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Conlon, J.M. et al.

Effects of a transplantable insulinoma upon regulatory peptide concentrations in the gastrointestinal tract of the rat.

The rapid growth (0.8 +/- 0.3 g/day) of a transplantable insulinoma, which also contained substance P (2.9 +/- 2.3 pmol/g) and gastrin-releasing peptide (3.2 +/- 2.1 pmol/g), resulted in the development of hyperphagia, hyperinsulinaemia and hypoglycaemia in rats (n = 8). After a 14-day growth period, the insulinoma-bearing rats showed an increase (49%; p less than 0.01) in the weight of the small intestine but no significant change in stomach weight compared with control animals. The content (pmol/organ) of somatostatin, substance P, neurokinin A and vasoactive intestinal peptide in the stomachs of the tumour rats was unchanged. A depletion in the content (53% p less than 0.01) and concentration (57%; p less than 0.01) of gastrin-releasing peptide, however, suggested either hypersecretion, possibly mediated through hypoglycaemia-induced vagal stimulation, or inhibition of synthesis. The concentration and content of glucagon-like immunoreactivity (enteroglucagon) in the small intestine of the insulinoma rats increased markedly (47%; p less than 0.01 and 120%; p less than 0.01). This increase is consistent with a proposed role of this peptide as a factor trophic to the intestinal mucosa. No significant changes in the concentrations of somatostatin, substance P, neurokinin A, vasoactive intestinal peptide and gastrin-releasing peptide in the small intestine were observed. However, the increase in gut weight resulted in a greater content of vasoactive intestinal peptide (40%; p less than 0.01) and substance P (37%; p less than 0.05) in the insulinoma rats.[1]

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Effects of a transplantable insulinoma upon regulatory peptide concentrations in the gastrointestinal tract of the rat. Conlon, J.M., Deacon, C.F., Bailey, C.J., Flatt, P.R. Diabetologia (1986) [Pubmed]

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