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Yagi, K. et al.

Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide-27 on alkaline secretory and mucosal ulcerogenic responses in rat duodenum.

Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) on duodenal mucosal HCO3- secretion and ulcerogenic responses induced by mepirizole in anesthetized rats were examined and compared with those of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). Animals were given mepirizole (200 mg/kg, s.c.) for induction of duodenal ulcers, and gastric acid and duodenal HCO3- secretions were measured with or without pretreatment of PACAP-27 or VIP. Mepirizole increased acid secretion and induced hemorrhagic lesions in the proximal duodenum within 6 h. Intravenous bolus injection or infusion of PACAP-27 (4 and 8 nmol/kg or 8 nmol/kg/h) increased duodenal HCO3- secretion even in the presence of mepirizole, without effect on acid secretion, and significantly reduced the severity of duodenal lesions caused by mepirizole. In contrast, VIP (8 nmol/kg, i.v.) given by bolus injection significantly decreased acid secretion induced by mepirizole, in addition to stimulation of HCO3- secretion, and prevented duodenal lesions in response to mepirizole. These results suggest that PACAP-27 increases duodenal HCO3- secretion and this action may be important in maintaining the duodenal mucosal integrity against acid, and VIP affords duodenal protection by both increasing duodenal HCO3- secretion and decreasing acid secretion. The reason for the different effects of PACAP and VIP on acid secretion is unknown.[1]

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Effects of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide-27 on alkaline secretory and mucosal ulcerogenic responses in rat duodenum. Yagi, K., Takehara, K., Kitamura, M., Takeuchi, K. Life Sci. (1998) [Pubmed]

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