2O2-induced effects. These results suggest H2O2 can modulate ICC pacemaker activity and this occur by the activation of KATP channels through PGE2 production via receptor tyrosine kinase-dependent MAP kinase activation.

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