ID | 111352 |
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Qi, Bing
Nihon University
Narita, Takanori
Nihon University
Sugiya, Hiroshi
Nihon University
Murakami, Masataka
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
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Keywords | pilocarpine
salivary fluid secretion
paracellular pathway
submandibular gland
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Journal Article
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Description | Xerostomia is the symptom of dry mouth often seen in patients who receive head and neck radiation therapy or in patients who have Sjögren’s syndrome. The primary treatment to relieve xerostomia symptom is oral administration of pilocarpine, a parasympathomimetic agent with muscarinic action. Increase in salivary secretion induced by systemic administration of pilocarpine is considered to be mediated by actions on muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the central nervous system and salivary glands. In this study, we investigated the direct effect of pilocarpine on salivary fluid secretion in the isolated, perfused rat submandibular gland. Pilocarpine provoked salivary fluid secretion in a dose-dependent manner. The Na+-channel blocker tetrodotoxin had almost no effect on the pilocarpine-induced salivary fluid secretion, indicating that pilocarpine directly stimulates submandibular gland. Pilocarpine induced an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration in dispersed submandibular gland cells at 37℃, but not 25℃. The salivary fluid secretion induced by pilocarpine was consisted of a rapid and transient phase and a subsequent sustained phase, which profile was different from that evoked by carbachol, another typical muscarinic agonist. Pilocarpine also induced Lucifer yellow secretion via paracellular route.
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Journal Title |
The Journal of Medical Investigation
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ISSN | 13496867
13431420
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NCID | AA11166929
AA12022913
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Publisher | Faculty of Medicine Tokushima University
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Volume | 56
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Issue | Supplement
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Start Page | 281
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End Page | 283
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Sort Key | 281
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Published Date | 2009-12
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eng
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