title: [Effect of pentagastrin and cimetidine on gastric protein loss in exudative gastropathies].
abstract: The effectiveness of cimetidine in decreasing protein loss in protein-losing gastropathies has recently been questioned. The present investigation was designed to test the effects of pentagastrin and cimetidine on gastric protein loss in 6 patients with this type gastropathy: 4 with Ménétrier's disease and 2 with Stempien's disease. Fecal and gastric loss of 51Cr-labelled proteins were measured and expressed as ml of plasma per unit of time +/- SEM. Gastric protein loss was measured during intravenous infusion of normal saline, pentagastrin alone (6 microgram/kg/h), combined pentagastrin and cimetidine (1.5 mg/kg/h), and cimetidine alone. Each solution was perfused during 105 min to obtain a steady state effect upon gastric protein loss during one hour. Fecal clearance was increased in all patients: 193 +/- 16 ml/day (N less than 40 ml/day). Gastric 51Cr albumin loss was increased by pentagastrin stimulation (15.9 +/- 1.2 ml/h); cimetidine resulted in a reduction of the pentagastrin induced loss (7.0 +/- 3.8 ml/h) while cimetidine alone had no effect (3.8 +/- 0.6 ml/h) on basal loss. Our results suggest that cimetidine therapy may be of benefit in decreasing protein loss in patients with this type of gastropathy.
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005758:Gastritis, Hypertrophic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010418:Pentagastrin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D002927:Cimetidine; D010418:Pentagastrin
vernacular_title: Effet de la pentagastrine et de la cimétidine sur les pertes protéiques gastriques au cours des gastropathies exsudatives.