title: Inhibition of gastric acid secretion by intracerebral injection of calcitonin gene related peptide in rats.
abstract: Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP), a 37 amino acid peptide recently characterized from the rat brain, injected into the cisterna magna or the lateral hypothalamus, inhibited gastric acid secretion and increased serum gastrin levels in conscious pylorus-ligated rats. CGRP suppressed pentagastrin- and histamine-induced stimulation of gastric secretion in urethane-anesthetized gastric fistula rats. Peptide action was dose-dependent, not modified by adrenalectomy and peripheral sympathectomy induced by guanethidine pretreatment and reversed by vagotomy. These results demonstrate that intracisternal or intralateral hypothalamic injection of CGRP inhibits stimulated gastric acid secretion. The mechanism of action is vagal dependent and unrelated to modification of gastrin secretion or activation of sympathetic outflow.
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood; D006145:Guanethidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010418:Pentagastrin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D006632:Histamine; D010418:Pentagastrin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D006145:Guanethidine