title: The role of amino acid decarboxylase in the stimulation of gastrin release in man.
abstract: As amino acid-induced gastrin release is dependent on amino acid decarboxylase activity in rat, we examined the gastrin response to intragastric phenylalanine before and after treatment with carbidopa in 12 healthy male volunteers; carbidopa is an inhibitor of aromatic amino acid decarboxylation. Our results showed no significant difference between the pre- and postcarbidopa periods in the same subjects, suggesting that decarboxylation is not a necessary step for amino acids to stimulate G-cells in man. However, carbidopa seems to have an inhibitory effect on gastrin release, independently of its action on decarboxylase activity.
authors.affiliation: Liege University, Department of Medicine, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brassinne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001142:Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases / Q000502:physiology*; D002230:Carbidopa / Q000494:pharmacology; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D010649:Phenylalanine; D001142:Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases; D002230:Carbidopa