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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
To determine if gastric A-cells are a major source of the glucagonemia of insulin-deprived depancreatized dogs and to examine their secretory behavior, immunoreactive glucagon (IRG) was measured simultaneously in plasma from the inferior vena cava (VC) and from a gastric vein (GV) draining the fundus. Basal GV IRG averaged 205 +/- 35 pg/ml, significantly above the VC level of 71 +/- 30 (P less than 0.001) and rose to 1417 +/- 498 1.5 minutes after the start of an arginine infusion, exceeding VC IRG at all points (P less than 0.01). Measurement of IRG in gastric, jejunal, and ileal veins and vena cava revealed an IRG gradient only across the stomach. Measurement of glucagon-like immunoreactivity (GLI) revealed no gradient across the stomach, jejunum, or ileum, thus excluding cross-reaction with GLI as the cause of the GV hyperglucagonemia. Intragastric arginine elicited a near doubling of GV IRG within 1.5 minutes and this persisted for at least 120 minutes, ranging from 142 to 623 pg/ml above the VC level. Infusion of insulin at a physiologic rate lowered GV IRG from 665 +/- 66 to 151 +/- 49 pg/ml in 20 minutes and abolished the GV-VC gradient within 60 minutes, whereas intravenous and intragastric glucose administration without insulin did not alter GV IRG. It is concluded that: 1) in the insulin-deprived depancreatized dog, the stomach is a major source of IRG; 2) gastric IRG secretion is somehow stimulated by intravenous and intragastric arginine administration; 3) it is not influenced by intravenous or intragastric glucose administration; and 4) its release is suppressed by physiologic levels of insulin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1182-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Gastric A-cell function in insulin-deprived depancreatized dogs.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.