Abstract
The effect of fat emulsion in the upper intestine on the maximal gastric acid response to pentagastrin was studied in chronic gastric fistula (GF) rats with a 4-cm blind loop of the duodenum anastomosed to the jejunum (Roux-en-Y). Fat emulsion in the loop inhibited the acid response by 85%. To localize the site of the inhibitory mechanism, GF rats were provided with Thirty-Vella loops of the duodenum (bile and pancreatic ducts transplanted to the proximal jejunum) or with Thirty-Vella loops of the proximal jejunum and a Roux-en-Y loop of the duodenum to prevent gastric juice from entering the duodenum. Perfusion of the duodenal loop with fat emulsion mixed with bile and pancreatic juice reduced the acid response by 49%, but perfusion of the proximal jejunal loop did not alter the response. It is concluded that the intestinal mechanism for inhibition of acid secretion by fat is located in the duodenum in rats.
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