title: Inhibition of insulin release by intraduodenally infused enterostatin-VPDPR in rats.
abstract: Enterostatin, an amino-terminal pentapeptide produced in the intestinal lumen after cleavage of pancreatic procolipase, has been shown to suppress fat intake in rats after intraduodenal infusion. In this study, female Sprague-Dawley rats fitted with a duodenal catheter were intestinally infused with enterostatin (Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg, 11.3 and 22.6 nmol/kg/min) plus 20% Intralipid for 30 min. Plasma insulin levels were significantly reduced, whereas plasma glucose concentrations were not altered by enterostatin-VPDPR. The tripeptide Asp-Pro-Arg was also found to decrease the levels of plasma insulin. However, the pentapeptide with the sequence Val-Pro-Gly-Pro-Arg, des-Arg-enterostatin Val-Pro-Asp-Pro and the tripeptide Pro-Asp-Pro failed to cause the reduction of plasma insulin levels in rats following intestinal infusion of these peptides. Radiolabeled enterostatin ([3H]VPDPR) was identified in plasma by HPLC following intraduodenal infusion of the peptide, indicating that the appearance of an intact enterostatin-VPDPR in blood. It is concluded that intestinally administered enterostatin-VPDPR and its metabolites reduce plasma levels of insulin stimulated by Intralipid.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouras
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erlanson-Albertsson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003089:Colipases / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004386:Duodenum; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D005260:Female; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D007329:Insulin Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D003089:Colipases; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D007328:Insulin; D007329:Insulin Antagonists; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; C107385:valyl-prolyl-aspartyl-prolyl-arginine; C037107:procolipase