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Allicin Induces Electrogenic Secretion of Chloride and Bicarbonate Ions in Rat Colon Via the TRPA1 Receptor J Nutr Sci Vitaminol, 65, 258–263, 2019 Allicin Induces Electrogenic Secretion of Chloride and Bicarbonate Ions in Rat Colon via the TRPA1 Receptor Yo TSUCHIYA1 and Koichi KAWAMATA2 1 Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Home Economics, Tohoku Women’s College, 1–1–16 Kiyohara, Hirosaki, Aomori 036–8530, Japan 2 Department of Domestic Science, Faculty of Domestic Science, Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka University, 1–18–2 Nijinooka, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 981–8585, Japan (Received February 2, 2019) Summary Allicin, an antioxidant from garlic, is known to regulate intestinal contrac- tions, but its effect on intestinal ion transport is unclear. The aim of this study was to exam- ine the role of allicin in the regulation of electrogenic ion transport in rat intestine by mea- suring the transmural potential difference (DPD). Allicin induced significant positive DPD, when administered to the serosal side of the colonic mucosal-submucosal preparation. Alli- cin-induced colonic DPD was largely diminished by incubation in the chloride-free solution, although the transient peak of DPD after application of allicin remained. This transient peak of DPD was significantly diminished in both the chloride- and the bicarbonate-free incuba- tion solution. Induction of DPD by allicin was greatly diminished by AP-18, an inhibitor of the transient receptor potential (TRP) cation channel subfamily A member 1, TRPA1. Both alliin and S-allylcysteine, the analogues of allicin, had no effect on DPD and did not affect allicin-induced DPD in the colon. These results suggest that allicin mainly evokes the elec- trogenic chloride secretion and only partially increases the electrogenic bicarbonate secre- tion via TRPA1. Key Words anion transport, garlic, intestine, transmural potential difference, TRP chan- nel Garlic (Allium sativum) is used globally not only as a bowel contraction (13). spice but also as a herbal medicine to treat many kinds Although allicin has been shown to regulate contrac- of ailments. Allicin (diallylthiosulfinate) is a major tions of the gastrointestinal parts, it is unclear whether component from garlic. Allicin is produced from alliin these effects are related to its role in the gastrointestinal (S-allylcysteine sulfoxide) by the enzyme, alliinase, upon ion transport. The aim of this study was to investigate tissue damage (1). Allicin has been shown to possess a the effect of allicin on the electrogenic ion transport in variety of beneficial pharmacological and therapeutic rat intestine by measuring the transmural potential dif- effects, such as antimicrobial activity (2, 3), anti-tumor ference (DPD) and to elucidate any related factors that effects (4), and the selective reduction of plasma lipid aid in regulation of this mechanism. Our results indi- (triacylglycerol and LDL-cholesterol) concentrations (5). cate that serosal allicin stimulates the secretion of elec- Allicin is an agonist of the transient receptor potential trogenic chloride and bicarbonate ions in the colon via (TRP) cation channel subfamily A member 1, TRPA1, TRPA1. which is activated by noxious cold, mustard oil (6–8). MATERIALS AND METHODS Due to its physiological role in the gastrointestinal tract, it has been reported that the agonists of TRPA1, includ- Chemicals. Allicin (10 mg/mL in methanol) was ing allicin and allyl isothiocyanates, may have a regu- purchased from LKT Laboratories, Inc. (Minnesota, latory effect on gastrointestinal motility (9, 10). It has USA). Capsazepine, AP-18 (TRPA1 antagonist), and been established that contraction of the intestine corre- bumetanide were purchased from FUJIFILM Wako Pure lates with transport of mucosal ions, which contributes Chemical Corporation (Osaka, Japan). Bumetanide was to the smooth movement of intestinal contents and effi- dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Capsazepine cient absorption of nutrients. See et al. reported that the and AP-18 were dissolved in 100% ethanol. Amiloride submucosal myenteric plexus in the rat jejunum causes was purchased from Enzo Life Sciences (Lausen, Swit- the reflex that couples ion transport to muscle contrac- zerland) and dissolved in water. tion (11). Studies on rat colon have reported that endo- Experimental animals. Nine-week-old Sprague Daw- thelin-1 induces bowel contraction and epithelial chlo- ley rats (CLEA Japan, Inc., Shizuoka), weighing approxi- ride secretion (12) and that adrenomedullin modulates mately 300 g, were fasted for 12 h prior to the experi- water and chloride ion transport that correlates with ments. The animals were treated in accordance with the institutional and national guidelines for the care and E-mail: [email protected] use of laboratory animals. The study was approved by 258 Allicin Induces Colonic Anion Secretion 259 the Animal Usage Ethics Committee of Tohoku Wom- en’s