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Harling, H. et al.

Distribution and effect of galanin on gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi motility in the pig.

This study was designed to determine the occurrence and topographical distribution of galanin-like immunoreactivity (GAL-LI) in the porcine gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi and to investigate the pharmacologic effect of GAL on gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi motility. By radioimmunoassay the concentration of GAL-LI in the gallbladder was 2.75 +/- 0.23, 9.73 +/- 1.33 in the common bile duct and 5.10 +/- 0.37 in the sphincter of Oddi (pmol/g +/- SE). By immunohistochemistry GAL-LI was found exclusively in ganglionic cells and in nerve fibers among the smooth muscle bundles. Gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi pressures were recorded before and during 5-minute local intraarterial infusion of 4, 8, 19, 39, 78 and 194 ng GAL - Kg-1 - min-1 in 12 anaesthetized pigs. GAL in doses greater than or equal to 39 ng.kg-1.min-1 significantly reduced sphincter of Oddi phasic wave frequency (4.8 +/- 0.4 vs. 2.1 +/- 0.5; p = 0.004) and sphincter of Oddi motility index (70.2 +/- 6.02 vs. 27.7 +/- 8.3; p = 0.002) but did not affect gallbladder pressure. We conclude that the distribution of GAL-LI in the sphincter of Oddi and the effect that a pharmacologic dose of GAL has on sphincter of Oddi motor activity, suggests that GAL may be involved in the physiologic control of bile flow in the pig.[1]

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Distribution and effect of galanin on gallbladder and sphincter of Oddi motility in the pig. Harling, H., Messell, T., Jensen, S.L., Poulsen, S.S. HPB surgery : a world journal of hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery. (1991) [Pubmed]

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