title: Intrathecal injection of bombesin inhibits gastric acid secretion in the rat.
abstract: Bombesin (100-500 ng) injected intrathecally (T9-10) inhibited gastric acid secretion stimulated by pentagastrin and the GABAB agonist baclofen in urethane-anesthetized rats and basal gastric acid secretion in conscious, pylorus-ligated rats. Peptide action was dose-related, occurred within 30 min, and lasted for greater than 1 h. Bombesin-induced inhibition of pentagastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion was not altered by cervical cord transection. Intravenous infusion of the monoclonal bombesin antibody 2A11 abolished intravenous bombesin (10 micrograms/kg.h)-induced 33% inhibition of gastric response to pentagastrin but did not alter intrathecal bombesin (200 ng)-induced 38% inhibition of gastric response to pentagastrin. The inhibitory effect of bombesin (200 ng) on pentagastrin-stimulated gastric secretion was reversed by bilateral adrenalectomy or removal of celiac and mesenteric ganglia. Intrathecal injections of rat calcitonin gene-related peptide, neuromedin B, neuromedin U, and the stable substance P analogue (pGlu5, MePhe8, MeGly9)-substance P(5-11) did not alter pentagastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion. These results demonstrate that bombesin injected into the subarachnoid space of the spinal cord inhibits vagally stimulated and pentagastrin-stimulated gastric secretion in rats. Bombesin action is peptide specific, exerted at a spinal site, and expressed through the sympathetic nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Center for Ulcer Research and Education, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cuttitta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Raybould
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taché
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001418:Baclofen / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001839:Bombesin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D008297:Male; D010418:Pentagastrin; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D010418:Pentagastrin; D001418:Baclofen; D001839:Bombesin