title: Anticholeretic effect of substance P in anesthetized dogs.
abstract: Nine anesthetized dogs were provided with acute common duct fistulas after exclusion of the gallbladder. Synthetic Substance P was administered as caval infusions in a dosage of 0.5-20 ng x kg-1 x min-1, duration 10 min. The output of hepatic bile, sodium and amylase decreased during infusion by 40-52 per cent at the highest doses. After termination of infusion all 3 parameters increased by 19-60 per cent above the basal level. The biliary concentration of sodium was constant, while that of amylase increased during infusion. The responses were dose-related. The anticholeresis induced by substance P might be due to inhibition of the canalicular bile fraction, which presumably is mediated by active sodium transport and independent of bile salt excretion.
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D013373:Substance P / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013373:Substance P; D012964:Sodium; D000681:Amylases