title: Brain-gut peptides in sauna-induced hyperthermia.
abstract: The release of brain-gut peptides during sauna bathing was studied in seven women. All women underwent a 20 min sauna bath. Their sublingual temperature rose from 36.9 +/- 0.1 degrees C to 38.6 +/- 0.2 degrees C (mean +/- SEM). A significant increase in circulating plasma vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) was observed during heat exposure, whereas plasma pancreatic polypeptide (PP), motilin and blood glucose rose and stayed significantly elevated first during the ensuing 60 min (P less than 0.05 in all cases). A similar increase in plasma insulin failed to reach statistical significance, whereas the plasma levels of somatostatin and cholecystokinin (CCK) remained unchanged. It is suggested that the plasma VIP levels are related to compensatory mechanisms during heat exposure with vasodilatation and heat loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Laboratory of Gastroenterology), University Hospital of Tromsö, Norway.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Jenssen
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Haukland
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Burhol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D009037:Motilin / Q000097:blood; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide / Q000097:blood; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000097:blood; D029002:Steam Bath; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D007328:Insulin; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D013004:Somatostatin; D009037:Motilin; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide