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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are recognized as the major anions of the l
arge intestinal content in humans, but their effect on colonic motility is
controversial. This study explores the colonic motor effect of SCFAs and th
eir mechanisms in the rat. Colonic motility (electromyography) and transit
time (plastic markers) were measured in conscious rats while SCFAs were inf
used into the colon, either alone or after administration of neural antagon
ists or immunoneutralization of circulating polypeptide YY (PYY). SCFA-indu
ced PYY release was measured by RIA and then simulated by infusing exogenou
s PYY. Intracolonic infusion of 0.4 mmol/h SCFAs had no effect, whereas 2 m
mol/h SCFAs reduced colonic motility (36 +/- 3 vs. 57 +/- 4 spike bursts/h
with saline, P < 0.05) by decreasing the ratio of nonpropulsive to propulsi
ve activity. This resulted in an increased transit rate (P < 0.01). Neither
alpha-adrenoceptor blockade nor nitric oxide synthase inhibition prevented
SCFA-induced motility reduction. Intraluminal procaine infusion suppressed
the SCFA effect, indicating that a local neural mechanism was involved. SC
FA colonic infusion stimulated PYY release in blood. Immunoneutralization o
f circulating PYY abolished the effect of SCFAs on colonic motility, wherea
s exogenous PYY infusion partly reproduced this effect. SCFAs modify coloni
c motor patterns in the rat and increase transit rate; local nerve fibers a
nd PYY are involved in this effect.