title: Role of gastrin-releasing peptide in pepsinogen secretion from the isolated perfused rat stomach.
abstract: We studied the effects of the neuropeptide gastrin-releasing peptide on pepsinogen secretion using an isolated perfused rat stomach with intact vagal innervation. Following electrical stimulation of the vagus nerves, the pepsin output to the luminal effluent increased from 94 +/- 7 to 182 +/- 24 units pepsin/min and the release of immunoreactive gastrin-releasing peptide to the venous effluent increased from 0.059 +/- 0.014 to 0.138 +/- 0.028 pmol/min. Infusion of gastrin-releasing peptide at 10(-8) M significantly increased pepsin output (from 87 +/- 17 to 129 +/- 22 units pepsin/min) and simultaneous infusion of gastrin-releasing peptide and carbachol at 10(-8) and 10(-6) M, respectively, resulted in an increase to almost 4 times the basal values. Atropine reduced but did not abolish the pepsin response to vagal stimulation and to infusion of gastrin-releasing peptide. Our results suggest that gastrin-releasing peptide participates in the vagal control of pepsinogen secretion.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skak-Nielsen
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Holst
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fjalland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000294:innervation; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D010434:Pepsin A / Q000378:metabolism; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000294:innervation; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D010435:Pepsinogens; D010455:Peptides; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide; D002217:Carbachol; D010434:Pepsin A