title: Pentagastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion by the isolated perfused rat stomach.
abstract: The purpose of this present study was to develop a method for stimulation of acid secretion by the isolated perfused rat stomach. Rat stomachs were perfused in situ via the abdominal aorta and celiac axis with Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer in the presence or absence of 10% ovine erythrocytes. The gastric lumen was perfused with distilled water and gastric contents were collected at frequent intervals through a catheter at the pylorus. Sixty minute gastric acid output in response to various concentrations of pentagastrin was determined by titration of gastric contents with 0.01 N NaOH to pH 7.0. During arterial perfusion with Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer in the absence of ovine erythrocytes gastric acid output was 2.50 +/- 0.58 SEM microEq H+/h, which did not increase in response to perfusion with Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer containing pentagastrin. However, inclusion of 10% ovine erythrocytes in the arterial perfusate resulted in substantial stimulation of gastric acid by pentagastrin: maximal acid output, achieved with a pentagastrin dose of 0.6 microgram/kg/h, was 23.5 +/- 3.73 microEq H+/h (p less than 0.01). The results of the present study demonstrate the capacity of the isolated vascularly perfused rat stomach to secrete acid and provide a model for studying interactions of gastrointestinal regulatory peptides and their physiologic roles in the regulation of gastric acid secretion.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002021:Buffers; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D010418:Pentagastrin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D010418:Pentagastrin; D010100:Oxygen