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Y Minaire

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Increased effect of multiple doses of 40 749 RP a new long acting gastric antisecretory agent.

40,749 RP, a pyridyl-2-tetrahydrothiophene derivative is known to be a potent gastric antisecretory agent in animals and man. In 27 healthy volunteers in four double-blind cross-over studies, this activity has been examined against basal and pentagastrin stimulated gastric acid secretion. The effect of a single oral dose of 2 mg/kg was still present after 12, 24 and 48 h. The effect of 1 mg/kg was definitely increased after treatment for 7 days as compared to a single dose of 1 mg/kg.

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Effects of proximal gastric vagotomy on gastric secretory and plasma hormonal responses to sham feeding in patients with duodenal ulcers.

The effects of proximal gastric vagotomy on the gastric secretion of acid and pepsin, and on the release of gastrin and pancreatic polypeptide in response to sham feeding were assessed comparatively within 1-4 months after surgery in 32 male duodenal ulcer patients. Each test comprised three successive periods: basal, modified sham feeding (MSF) and pentagastrin stimulation. In each test period the acid output was strongly correlated with the corresponding pepsin output, both parameters being reduced to similar extents after vagotomy. The percentage of postoperative reduction of MSF-induced acid and pepsin outputs was positively correlated with the preoperative values. MSF resulted in a limited but significant release of gastrin, the response being significantly greater after surgery. The MSF-induced release of pancreatic polypeptide was significantly reduced by proximal gastric vagotomy, the reduction percentage being negatively correlated with the time elapsed since surgery. Neither pre- nor post-operatively did the gastrin and pancreatic polypeptide responses bear any relationship to the other parameters tested. We conclude that the study of sham feeding responses of pepsin, gastrin and pancreatic polypeptide provides no further information than does the measurement of acid secretion for the segregation of duodenal ulcer patients, especially with respect to follow-ups for ulcer recurrence.

Adolescent↗

Comparison of glycogen store in two strains of rat and guinea-pig under fed and fasted conditions.

Glycogen content in the liver, skeletal muscle and heart has been determined in Sprague-Dawley (SD) and Wistar (W) rats and in tricoloured (T) and albino Dunkin Hartley (DH) guinea-pigs. The 12-week-old animals were studied under non-fasted or control conditions (N) and after 48 hr of fast (F48). Hepatic glycogen was higher in DH guinea-pigs (95.6 +/- 3.8 mg g-1) than in W (77.2 +/- 5.3 mg g-1) and SD (80.2 +/- 2.3 mg g-1) rats under N conditions. Mean values for the two strains were slightly higher in guinea-pigs than in rats. After fasting, hepatic glycogen was almost exhausted in the two species but was higher in W (1.5 +/- 0.08 mg g-1) and T (1.5 +/- 0.2 mg g-1) than in SD and DH (0.6 +/- 0.1 mg g-1). The content of glycogen in the anterior muscles of the thigh was comparable in the two strains of rat and guinea-pig, but was twice as high in the guinea-pigs (DH:15.1 +/- 0.6; T: 16.4 +/- 0.7 mg g-1) as in the rats (SD: 8.1 +/- 0.2; W: 7.1 +/- 0.5 mg g-1) under N conditions. In F48 animals, muscular glycogen decreased by 41-46% (rats) and 38-39% (guinea-pigs). Hepatic and extra-liver glycogen stores were calculated and found higher in the guinea-pigs than in the rats. The total utilization during fasting was larger in the guinea-pigs (6140 mg/kg body wt) than in the rats (4500 mg/kg body wt).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Substrates for cold thermogenesis in thyrotoxic dogs.

The influence of thyrotoxicosis on energy supply during cold exposure was studied in normal and chronically thyroxine (T4)-treated normothermic dogs exposed to neutral (Ta,N = +25 degrees C) or cold (Ta,C = -21 degrees C) ambient temperatures. At Ta,N, T4 treatment significantly increased VO2, glucose turnover, and plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate concentration. The percentage of glucose turnover derived from alanine also increased in spite of lower alanine release. In cold, T4 treatment did not significantly modify O2 consumption, glucose turnover, or plasma alanine concentration, but plasma hydroxybutyrate, alanine clearance, and alanine conversion into glucose were significantly increased compared with control. It is suggested that in cold the main effect of thyrotoxicosis on energy supply, in addition to a trend toward lipid mobilization, is an increase in hepatic alanine extraction and conversion into glucose in the presence of lower muscular alanine delivery.

3-Hydroxybutyric Acid↗

Effect of cold ambient temperature on glucose and alanine turnover in dogs.

The metabolic effects of acute cold exposure were examined in dogs exposed to either +25 degrees C (TaN) or -21 degrees C (TaC). Simultaneous infusion of D-3-3H glucose and U-14C alanine was used to measure glucose (R Glu) and alanine carbon (R Ala) turnover rates. At the two ambient temperatures the animals remained normothermic and normoglycemic throughout the experiments. Cold exposure provoked a significant increase in VO2 (X 4.5), plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate concentration (X 1.8), R Glu (X 2.3) and alanine metabolic clearance (X 1.7), while plasma alanine concentration (X 0.4) and R Ala (X 0.6) were significantly decreased. At TaN and TaC, significant direct relationships were found between R (Ala) and plasma alanine concentration, the alanine fractional turnover rate being higher at TaC than at TaN. At the two ambient temperatures, inverse relationship was found between R (Ala) and plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate concentration. These experiments indicate that in spite of increased glucose needs, acute cold exposure is accompanied by reduced alanine release. They suggest that alanine plays only a minor role in cold-stimulated gluconeogenesis in dogs.

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Effects of endogenous glucagon on glucose kinetics in shivering dogs.

