Abstract
The role of nerves that liberate vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in the porcine pancrease as mediators of the atropine-resistant action of the vagus on flow and bicarbonate (HCO3) secretion was examined. Efferent electrical stimulation of the vagus in atropinized pigs produced a profuse flow of pancreatic juice with high HCO3 content concomitantly with a significant increase in pancreatic VIP output from 13 to 113 fmol/min. Intravenous administration of somatostatin (SRIF) during continuous electrical vagal stimulation caused a parallel suppression of the VIP release and the pancreatic fluid and HCO3 secretion to prestimulatory values. The SRIF-induced reduction in fluid and HCO3 secretion seemed to be mediated via an inhibition of the VIP release rather than through a direct effect on the exocrine cells, inasmuch as SRIF did not influence the VIP-provoked exocrine response from the in vitro isolated perfused porcine pancreas. The results support the view that VIP is transmitter in the vagally induced atropine-resistant water and HCO3 secretion from the porcine pancreas.
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