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Here, we consider the muscarinic cholinoceptor mediated alteration in distal colon function in chagasic megacolon.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>PATIENTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients were divided into four groups: group I, chronic chagasic patients with megacolon; group II, chronic chagasic patients without megacolon; group III, non-chagasic patients with megacolon; and group IV, normal healthy volunteers (control).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\">\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Binding assay and immunoblot of cholinoceptors from human and rat colon and enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) using a synthetic 24mer peptide corresponding to the second extracellular loop of human M\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR) were used to detect the presence of serum antibodies. The effect of antibodies on basal tone and 3\u2032,5\u2032-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) production of human and rat distal colon strips were also tested.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Group I but not the other groups had circulating antibodies capable of interacting with human colon activating M\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      mAChR, as they competed with binding of specific radioligand to mAChR and interacted with the second extracellular loop of human M\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      mAChR. Moreover, affinity purified anti-M\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      peptide IgG from group I, in common with monoclonal antihuman M\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      mAChR, recognised bands with a molecular weight corresponding to colon mAChR. This antibody also displayed an agonist-like activity, increasing basal tone and decreasing cAMP accumulation. Both effects were blunted by AF-DX 116 and neutralised by the synthetic peptide.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In chagasic patients with megacolon there are antibodies that can recognise and activate M\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      mAChR. The implications of these autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of chagasic megacolon is discussed.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.49.5.699","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,27]],"date-time":"2002-07-27T06:31:46Z","timestamp":1027751506000},"page":"699-705","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Interaction of human chagasic IgG with human colon muscarinic acetylcholine receptor: molecular and functional evidence"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"49","author":[{"given":"L","family":"Sterin-Borda","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"aPharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and National Research Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina, \n\nbMotility Unit, Gastroenterology Hospital, \u201cDr C Bonarino Udaondo\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J C","family":"Goin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aPharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and National Research Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina, \n\nbMotility Unit, Gastroenterology Hospital, \u201cDr C Bonarino Udaondo\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C R","family":"Bilder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aPharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and National Research Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina, \n\nbMotility Unit, Gastroenterology Hospital, \u201cDr C Bonarino Udaondo\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"G","family":"Iantorno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aPharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and National Research Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina, \n\nbMotility Unit, Gastroenterology Hospital, \u201cDr C Bonarino Udaondo\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A C","family":"Hernando","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aPharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and National Research Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina, \n\nbMotility Unit, Gastroenterology Hospital, \u201cDr C Bonarino Udaondo\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"E","family":"Borda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aPharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and National Research Council, Buenos Aires, Argentina, \n\nbMotility Unit, Gastroenterology Hospital, \u201cDr C Bonarino Udaondo\u201d, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2001,11,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025120523580582000_49.5.699.1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Control of Chagas' disease.","volume":"811","year":"1991","journal-title":"Tech Report Series"},{"key":"2025120523580582000_49.5.699.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0065-308X(08)60472-8"},{"key":"2025120523580582000_49.5.699.3","first-page":"149","article-title":"Chagasic megavisceras.","volume":"547","author":"Marcondes de Rezende","year":"1994","journal-title":"Chagas' disease and the nervous system. 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