title: Effects of cholecystokinin and gastrin antagonists on pancreatic exocrine secretion stimulated by gastrin-releasing peptide.
abstract: The effects of a specific cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor antagonist (L364,718) and a gastrin receptor antagonist (L365,260) on gastrin-releasing peptide-10 (GRP-10)-stimulated pancreatic secretion were investigated in the anesthetized rat. GRP-10 stimulated pancreatic exocrine secretion in a dose-dependent manner. A dose of 1.0 nmol/kg/h elicited a significant increase in pancreatic protein output. L364,718 (2.0 mg/kg/h), at a dose that completely inhibited the stimulatory effect of exogenous CCK-8 (3.0 nmol/kg/h) on pancreatic secretion, did not suppress the excitatory effect of GRP-10. L365,260 (5.0 mg/kg/h), at a dose that completely inhibited the stimulatory effect of exogenous gastrin (20 micrograms/kg/h) on gastric acid secretion, did not suppress the excitatory effect of GRP-10 either. We concluded that CCK or gastrin do not mediate the excitatory mechanism of bombesin/GRP on pancreatic secretion. Since CCK and gastrin are the most probable candidates for excitatory mediator of bombesin/GRP, these results support the hypothesis that bombesin/GRP directly stimulates the exocrine pancreas in the rat.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco 94143-0660.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terashima
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Debas
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Bunnett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001570:Benzodiazepinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D020109:Devazepide; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide; D005755:Gastrins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010671:Phenylurea Compounds; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011949:Receptors, Cholecystokinin / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001570:Benzodiazepinones; D005755:Gastrins; D010455:Peptides; D010671:Phenylurea Compounds; D011949:Receptors, Cholecystokinin; C058121:L 365260; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D020109:Devazepide