title: Adrenergic and cholinergic interactions in rat gastric somatostatin and gastrin release.
abstract: The interactions of adrenergic and cholinergic influences on the gastric D cell were studied using an isolated perfused rat stomach in vitro. The sevenfold increase in the release of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity (SLI) in response to isoproterenol (4 . 10(-8) M) was dose-dependently inhibited by acetylcholine (10(-5) to 10(-8) M) whereas gastrin levels increased in a dose-dependent manner. Both inhibition of stimulated SLI and augmentation of gastrin release were completely abolished by atropine (10(-6) M). Isoproterenol (8 . 10(-9) M)-induced stimulation of SLI secretion was not altered by atropine. Antral exclusion completely eliminated gastrin secretion but basal and beta-adrenergic stimulated SLI release was not influenced. It is concluded that (1) cholinergic agonism reverses the stimulatory action of adrenergic agonists on the D cell, and (2) SLI from the rat stomach in vitro originates almost exclusively in the fundic region.
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D013004:Somatostatin; D001285:Atropine; D001120:Arginine; D007545:Isoproterenol; D000109:Acetylcholine