title: Effects of somatostatin (SMS) on pancreatic microcirculation.
abstract: The effect of bolus infusion of increasing somatostatin (SMS) concentrations (1, 10, 100, 200 micrograms/100 g body wt) on pancreatic microcirculation and pancreatic tissue PO2 were investigated by using in vivo epifluorescence microscopy and a polarographic PO2 measurement technique. Additionally, the microperfusion of the pancreas, liver, spleen, stomach, and duodenum was measured by a laser Doppler device. Bolus infusion of SMS caused a significant, transient, and dose-dependent decrease in pancreatic capillary RBC velocities (to 50% of baseline) and acinar capillary overall perfusion (to 20% of baseline), which was not caused by a macrocirculatory depression. This pronounced decrease in microperfusion was not paralleled by a decline in tissue PO2. Laser Doppler measurements revealed that pancreatic and gastric microperfusion were reduced only at maximal SMS concentrations, considering that microperfusion of the liver, spleen, and duodenum was not altered. Therefore, we found further evidence that circulatory adjustment might occur during SMS inhibited secretory activity of the exocrine pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Plusczyk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rathgeb
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westermann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feifel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000502:physiology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply
chemical_list: D013004:Somatostatin