College (approval number: 2016-01, 2017-02). Rats were anesthetized with urethane (1.0 g/kg IP). A segment of the colon was isolated within 10 min of administering anesthesia, followed by the rats being euthanized by overdose of urethane. Measurement of transmural potential in a preparation of rat intestinal sacs. As our previously reported method (14), a 5-cm section of the intestine comprising the jejunum, ileum, and colon was briefly removed and tied off with a thread. For measuring DPD, the intestinal sac was connected to a silicon tube (outer diameter, 4 mm) and filled with a standard buffer (119 mM NaCl, 21 mM NaHCO3, 2.4 mM K2HPO4, 0.6 mM KH2PO4, 1.2 mM MgCl2, 1.2 mM CaCl2, and 10 mM glucose). The intesti- nal sacs were incubated at 37˚C in 40 mL of a standard buffer under an atmosphere of 95% O2 and 5% CO2 gas. To measure DPD, 2% agar containing 1 M KCl bridges was placed on both the serosal and mucosal sides of the intestinal sacs preparation obtained from the procedure mentioned above. The DPD was continuously mea- sured by connecting calomel half-cells to the mucosal and serosal solution using 2% agar bridges; data were recorded using a high-sensitivity DC chart recorder (PR8112, HIOKI, Nagano, Japan). The DPD value was Fig. 1. Changes in DPD after allicin administration to the serosal sides of the rat colon, ileum, and jejunum considered positive, when cations were transported from sac preparation. (A) is a typical tracing of changes in the mucosal to the serosal side of the intestine. DPD after serosal administration of 10 and 30 mM alli- Measurement of transmural potential in the mucosal-sub- cin in the sac preparation of rat colon. (B) shows com- mucosal preparation of rat colon. The DPD in a mucosal- parison of the maximal DPD induced by allicin admin- submucosal preparation of rat colon was measured in istration to the serosal side of the preparation of rat vitro in a Ussing chamber using our previous method colon (black), ileum (solid), and jejunum sac (white). (15). A segment of the rat colon was cut open longitu- Values are presented as mean6SE (n53). * p,0.05 as dinally on a flat sheet. The serosal and muscular layers compared to the group based on colon sac. were removed with fine forceps to obtain a mucosal-sub- mucosal preparation. The tissue was mounted vertically between the Ussing chambers made from acrylic resin variance (ANOVA), followed by the Bonferroni-Dunn with an internal surface area of 0.5 cm2. The bathing post hoc test using the StatView software (SAS Insti- solution (10 mL) in each chamber was maintained at tute). Differences with p-values less than 0.05 were con- 37˚C in a water-jacketed reservoir. The components of sidered significant. the standard buffer solution were 119 mM NaCl, 21 mM RESULTS NaHCO3, 2.4 mM K2HPO4, 0.6 mM KH2PO4, 1.2 mM MgCl2, 1.2 mM CaCl2, and 10 mM glucose under an Effect of the serosal application of allicin on transmural ion atmosphere of 95% O2 and 5% CO2 (pH 7.4). Chloride transport in rat intestinal sacs ion substitution was achieved by introducing gluco- To determine the effect of allicin on ion transport in nate. Substitution of both chloride and bicarbonate ion the rat intestine, allicin was added to the serosal side of was achieved by the following composition: 135 mM the intestinal sac preparations of the rat colon, ileum, Na-gluconate, 2.4 mM K2HPO4, 0.6 mM KH2PO4, and jejunum. As shown in Fig. 1A, the administration 1.2 mM Mg-gluconate, 1.2 mM Ca-gluconate, 10 mM of 10 and 30 mM allicin to the serosal side of the colon 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid induced an increase in DPD, which reached a steady (HEPES), and 10 mM glucose, under an atmosphere of value within 3 min at both concentrations of allicin. 100% O2 (pH 7.4). Figure 1B shows that the allicin-dependent induction To measure DPD, 2% agar containing 1 M KCl bridges of transmural DPD was markedly higher in the colon was placed on both the serosal and mucosal sides of the than in the ileum and jejunum, thus, we investigated colonic mucosal-submucosal preparation. The method the effect of allicin on colonic ion transport only as dis- of measuring DPD was similar to that used for the prep- cussed below. aration of rat intestinal sacs. Effect of allicin application on transmural ion transport in Statistical analyses. Data are expressed as means6 the mucosal-submucosal preparation of rat colon standard error (SE). Statistical comparison between two To determine the effect of allicin on the rat colonic ion means was performed using the Student’s t-test. More transport in detail, we investigated the effect of allicin than three mean values were compared by analysis of on the colonic mucosal-submucosal preparation using 260 TSUCHIYA Y and KAWAMATA K Fig. 2. The effects of allicin on DPD in the colon in a mucosal-submucosal preparation. Allicin was cumula- tively administered to the serosal side of the mucosal- submucosal preparation of the colon to reach final concentration of 3, 10, 30, and 100 mM (A).
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