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Neuronal histamine in the gut wall releasable by gastrin and cholecystokinin
Histamine accumulated in the ligated vagus nerve of the rat, both above and below the ligature; maximum accumulation was after 4 h. The finding is suggestive of axonal flow. Further evidence for histamine in peripheral nerves was obtained in experiments showing that the guinea-pig gut wall could be labelled with [
3H]histamine. The experiments were carried out with isolated strips of stomach wall and taenia coli. Electrical stimulation released [
3H]histamine from these specimens. The release could be blocked by Ca
2+-free medium or by tetrodotoxin. The release was unaffected by vagal denervation or chemical sympathectomy (6-hydroxydopamine) but prevented by reserpinization. Gastrin-17 and cholecystokinin-39 released radioactivity by a tetrodotoxin-sensitive mechanism. The possible existence of a gastrin/cholecystokinin-sensitive neuronal pool of histamine in the gut wall offers a new perspective on the postulated role of histamine as a physiological stimulant of gastric acid secretion and might explain why H
2-receptor antagonists block gastrin-stimulated acid secretion