title: L-homoarginine suppresses exocrine pancreas in rats.
abstract: Previously, we found that guanidinated casein, a L-homoarginine-containing protein, was a more potent stimulator of pancreatic enzyme secretion than intact casein in rats. In this study, we examined secretory response and adaptation of the exocrine pancreas to the administration of free L-homoarginine in normal and bile-pancreatic juice (BPJ)-diverted rats. An intraperitoneal injection of L-homoarginine (10 mg/rats) produced immediate and transient reduction in pancreatic secretion in BPJ-diverted rats, but not in normal rats. The BPJ-diverted rats were fed with either a 25% casein, 45% casein, or 45% casein diet supplemented with L-homoarginine (19 g/kg diet) for 4 days. Feeding of a diet containing L-homoarginine inhibited the pancreatic adaptation induced by the high-protein diet. These results indicate that L-homoarginine has an inhibitory effect on the secretion and production of exocrine pancreatic enzyme in BPJ-diverted rats, and L-homoarginine may have an antagonistic effect on CCK receptors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hira
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002364:Caseins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D006709:Homoarginine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010189:Pancreatic Juice / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; D006709:Homoarginine; D002918:Chymotrypsin; D014357:Trypsin