Interstitial cell of Cajal
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| Latin | cellulae interstitiales stimulantes[1] |
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| Anatomical terminology
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The interstitial cell of Cajal (ICC) is a type of interstitial cell found in the gastrointestinal tract. There are different types with different functions. Myenteric Interstitial cells of Cajal [ICC-MY] serve as a pacemaker which creates the bioelectrical slow wave potential that leads to contraction of the smooth muscle.[2][3]
Intramuscular Interstitial cells of Cajal [ICC-IM] are involved in the stimulation of smooth muscle cells, neurotransmitters act through them.[4] Certain calcium-activated chloride channels are now known to play an important role in regulating human gastrointestinal ICC, particularly the anoctamin channel ANO1.[5] A recent review noted that carbachol increases ICC activity through this channel.[5][6] ANO1-knockout mice fail to produce slow waves and ANO1 channel inhibitors in humans block slow wave production.[5]
Many types of smooth muscle tissues have now been shown to contain ICC, but with few exceptions the function of these cells is not known and is currently an area of active research.
These cells are derived from mesoderm.[7]
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Role in slow wave activity
ICC serve as electrical pacemakers and generate spontaneous electrical slow waves in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Electrical slow waves spread from ICC to smooth muscle cells and the resulting depolarization initiates calcium ion entry and contraction. Slow waves organize gut contractions into phasic contractions that are the basis for peristalsis and segmentation.[medical citation needed]
Frequency of ICC pacemaker cells
The frequency of ICC pacemaker activity differs in different regions of the GI tract:[8]
- 3 per minute in the stomach
- 11-12 per minute in the duodenum
- 9-10 per minute in the ileum
- 3-4 per minute in the colon
ICC also mediate neural input from enteric motor neurons. Animals lacking ICC have greatly reduced responses to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, released from excitatory motor neurons, and to the transmitter nitric oxide, released from inhibitory motor neurons. Loss of ICC in disease, therefore, may interrupt normal neural control of gastrointestinal (GI) contractions and lead to functional GI disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome.[medical citation needed]
ICC also express mechano-sensitive mechanisms that cause these cells to respond to stretch. Stretching GI muscles can affect the resting potentials of ICC and affect the frequency of pacemaker activity. Carbachol increases ICC activity through ANO1 activation.[5][6]
ICC are also critical in the propagation of electrical slow waves. ICC form a network through which slow wave activity can propagate. If this network is broken, then 2 regions of muscle will function independently.[medical citation needed]
Pathology
ICCs are thought to be the cells from which gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) arise.[9] Also, abnormalities in the ICC network is one cause of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction.[10]
Eponym
The interstitial cells of Cajal are named after Santiago Ramón y Cajal,[11] a Spanish pathologist and Nobel laureate.
References
- ↑ http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/workshop/EM/EMDuodenum.html
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External links
- Overview of ICCs - unr.edu.
