title: Regulation of secretion of pancreatic spasmolytic polypeptide from porcine pancreas.
abstract: We studied the neural and hormonal regulation of the secretion of pancreatic spasmolytic polypeptide (PSP), a potential growth factor, from isolated perfused porcine pancreas and the pancreatic exocrine secretion of PSP in response to a meal in young conscious pigs. PSP concentrations in the pancreatic juice ranged from 1 to 180 micrograms/ml. PSP released to the venous effluent amounted to 0.4-7% of the total output. Thus PSP is predominantly an exocrine product. Electrical vagal nerve stimulation increased PSP output 30-fold. Acetylcholine mimicked the effect of nerve stimulation, which was inhibited but not abolished by atropine. Both vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and gastrin-releasing peptide stimulated PSP secretion. PSP concentration in the juice decreased in response to secretin and increased after cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8), but both increased PSP output. In conscious pigs, pancreatic secretion of protein and PSP increased in parallel. Like pancreatic enzyme secretion, we conclude that PSP secretion is controlled by parasympathetic mechanisms that include both cholinergic and peptidergic pathways and by endocrine mechanisms that may include both secretin and CCK-8.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physiology C, Panum Institute, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harling
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pierzynowski
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Weström
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Holst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009077:Mucins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism*; D010189:Pancreatic Juice / Q000737:chemistry; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012633:Secretin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012844:Sincalide / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine; D000071164:Trefoil Factor-2; D000071165:Trefoil Factor-3; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009077:Mucins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010455:Peptides; C099037:TFF3 protein, rat; C000604008:Tff2 protein, rat; D000071164:Trefoil Factor-2; D000071165:Trefoil Factor-3; D012633:Secretin; D001285:Atropine; D019886:Gastrin-Releasing Peptide; C034407:pancreatic spasmolytic polypeptide; D012844:Sincalide