Effect of luminal somatostatin on pentagastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion in the rat.
The perfused rat stomach was used to investigate the effect of intragastrically administered somatostatin (S-14) on basal and pentagastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion. Intravenous injection of pentagastrin (10 micrograms/kg body wt) induced a peak acid output (PAO) of 6.3 +/- 0.45 mu eq H+. With luminal perfusion of the stomach by S-14 (100 micrograms X kg-1 X min-1), no significant inhibition of gastric acid secretion was observed (PAO: 5.9 +/- 0.6 mu eq H+). The same dose of S-14 administered intravenously significantly inhibited acid secretion (PAO: 1.7 +/- 0.4 mu eq H+) as did intravenous injection of neutralized S-14-containing gastric perfusate obtained by perfusion from a different rat stomach (PAO: 1.9 +/- 0.5 mu eq H+). Intravenous injection of a saline gastric perfusate containing no S-14 did not alter gastric acid secretion (PAO: 6.3 +/- 0.7 mu eq H+). It is concluded that S-14 does inhibit gastric acid secretion when administered systemically but not by intraluminal application.
D000818:Animals; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010418:Pentagastrin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013004:Somatostatin; D010418:Pentagastrin