Serotonin availability in rat colon is reduced during a Western diet model of obesity
- Publisher:
- American Physiological Society
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Liu, L. et al. 2012, 'Serotonin availability in rat colon is reduced during a Western diet model of obesity', American Journal of Physiology Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, vol. 303, no. 3, pp. G424-G434.
- Issue Date:
- 2012
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Constipation and slowed transit are associated with diet-induced obesity, although the mechanisms by which this occurs are unclear. Enterochromaffin (EC) cells within the intestinal epithelium respond to mechanical stimulation with the release of serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)], which promotes transit. Thus our aim was to characterize 5-HT availability in the rat colon of a physiologically relevant model of diet-induced obesity. EC cell numbers were determined immunohistochemically in chow-fed (CF) and Western diet-fed (WD) rats, while electrochemical methods were used to measure mechanically evoked (peak) and steady-state (SS) 5-HT levels. Fluoxetine was used to block the 5-HT reuptake transporter (SERT), and the levels of mRNA for tryptophan hydroxylase 1 and SERT were determined by quantitative PCR, and SERT protein was determined by Western blot.
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