Intravenous infusion of D-[3-3H]glucose at a constant rate was used to measure glucose production (rate of appearance, Ra) and utilization (rate of disappearance, Rd) in normal overnight-fasted dogs exposed to either neutral (TaN = +25 degrees C) or cold (TaC = -21 degrees C) ambient temperature. At TaC the metabolic rate was 4.1 times greater than at TaN and the dogs remained normothermic under both conditions. During control periods, cold exposure provoked a 2.2 times increase in hepatic Ra while plasma glucagon remained unaffected. Between two control periods somatostatin (1 microgram.kg-1.min-1 iv) and insulin (0.5 mU.kg-1.min-1 intraportal) were infused in such a manner that plasma insulin remained fairly constant at basal levels while glucagon dropped by 51% (TaN) and 66% (TaC), these percentages being not significantly different. This selective glucagon deficiency resulted in a 24% (TaN) and 30% (TaC) reduction in plasma glucose concentration, due to a 23% (TaN) and 25% (TaC) reduction in glucose production. There was a significant (r = 0.82, P less than 0.01) correlation between the control Ra and the reduction induced by the glucagon deficiency. At TaN and TaC, two significant parallel relationships were found between hepatic Ra and plasma glucagon concentration suggesting that glucagon has a modulatory effect on more fundamental mechanisms triggered by the cold-increased metabolic needs.

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Effect of bombesin on gastric secretion and motility in the cat.

The effect of bombesin on acid and pepsin secretion and antral motility was compared to that of pentagastrin in conscious cats. Bombesin stimulated acid secretion to 65% of the maximal response to pentagastrin but induced a stronger pepsin secretion than any dose of pentagastrin. As to antral motility, bombesin first induced an effect comparable to that of pentagastrin, with an increase of low-amplitude and a decrease of high-amplitude contractions. After about 30 min of continuous infusion, the effect of bombesin changed with a return to basal frequency for the low-amplitude contractions and an increase of high-amplitude contractions. This effect was not observed with pentagastrin nor cholecystokinin and was not explained by the variations of plasma insulin concentration.

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Combined effects of cold and somatostatin on glucose kinetics in dogs.

The role of the endocrine pancreas in glucose production (Ra), utilization (Rd), and metabolic clearance (R'd) was investigated during acute exposure to cold in normal normothermic dogs. Two ambient temperatures (TaN = +25 degrees C and TaC = -21 degrees C) were selected. At TaC, metabolic rate and glucose turnover of the shivering dogs were 4.3 and 2.4 times, respectively, higher than in dogs resting at TaN. As compared with the pre-experimental period, somatostatin infusion at TaN induced a 25% (arterial) and 34% (portal) glucagon deficiency, while insulin concentration dropped by 59% (arterial) and 74% (portal). Similar values were obtained at TaC for glucagon (39% arterial and 47% portal) and for insulin (52% arterial and 56% portal). At TaN, these simultaneous hormonal alterations provoked a slight reduction in plasma glucose concentration which levelled down to 4.4 mM. This reduction was due to a decrease in Ra, followed by a parallel decrease in Rd whereas R'd remained unchanged. At TaC, plasma glucose concentration dropped to the same level but quickly rose again during somatostatin infusion. This rise was due to a larger reduction in Rd than in Ra, accompanied by an abrupt fall in R'd. This reduction in R'd appears to be an important mechanism able to restore euglycemia during global pancreatic hormone deficiency in cold exposed dogs.

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[Glucose metabolic clearance during acute cold exposure. Effects of insulin and glucagon (author's transl)].

The glucose metabolic clearance (CMG) was measured by using tritiated glucose in dogs either resting at neutral ambient temperature (TaN = + 25 degrees C) or shivering in the cold (TaC = 21 degrees C). Between two control periods, insulin and/or glucagon deficiencies were provoked by jugular somatostatin infusion without or with portal insulin (glucagon deficiency) or glucagon infusion (insulin deficiency). It was observed that: (1) In absence of hormonal deficiency, CMG was about twice as high at TaC as at TaN; (2) A simultaneous insulin and glucagon deficiency decreased CMG only at TaC; (3) Both at TaN and TaC, the CMG was either decreased or increased by insulin or glucagon deficiency respectively; (4) The magnitude (16-30%) of the hormonal-induced variations were small by comparison with the increase induced by the lowering of the ambient temperature.

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Relationships between the extent of ileal lesion of resection and vitamin B12, bile salt and fat absorption.

Vitamin B12 Urinary excretion, stool weight, fecal fat excretion, fecal 14C glycocholate excretion and 14CO2 output after I-14C glycocholate ingestion, were measured in 13 patients with non-operated ileal Crohn's disease (NOC), 14 patients with ileal resection for ileal Crohn's disease, with or without right colectomy (RC), and 11 patients with ileal resection with or without right colectomy for pathology other than Crohn's disease (RNC). A positive linear relationship was found between stool weight and 14C glycocholate fecal excretion. The logs of fecal fat and 14C glycocholate excretions were related to the extent of the ileal lesion of resection; a similar but negative relationship was observed for vitamin B12 urinary excretion. Fecal fat excretion and respiratory 14CO2 output were significantly higher in patients with right colectomy.

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Adult celiac disease associated with HLA-DRw3 and -DRw7.

Celiac disease (CD), which occurs in Europe with varying frequency, is known to be associated with HLA-B8 and even more strongly with HLA-Dw3 because of the high linkage disequilibrium between these two antigens. After typing for HLA-A, -B and -DR antigens in adult patients with CD, we can confirm the high prevalence of B8 (72.7%) and of DRw3 (63.7%). However we find that DRw7 is also significantly increased (54.5%); DRw3 and DRw7, taken together, represent 86% of our 22 patients.

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