Publication Date:
1983-08-19
Description:
Lysates of the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica altered active electrolyte transport when present on the serosal surface of rabbit ileum and rat colon. The lysate-induced effects on electrolyte transport were similar to those caused by serotonin, and were blocked by bufotenine, an analog known to inhibit the action of serotonin. The transport effects were partially inhibited by antibody to serotonin. The amebic lysates were shown to contain serotonin by radioimmunoassay, high-performance liquid chromatography, and thin-layer chromatography. These results suggest that the serotonin present in Entamoeba histolytica may be important in the diarrhea seen in amebiasis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McGowan, K -- Kane, A -- Asarkof, N -- Wicks, J -- Guerina, V -- Kellum, J -- Baron, S -- Gintzler, A R -- Donowitz, M -- AM26523/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Aug 19;221(4612):762-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6308760" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amebiasis/*physiopathology
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Animals
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Biological Transport
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Colon/physiopathology
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Diarrhea/physiopathology
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Disease Models, Animal
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Entamoeba histolytica/*physiology
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Entamoebiasis/*physiopathology
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Ileum/physiopathology
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Intestinal Absorption
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Rabbits
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Rats
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Serotonin/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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