title: Inhibitory role on gastric secretion of a central NK-3 tachykinin receptor agonist, senktide.
abstract: When administered intracerebroventricularly, the highly selective NK-3 tachykinin receptor agonist senktide possesses a potent and dose-related inhibitory effect on gastric acid secretion. The central mechanism governing the antisecretory effect of senktide was examined in perfused-stomach rats by studying its influence on gastric acid secretion elicited by the secretagogues histamine, pentagastrin and bethanechol. Given intracerebroventricularly, senktide reduced the acid response to histamine, but not that to pentagastrin or bethanechol. Stimulation of NK-3 receptors in rat brain thus appears to inhibit gastric acid secretion through histaminergic pathways.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology III, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Improta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Broccardo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018723:Bethanechol; D001626:Bethanechol Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010418:Pentagastrin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects*; D018039:Receptors, Tachykinin; D013373:Substance P / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015320:Tachykinins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001626:Bethanechol Compounds; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D018039:Receptors, Tachykinin; D015320:Tachykinins; D018723:Bethanechol; C054724:senktide; D013373:Substance P; D006632:Histamine; D010418:Pentagastrin