Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger 1/2 double-heterozygote knockout mice display increased nitric oxide component and altered colonic motility

J Pharmacol Sci. 2013;123(3):235-45. doi: 10.1254/jphs.13114fp. Epub 2013 Oct 26.

Abstract

The Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger (NCX) is a plasma membrane transporter involved in regulating intracellular Ca²⁺ concentrations. NCX is critical for Ca²⁺ regulation in cardiac muscle, vascular smooth muscle, and nerve fibers. To determine the role of NCX1 and NCX2 in gastrointestinal tissues, we examined electric field stimulation (EFS)-induced responses in the longitudinal smooth muscle of the distal colon in NCX1 and NCX2 double-heterozygote knockoutmice (Double HET). We found that the amplitudes of EFS-induced relaxation that persisted during EFS were greater in Double HET than in wild-type mice (WT). Under the non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) condition, EFS-induced relaxation in Double HET was similar in amplitude to that of WT. In the experiments in which l-NNA was added under NANC conditions following the EFS, the magnitudes of EFS-induced relaxation were smaller in Double HET than those in WT. In addition, an NCX inhibitor, SN-6, enhanced EFS-induced relaxation but did not affect EFS-induced relaxation under NANC condition, as in Double HET. Moreover, the magnitudes of relaxation induced by NOR-1, which generates NO, were greater in Double HET compared with WT. Similarly, SN-6 potentiated the magnitudes of NOR-1-induced relaxation. In this study, we demonstrate that NCX regulate colonic motility by altering the sensitivity of the inhibitory component.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzoates / pharmacology
  • Benzyl Compounds / pharmacology
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Colon / drug effects
  • Colon / metabolism
  • Colon / physiology*
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Gastrointestinal Motility / genetics*
  • Gastrointestinal Motility / physiology
  • Heterozygote*
  • Imidazoles / pharmacology
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Muscle Relaxation / drug effects
  • Muscle Relaxation / genetics*
  • Muscle Relaxation / physiology
  • Muscle, Smooth / drug effects
  • Muscle, Smooth / metabolism
  • Muscle, Smooth / physiology*
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
  • Nitric Oxide / physiology
  • Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / genetics*
  • Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / physiology*
  • Thiazolidines / pharmacology

Substances

  • 2-(4-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)benzyl)thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester
  • Benzoates
  • Benzyl Compounds
  • Imidazoles
  • NCX1 protein, mouse
  • Slc8a2 protein, mouse
  • Sodium-Calcium Exchanger
  • Thiazolidines
  • 1,3-dihydroxy-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(4-carboxyphenyl)tetrahydroimidazole
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Calcium