title: Gastrointestinal secretory, motor, circulatory, and metabolic effects of prosomatostatin.
abstract: This study compares the gastrointestinal effects of somatostatin (SS) and its putative prohormone, prosomatostatin (Pro-SS), a 28-amino acid peptide isolated from the hypothalamus and the gut, in conscious dogs with chronic gastric and pancreatic fistulae. Pro-Ss suppressed the release of serum gastrin, insulin, and pancreatic polypeptide that occurs in response to feeding a meat meal in a manner similar to that seen with SS. However, in contrast to SS, which strongly reduced intestinal blood flow and oxygen consumption and stimulated intestinal motility, Pro-SS, at the doses tested, had no influence on mesenteric circulation, oxygen uptake, and intestinal motility. We conclude that Pro-SS mimics most of the gastrointestinal secretory actions of SS, but does not exhibit the intestinal circulatory, metabolic, and motor effects of SS.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002108:Ceruletide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D004386:Duodenum / Q000502:physiology; D004435:Eating; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010189:Pancreatic Juice / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010418:Pentagastrin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D012633:Secretin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D012633:Secretin; D013004:Somatostatin; C028456:prosomatostatin; D002108:Ceruletide; D010418:Pentagastrin