Vol. 27 (6) 2006 Neuro endocrinology letters

Butyrate sensitizes the release of substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide evoked by capsaicin from primary cultured rat dorsal root ganglion neurons.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether butyrate increases substance P (SP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) release evoked by capsaicin from primary cultured dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons.

METHODS: DRG was dissected out from embryonic 15-day-old Wistar rat and cultured as dissociate cells for 24 h then.....