Somatostatin as a mediator of the effect of neurotensin on pentagastrin-stimulated acid secretion in rats

Robert A. Hammer, Alejandro Ochoa, Cesar Fernandez, Atilla Ertan, Akira Arimura

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Abstract

Neurotensin and somatostatin have both been shown to inhibit gastric acid secretion, but no interaction between these peptides has been demonstrated. To determine whether somatostatin might be a mediator of neurotensin's effect on pentagastrin-stimulated gastric acid secretion, we performed the following three experiments. First, we collected 0.2-ml samples of portal venous blood as frequently as every 5 min, and we confirmed a significant release of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity into portal venous blood during neurotensin-induced inhibition of acid secretion. This release of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity and inhibition of acid secretion were only seen in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats, but no sustained release of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity or inhibition of acid secretion occurred in urethane-anesthetized animals. In the second experiment, we analyzed portal plasma by high pressure liquid chromatography, and found that portal somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in blood collected during neurotensin infusion was composed of a single peak corresponding to somatostatin-14. In the third experiment, we found that infusion of antibody to somatostatin prevented neurotensin from inhibiting pentagastrin-stimulated acid secretion. Taken together, these data show that somatostatin, possibly from the stomach itself, is a necessary mediator of neurotensin's inhibitory effect in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1175-1179
Number of pages5
JournalPeptides
Volume13
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1992

Keywords

  • Bioassay
  • Enterogastrone
  • Pentobarbital
  • Portal blood
  • Radioimmunoassay
  • Urethane

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Biochemistry

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