TY - JOUR
T1 - α2-adrenergic modulation of colonic tone during hyperventilation
AU - Bharucha, Adil E.
AU - Novak, Vera
AU - Camilleri, Michael
AU - Zinsmeister, Alan R.
AU - Hanson, Russell B.
AU - Low, Phillip A.
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PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Our aims were to assess the role of adrenergic modulation in the hyperventilation-induced increase in colonic tone. Of 40 healthy volunteers, 12 received placebo (saline) and the remaining 28 received either clonidine, yohimbine, phenylephrine, or ritodrine. Time-frequency mapping of heart rate based on Wigner distribution assessed variations in parasympathetic and sympathetic activity during hyperventilation. Tone in the descending colon was recorded by a barostat balloon before, during, and after 5 min of hyperventilation. Heart rate spectral analysis suggested diminished sympathetic and vagal activity during hyperventilation and increased sympathetic and vagal activity after hyperventilation. Adrenergic agents influenced (P = 0.01) the tonic response after, but not during, hyperventilation. Yohimbine reduced the increment in colonic tone after hyperventilation compared with saline (P < 0.05) and clonidine (P = 0.002); phenylephrine and ritodrine had no effects. Different mechanisms modulate the increase in colonic tone during and after hyperventilation. Yohimbine attenuates the increase in colonic tone after hyperventilation probably by enhancing inhibitory sympathetic input to the colon.
AB - Our aims were to assess the role of adrenergic modulation in the hyperventilation-induced increase in colonic tone. Of 40 healthy volunteers, 12 received placebo (saline) and the remaining 28 received either clonidine, yohimbine, phenylephrine, or ritodrine. Time-frequency mapping of heart rate based on Wigner distribution assessed variations in parasympathetic and sympathetic activity during hyperventilation. Tone in the descending colon was recorded by a barostat balloon before, during, and after 5 min of hyperventilation. Heart rate spectral analysis suggested diminished sympathetic and vagal activity during hyperventilation and increased sympathetic and vagal activity after hyperventilation. Adrenergic agents influenced (P = 0.01) the tonic response after, but not during, hyperventilation. Yohimbine reduced the increment in colonic tone after hyperventilation compared with saline (P < 0.05) and clonidine (P = 0.002); phenylephrine and ritodrine had no effects. Different mechanisms modulate the increase in colonic tone during and after hyperventilation. Yohimbine attenuates the increase in colonic tone after hyperventilation probably by enhancing inhibitory sympathetic input to the colon.
KW - Spectral analysis of heart rate
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U2 - 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.5.g1135
DO - 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.5.g1135
M3 - Article
C2 - 9374712
AN - SCOPUS:0030714650
SN - 0193-1857
VL - 273
SP - G1135-G1140
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
IS - 5 36-5
ER -