title: Sauvagine: effects on gastric acid secretion in rats.
abstract: Intracerebroventricular (ICV) and subcutaneous (SC) injections of sauvagine powerfully inhibited gastric acid secretion stimulated by gastric distension and by 2-deoxy-D-glucose, but not by histamine in pylorus-ligated rats. Naloxone failed to antagonize the antisecretory effects of SC and ICV sauvagine. Intravenous infusion of sauvagine completely suppressed bethanechol-stimulated gastric secretion, significantly decreased pentagastrin-stimulated gastric secretion and did not modify histamine-stimulated gastric secretion in gastric-perfused rats. The inhibitory effect of sauvagine on gastric secretory response is not mediated through opioid or histamine receptors. It appears to be dependent on a vagal mechanism as well as other mechanisms that await further elucidation.
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: D029845:Amphibian Proteins; D000818:Animals; D018723:Bethanechol; D001626:Bethanechol Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000187:drug effects; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D010418:Pentagastrin / Q000494:pharmacology; D036361:Peptide Hormones; D010455:Peptides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D029845:Amphibian Proteins; D001626:Bethanechol Compounds; D036361:Peptide Hormones; D010455:Peptides; D018723:Bethanechol; D009270:Naloxone; C025727:sauvagine; D006632:Histamine; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D010418:Pentagastrin