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Pancreatic secretory response to intraileal amino acids

Studies in dogs with an In situ neurally isolated ileum

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Background: Intraileal carbohydrates and lipids affect the pancreatic exocrine secretion, but the effect of intraileal amino acids and the role of the extrinsic nerves of the ileum as mediators of the pancreatic bicarbonate and enzyme output are unknown.

Methods: Four dogs underwent total extrinsic denervation of the entire ileum. Thomas-like cannulas were placed into the stomach, duodenum (to collect pure pancreatic juice), and at the jejuno-ileal junction. Eight neurally intact control dogs received only the three fistulas. After recovery, in both sets of dogs, dose-response studies of the pancreatic secretory response to intraileal infusion with graded loads of tryptophan (0.12–10.0 mmol/h) were performed, given against an intravenous (iv) background of secretin (20.5 pmol/kg/h) and cerulein (29.6 pmol/kg/h). On separate days, control experiments with intraileal infusion of 0.15 M NaCl were performed.

Results: In both sets of dogs, iv secretin plus cerulein significantly (p<0.05) increased pancreatic bicarbonate and protein output above basal. Intraileal tryptophan caused a dose-dependent decrease in the pancreatic bicarbonate and protein response to secretin plus cerulein. In the dogs with denervated ileum, this inhibition was significantly stronger than in the intact animals. In both sets of dogs, the 225-min integrated bicarbonate (IBR) and protein response (IPR) to all loads of tryptophan were significantly lower than in control experiments. Both IBR and IPR were significantly lower in the denervated as compared with the intact animals.

Conclusions: 1) Extrinsic denervation of the entire ileum is a valuable preparation to study the role of nerves in the control of pancreatic exocrine secretion; 2) both in the intact and denervated animals the amino acid tryptophan induces an “ileal brake” of the hormonally stimulated pancreatic bicarbonate and protein output; 3) the extrinsic nerves of the ileum are probably not the dominant mediators of the inhibitory action of intraileal tryptophan but rather counteract this effect.

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  1. Department of Medicine IV (Gastroenterology), University Hospital of Heidelberg at Mannheim, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Elke Niebergall-Roth, Stephan Teyssen & Manfred V. Singer

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Essen, Essen, Germany

    Wolfgang Niebel

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Niebergall-Roth, E., Teyssen, S., Niebel, W. et al. Pancreatic secretory response to intraileal amino acids. International Journal of Pancreatology 28, 83–90 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:28:2:083

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