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In order to evaluate the systemic and neural factors on ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity of rat intestinal mucosa, ODC activity in duodenal mucosa, where blood flow did not decrease by superior mesenteric artery (SMA) occlusion, was compared to that of jejunal and ileal mucosa, where blood flow decreased to 90% of the initial value after SMA occlusion. Rats were allowed to recover after SMA occlusion before harvesting intestinal mucosa for measuring ODC activity. ODC activity in the jejunum and the ileum increased markedly 6 h after ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) and more than 72 h were required for ODC activity to return to normal. ODC activity in the duodenum did not change until 24 h after I/R, but the activity increased 48 h after I/R, and this increase continued for 2 days. Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy completely abolished the increase in ODC activity in the duodenum, whereas the same procedure had no influence on ODC activity in the jejunum or the ileum. These results indicate that a neural signal from the central nervous system via the efferent vagal nerve following I/R was an important factor in the increase in ODC activity of duodenal mucosa, where blood flow was not influenced by SMA occlusion.
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This research was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry Education of Japan for Scientific Research 04770423 (R.I.), Uchara Memorial Foundation (K.F.) and Ono Medical Research Foundation (K.F.).
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Mori, H., Iwakiri, R., Tanaka, Ji. et al. Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy abolishes increase in ornithine decarboxylase activity of rat duodenal mucosa after ischemia-reperfusion in superior mesenteric artery. Gastroenterol Jpn 28, 505–510 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02776948
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