title: Jejunal factor stimulating insulin release in the isolated perfused canine pancreas and jejunum.
abstract: In the present study using an isolated perfused preparation of canine jejunum and pancreas, an insulin-releasing factor was found in the venous effluent of the jejunum. Insulin secretion by the pancreas rose twofold after 10% glucose was infused in the lumen of the jejunum and remained at a high level even after the stimulus was discontinued. No modification of the exocrine pancreatic secretion occurred during the insulin release, and therefore it seems unlikely that gastrin, secretin or cholecystokinin-pancreozymin were released by the jejunal mucosa. In control experiments the values of hyperglycaemia observed previously and intraluminal hyperosmolarity were tested: at these levels, they did not affect insulin secretion. The nature of this intestinal insulin-releasing factor remains unknown however, but may be identifiable when intestinal hormones in blood can be assayed reliably.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones / Q000502:physiology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007583:Jejunum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism*; D010477:Perfusion
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D007328:Insulin