title: Effect of somatostatin-14 on gastric emptying and on gastrin and insulin release after ingestion of a mixed solid-liquid meal in man.
abstract: The effect of somatostatin-14 on gastric emptying, as well as on serum concentrations of gastrin, insulin, glucose, calcium, and phosphorus after ingestion of a mixed solid-liquid meal was examined in seven healthy men in a double-blind placebo-controlled study. An i.v. bolus injection of 61 nmol somatostatin was followed by 244 nmol infused at a constant rate over 90 minutes. Gastric emptying of a radiolabelled meal was surveyed with the use of a gamma camera. A weak delaying effect of somatostatin on gastric emptying of a solid meal did not prove to be statistically significant. Somatostatin decreased significantly the postprandial gastrin release: the area under the gastrin curve, AUC0-90, 9954 +/- 2287 ng.l-1 min (placebo) vs 5327 +/- 718 ng.l-1 min (somatostatin), p less than 0.05. At the same time suppression of the postprandial insulin release by somatostatin was observed--area under the insulin curve, AUC0-90, 1450 +/- 161 mU.l-1 min (placebo) vs 501 +/- 60 mU.l-1 min (somatostatin), p less than 0.002. The postprandial increase in serum glucose concentration was initially attenuated, and shifted towards the end of somatostatin infusion, when referred to the placebo situation. Somatostatin did not change significantly the serum calcium or phosphorus concentrations. The results obtained indicate that somatostatin's effect on gastric evacuation is less pronounced in contrast to the significant inhibitory influence of somatostatin on release of gastrointestinal hormones.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Internal Diseases, Silesian School of Medicine, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jonderko
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jonderko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gołab
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005502:Food; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000187:drug effects*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D008297:Male; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin