Author:
Lu Ching-Liang,Hsieh Jen-Chuen,Tsaur Meei-Ling,Huang Yn-Ho,Wang Paulus S.,Wu Learn-Long,Liu Pei-Yi,Chang Full-Young,Lee Shou-Dong
Abstract
This study investigated the effect of sex hormones on mustard oil (MO)-induced visceral hypersensitivity in female rats and analyzed possible involved signaling pathways. Female rats, either intact or ovariectomized (OVX), were prepared for abdominal muscle electromyography in response to colorectal distension after intracolonic instillation of MO. The effect of MO intracolonic sensitization was evaluated in intact rats, OVX rats, and OVX rats pretreated with a single injection of 17β-estradiol (E), progesterone (P), E+P, or vehicle. cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB) and phosphorylated CREB (pCREB) were detected in the superficial dorsal horn of L6 and S1 in MO or mineral oil-treated OVX rats with/without colorectal distension and estrogen replacement. The distal colorectum was removed for histological evaluation of inflammatory severity in MO-treated intact or OVX rats. The MO-treated rats had significantly higher visceromotor reflex than controls (enhanced visceral hypersensitivity), whereas OVX eliminated this hypersensitivity. After a single injection of E or E+P, the rats rapidly restored MO-induced visceral hypersensitivity within 2 h. Estrogen also rapidly induced a dose-dependent increase in pCREB expression in the superficial dorsal horn neurons in MO-treated, but not mineral oil-treated, OVX rats. The present study suggests that estrogen can rapidly modulate visceral hypersensitivity induced by MO intracolonic instillation in conscious female rats, which may involve spinal activation of the cAMP response element-mediated gene induction pathway.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Gastroenterology,Hepatology,Physiology
Cited by
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