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dc.creatorGARRIDO,ROGELIO
dc.creatorLAGOS,NÉSTOR
dc.creatorLATTES,KARINNA
dc.creatorGARCÍA,CARLOS
dc.creatorAZOLAS,RODRIGO
dc.creatorBOCIC,GUNTHER
dc.creatorCUNEO,ALDO
dc.creatorCHIONG,HECTOR
dc.creatorJENSEN,CRISTIAN
dc.creatorHENRÍQUEZ,ANA
dc.creatorFERNÁNDEZ,CRISTIAN
dc.date2004-01-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-14T13:00:03Z
dc.date.available2019-11-14T13:00:03Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602004000300005
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/119825
dc.descriptionThe primary clinical symptom of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning is acute paralytic illness produced by paralyzing toxins. Paralytic shellfish poison is formed by a mixture of phycotoxins and their toxicity is due to its reversible binding to a receptor site on the voltage-gated sodium channel on excitable cells, thus blocking neuronal transmission. We studied the effect of the gonyautoxin 2/3 epimers by local infiltration in the anal internal sphincter of healthy voluntary adults in order to reduce anal tone. The toxin was injected after prior clinical evaluation, anoscopy and anorectal manometry. Post injection clinical examination, electromyography and anorectal manometry were performed. Resting and voluntary contraction pressures were measured and the anorectal inhibitory and anocortical reflexes were tested by manometry. Blood and urine samples were obtained from each participant, and hemogram, basic metabolic panel, and urinalysis were done both before and one week after the injection. This study shows, for the first time, that gonyautoxin 2/3 reduces the anal tone by relaxing the anal sphincters in 100 % of the participants. Manometric recordings showed a significant decrease in anal maximal voluntary contraction pressure after the toxin injection, dropping to 55.2 ± 6.2 % and 47.0 ± 6.8 % (Mean Value ± Std.Dev.) of the baseline values at 2 minutes and at 24 hours respectively after the injection. Post-injection electromyography showed that activity of the muscle was abolished. We conclude that local administration of gonyautoxin 2/3 to the anal sphincter produces immediate relaxation and a statistically significant decrease in the anal tone (p <0.001)
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dc.publisherSociedad de Biología de Chile
dc.relation10.4067/S0716-97602004000300005
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceBiological Research v.37 n.3 2004
dc.subjectGonyautoxin 2/3
dc.subjectPhycotoxins
dc.subjectPSP toxins
dc.subjectanal sphincter
dc.subjectanal fissure
dc.titleThe Gonyautoxin 2/3 epimers reduces anal tone when injected in the anal sphincter of healthy adults


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