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MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

Spatial and temporal mapping of pacemaker activity in interstitial cells of Cajal in mouse ileum in situ

Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada

Submitted 6 September 2005 ; accepted in final form 19 December 2005

Spontaneous electrical pacemaker activity occurs in tunica muscularis of the gastrointestinal tract and drives phasic contractions. Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are the pacemaker cells that generate and propagate electrical slow waves. We used Ca²⁺ imaging to visualize spontaneous rhythmicity in ICC in the myenteric region (ICC-MY) of the murine small intestine. ICC-MY, verified by colabeling with Kit antibody, displayed regular Ca²⁺ transients that occurred after electrical slow waves. ICC-MY formed networks, and Ca²⁺ transient wave fronts propagated through the ICC-MY networks at 2 mm/s and activated attached longitudinal muscle fibers. Nicardipine blocked Ca²⁺ transients in LM but had no visible effect on the transients in ICC-MY. -Glycyrrhetinic acid reduced the coherence of propagation, causing single cells to pace independently. Thus, virtually all ICC-MYs are spontaneously active, but normal activity is organized into propagating wave fronts. Inhibitors of dihydropyridine-resistant Ca²⁺ entry (Ni²⁺ and mibefradil) and elevated external K⁺ reduced the coherence and velocity of propagation, eventually blocking all activity. The mitochondrial uncouplers, FCCP, and antimycin and the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-inhibitory drug, 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, abolished rhythmic Ca²⁺ transients in ICC-MY. These data show that global Ca²⁺ transients in ICC-MYs are a reporter of electrical slow waves in gastrointestinal muscles. Imaging of ICC networks provides a unique multicellular view of pacemaker activity. The activity of ICC-MY is driven by intracellular Ca²⁺ handling mechanisms and entrained by voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ entry and coupling of cells via gap junctions.

Ca²⁺ signaling; slow waves; gastrointestinal motility

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