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Tachykinins and their functions in the gastrointestinal tract
Authors:Y. Shimizu  H. Matsuyama  T. Shiina  T. Takewaki  J. B. Furness
Affiliation:(1) Department of Basic Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Physiology, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1193, Japan;(2) Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology and Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
Abstract:In the gastrointestinal tract, tachykinins are peptide neurotransmitters in nerve circuits that regulate intestinal motility, secretion, and vascular functions. Tachykinins also contribute to transmission from spinal afferents that innervate the gastrointestinal tract and have roles in the responses of the intestine to inflammation. Tachykinins coexist with acetylcholine, the primary transmitter of excitatory neurons innervating the muscle, and act as a co-neurotransmitter of excitatory neurons. Excitatory transmission is mediated through NK1 receptors (primarily on interstitial cells of Cajal) and NK2 receptors on the muscle. Tachykinins participate in slow excitatory transmission at neuro-neuronal synapses, through NK1 and NK3 receptors, in both ascending and descending pathways affecting motility. Activation of receptors (NK1 and NK2) on the epithelium causes fluid secretion. Tachykinin receptors on immune cells are activated during inflammation of the gut. Finally, tachykinins are released from the central terminals of gastrointestinal afferent neurons in the spinal cord, particularly in nociceptive pathways. Received 24 March 2007; received after revision 30 August 2007; accepted 14 September 2007
Keywords:Substance P  neurokinin A  enteric nervous system  tachykinin receptor  primary afferent neuron  neuropeptide  excitatory transmission
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