title: Role of VIP in local control of secretion.
abstract: Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is a potent stimulant of duodenal HCO3- secretion and may, like prostaglandins, have a stimulatory role in the local duodenal HCO3- response to luminal HCl. Using a proximal duodenal loop in conscious rats, we examined the local luminal release of HCO3-, VIP and prostaglandin (PG) E2 in response to increasing concentrations of HCl (0.01-150 mmol l-1), perfused for 5 min at 60-min intervals. HCO3- and PGE2 were detected in all basal saline perfusate effluents, and were increased in a concentration-dependent manner by all acid concentrations tested. VIP was increased in a concentration dependent manner from pH 3. Exogenous VIP did not affect the basal luminal output of PGE2, or vice versa. Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis by indomethacin augmented the HCl-stimulated luminal release of VIP, as well as the HCO3- response to exogenous VIP. The results are in agreement with previous studies, demonstrating that PGE2 is an important regulator of the duodenal HCO3- response to HCl in the rat. In addition, prostaglandins may negatively modulate the release of VIP from local VIPergic neurones, as well as the HCO3- secretagogue effect of VIP. Released VIP may contribute to the HCO3- response at pH less than or equal to 3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smedfors
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Theodorsson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aly
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johansson
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D015232:Dinoprostone; D006851:Hydrochloric Acid; D007213:Indomethacin