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Secretin and pancreatic islet biood flow in anesthetized rats: Increased insulin secretion with no augmentation of blood perfusion

Abstract

Secretin is a stimulator of both endocrine and exocrine secretions of the pancreas, and we aimed to evaluate its effects on splanchnic blood flow in rats with a microsphere technique. Anesthetized rats were infused with secretin (0.5 or 2.0 µg/kg body weight/hr) for 10 minutes. Some animals were normoglycemic, whereas other received a glucose injection 3 minutes before blood flow measurements. Secretin did not affect serum insulin concentrations in normoglycemic animals but consistently led to higher insulin concentrations in the hyperglycémie rats. Total pancreatic blood flow was increased by the highest secretin dose in normoglycemic animals, whereas no effects were seen in the hyperglycémie rats. Administration of glucose caused a pronounced increase in islet and fractional islet blood flow in saline-infused animals. Secretin affected neither islet nor fractional blood flow in normoglycemic or hyperglycémie rats. Glucose administration increased duodenal blood flow in animals infused with saline and both duodenal and colonie blood flow in rats given the lowest dose of secretin. No effects on either colonie or duodenal blood perfusion were seen in animals infused with the highest dose of secretin. Secretin mainly affects blood flow to the whole pancreas and not that of the islets. Furthermore, glucose-induced insulin release can be achieved without a simultaneous increase in islet blood flow; that is these two events may be dissociated from one another.

Résumé

La sécrétine stimule les fonctions sécrétoires endocrine et exocrine du pancréas. Notre but a été d’évaluer les effets de la sécrétine sur le débit splanchnique chez le rat avec la technique des microsphères. Une fois anesthésiés, les rats ont recu une perfusion de sécrétine (0,5 ou 2,0 µ/kg de poids corporel/h) pendant 10 minutes. Quelques animaux étaient normoglycémiques, alors que d’autres ont reçu une injection de glucose 3 minutes avant de mesurer le débit de sécrétions. L’injection de sécrétine n’a pas influencé les concentrations sériques d’insuline chez l’animal normoglycémique, mais, les concentrations d’insuline ont toujours été plus élevées chez le rat hyperglycémique. La dose de sécrétine la plus élevée a augmenté, chez l’animal normoglycémique, le débit global, mais aucun effet n’a été observe chez les rats hyperglycémiques. L’administration de glucose a provoqué une augmentation prononcée du débit insulaire et insulaire fractionné chez l’animal perfuse par du sérum physiologique. L’infusion de sécrétine n’a influencé ni le débit insulaire ni le débit insulaire fractionné chez le rat normoglycémique ou hyperglycémique. L’administration de glucose a augmenté le débit sanguin duodenal chez l’animal perfusé avec du sérum physiologique, ainsi que le débit duodenal et colique chez les animaux perfuses avec la plus basse dose de sécrétine. Les effets de la sécrétine se manifestent surtout en ce qui concerne le débit global du pancréas, pas celui des ilôts. De plus, le largage d’insuline en rapport avec le glucose peut être réalisé sans augmentation simultanée du débit sanguin insulaire, autrement dit, ces deux phénomfènes peuvent être dissociés.

Resumen

La secretina estimula la secreción tanto del páncreas endocrino como del exocrino. El objetivo de este estudio fue valorar en ratas, con una técnica de microesferas, la acción de la secretina sobre el flujo sanguineo esplácnico. En ratas anestesiadas se infundió, en 10 minutos, secretina (0.5 o 2.0µ/kg de peso/hora). Algunos animales eran normoglicemicos, mientras que en otros se inyectó glucosa 3 minutos antes de medir el flujo sanguíneo. La secretina no modifica la concetración sérica de insulina en los animales normoglicemicos, pero origina concentraciones más elevadas de insulina en las ratas hiperglicémicas. El flujo sanguineo total del páncreas aumentó cuando se infundieron las dosis más elevadas de secretina en animales normoglicemicos, no observándose este efecto en las ratas hiperglicémicas. La administración de glucosa en animales perfundidos con suero salino, provoca un incremento del flujo sanguíneo total y fraccionado de los islotes de Langerhans. La secretina, tanto en ratas normoglicémicas como hiperglicémicas, no aumenta ni el flujo sanguíneo fraccionado ni el total de los islotes de Langerhans. En animales perfundidos con suero salino la administración de glucosa incrementa el flujo sanguíneo duodenal. La administración de la dosis más pequeña de secretina, incrementa tanto el flujo sanguineo duodenal como el del colon. Si se administra la dosis más alta de secretina, no se observa efecto alguno en el flujo de perfusión tanto duodenal como colónico. La secretina afecta sobre todo al flujo sanguíneo del páncreas y no al de los islotes pancreáticos. Incluso la liberación de insulina inducida por la administración de glucosa puede producirse sin que aumente simultáneamente el flujo sanguíneo de los islotes pancreáticos por lo que estos dos efectos han de disociarse uno del otro.

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Carlsson, PO., Jansson, L. Secretin and pancreatic islet biood flow in anesthetized rats: Increased insulin secretion with no augmentation of blood perfusion. World J. Surg. 25, 835 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-001-0037-0

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Keywords

  • Secretin
  • Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide
  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activate Polypeptide
  • Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide
  • Pancreatic Blood Flow