title: The effect of muscarinic and beta-adrenergic blockade on cysteamine-induced gastrin secretion by the isolated perfused rat stomach.
abstract: Cysteamine-induced duodenal ulceration in rats is accompanied by increased circulating gastrin. Although cysteamine appears to exert a direct action on the gastrin cell some groups have provided evidence for an involvement of the autonomic nervous system. The current experiments were performed to determine whether beta-adrenergic or cholinergic (muscarinic) pathways are involved in the acute effect of cysteamine on gastrin secretion in the isolated perfused rat stomach. Cysteamine (1 mM) increased gastrin (IRG) secretion to a maximum ranging between 100% and 192% above basal. A cysteamine concentration of 5mM resulted in peak levels ranging between 150% and 1050% above basal. Addition of atropine or propranalol did not influence the responses obtained. The present results, therefore, do not support a role for either cholinergic or beta-adrenergic pathways in cysteamine-induced gastrin release at the level of the stomach and suggest that in vivo such autonomic effects are mediated extrinsically.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003543:Cysteamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D003543:Cysteamine; D001285:Atropine; D011433:Propranolol