title: Effect of synthetic porcine neuropeptide Y (NPY) on splanchnic blood flows and exocrine pancreatic secretion in dogs.
abstract: This study examined the effect of synthetic porcine neuropeptide Y on the splanchnic blood flows and the exocrine pancreatic secretion in dogs. Graded doses of neuropeptide Y (0.1-5 microg/kg, intravenous) caused dose-dependent reduction of the secretin-stimulated exocrine pancreatic secretion and of the blood flows in the superior mesenteric artery, the portal vein, and the pancreatic tissue. Neuropeptide Y at 5 microg/kg reduced the blood flows to 45.9 +/- 13.3% (superior mesenteric artery), 63.0 +/- 10.5% (portal vein), and 77.9 +/- 4.8% (pancreatic tissue), respectively. This dose also reduced secretin-stimulated pancreatic juice volume and CCK-8 plus secretin-stimulated protein output to 65.2 +/- 9.3 and 63.3 +/- 14.0%, respectively. This study shows a potent vasoconstrictor effect of neuropeptide Y on splanchnic vessels. Neuropeptide Y also inhibited exocrine pancreatic secretion in a significant correlation with the reduction in pancreatic tissue blood flow, which suggests that reduction in the blood flow may be one of the possible mechanisms of the inhibitory action of neuropeptide Y on exocrine secretion.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kogire
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hosotani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yajima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tobe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000494:pharmacology*; D046790:Pancreas, Exocrine / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y