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Humoral factors released during trauma ofAplysia body wall

II. Effects of possible mediators

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    Preliminary, general chemical characteristics of substances in artificial sea water (ASW) washed through stimulated body wall (SBW) and in hemolymph taken from noxiously stimulated animals (SHL) were consistent with those of classical neurotransmitters, amino acids, and small- to medium-sized peptides.

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    5-Hydroxytrytamine (5HT) and acetylcholine (ACh), unlike SBW and SHL, caused relaxation when perfused into isolated body wall. FMRFamide produced a biphasic response — brief contraction followed by prolonged relaxation.

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    Small cardioactive peptide (SCPB) caused body wall contractions similar to those produced by SBW and SHL, except that SCPB contractions displayed more desensitization and were completely blocked by 30 mM CoCl2. SCPB and SBW contractions were synergistic.

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    Dopamine caused persistent body wall contractions similar to those of SBW and SHL. Dopamine contractions were reduced but not blocked by 30 mM CoCl2. Unlike SBW activity, dopamine activity was reduced by alkalinization.

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    Glutamate and taurine produced strong but usually short-lasting body wall contractions. Adenosine, octopamine, arginine vasotocin, and cholecystokinin (CCK-8) caused weak or variable contractions. Met-enkephalin and somatostatin caused no obvious body wall responses.

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    When superfused over the fully sheathed abdominal ganglion, FMRFamide, met-enkephalin, glutamate, aspartate, and taurine reduced the magnitude of the gill-withdrawal reflex elicited by siphon nerve stimulation.

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    Taken together with earlier results, these data suggest a preliminary framework for trauma signal pathways. It is proposed that stress hormones (perhaps including FMRFamide, SCPs, 5HT, and dopamine) are released into hemolymph from neuroendocrine cells. Effective amounts of active intracellular solutes such as amino acids may also be released by extensive cellular rupture. Various humoral signals produce slow effects that contribute to hemostasis, balling up, increased cardiac output, and reflex suppression.

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Abbreviations

ACh :

acetylcholine

ASW :

artificial sea water

CCK :

cholecystokinin

CHL :

control hemolymph

5HT :

5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)

FMRFamide :

Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2

SBW :

stimulated body wall wash

SCP :

small cardioactive peptide

SHL :

stimulated hemolymph

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    Bruce F. Cooper, Johanna K. Krontiris-Litowitz & Edgar T. Walters

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Cooper, B.F., Krontiris-Litowitz, J.K. & Walters, E.T. Humoral factors released during trauma ofAplysia body wall. J Comp Physiol B 159, 225–235 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00691743

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