Abstract

In chronic gastric fistula rats 0.20 M HCl and 1200 mOsm X kg-1 solution of polyethylene glycol (PEG) infused into a duodenal loop anastomosed to the jejunum (Roux-en-Y) produced maximal inhibition of pentagastrin-stimulated acid secretion, which amounted to 60% and 50%, respectively. In the present study in Roux-en-Y rats with gastric fistula, perfusion of the loop with hyperosmolal (1200 mOsm X kg-1 of PEG solution) 0.20 M HCl produced a greater reduction of the maximal response to pentagastrin (91% inhibition) than perfusion with 0.20 M HCl (64%), suggesting that HCl and hyperosmolal solution inhibit secretion by different mechanisms. The maximal acid response to histamine was more resistant to inhibition than that to pentagastrin; 0.20 M HCl inhibited secretion by 43%, 1200 mOsm X kg-1 of PEG solution by 42%, and hyperosmolal 0.20 M HCl by 60%. The results suggest that HCl and hyperosmolal solution also inhibit histamine-stimulated secretion by different mechanisms. The anatomical sites of the mechanisms remain to be established.

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