Metabolism and acid secretory effect of sulfated and nonsulfated gastrin-6 in humans

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (5) ◽  
pp. G903-G909 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Palnæs Hansen ◽  
F. Stadil ◽  
J. F. Rehfeld

The antral hormone gastrin is synthesized by processing progastrin into different peptides that stimulate gastric secretion. The effect on acid secretion depends mainly on the metabolic clearance rate of the peptides, but some of them may differ in potency and maximum acid output at similar concentrations in plasma. Sulfated and nonsulfated gastrin-6 are the smallest circulating bioactive gastrins in humans. Their effect and metabolism have now been investigated in nine normal subjects and compared with nonsulfated gastrin-17, a main product of progastrin. Maximum acid output after stimulation with gastrin-17, sulfated gastrin-6, and nonsulfated gastrin-6 were 28.3 ± 2.0, 24.5 ± 2.0 ( P < 0.02), and 19.3 ± 2.3 ( P < 0.05) mmol H+/50 min, respectively, and the corresponding EC50values were 43 ± 6, 24 ± 2 ( P < 0.01), and 25 ± 2 (not significant) pmol/l. The half-life of gastrin-17 was 5.3 ± 0.3 min, the metabolic clearance rate (MCR) was 16.5 ± 1.3 ml · kg−1· min−1, and the apparent volume of distribution (Vd) was 124.3 ± 9.6 ml/kg. The half-lives of sulfated and nonsulfated gastrin-6 were 2.1 ± 0.3 and 1.9 ± 0.3 min, the MCRs were 42.8 ± 3.7 and 139.4 ± 9.6 ml kg−1min−1( P < 0.01), and the Vdwere 139.0 ± 30.5 and 392.0 ± 81.6 ( P < 0.01) ml kg−1. All pharmacokinetic parameters differed significantly from gastrin-17 ( P < 0.01). We conclude that gastrin 6 has a higher potency but a lower efficacy than gastrin-17. The efficacy of gastrin-6 is increased by tyrosine O-sulfation, which also enhances the protection against elimination.

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (1) ◽  
pp. G156-G163 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Hansen ◽  
F. Stadil ◽  
L. Yucun ◽  
J. F. Rehfeld

The elimination of carboxyamidated gastrin-17 and its glycine-extended precursor was studied in anesthetized pigs during constant-rate infusion. Extraction of amidated gastrin-17 was recorded in the hindlimb (42%), kidney (40%), head (32%, P < 0.001), and the gut (13%, P < 0.01). Elimination was not recorded in the liver, lungs, or heart. Extraction of glycine-extended gastrin-17 was measured in the kidney (36%), hindlimb (31%, P < 0.001), head (26%), and the gut (16%, P < 0.01), but not in the liver or the lungs. Glycine-extended gastrin-17 was not processed to amidated gastrin during infusion. The half-life, metabolic clearance rate, and apparent volume of distribution for amidated gastrin-17 were 3.5 +/- 0.4 min, 15.5 +/- 1.1 ml.kg-1.min-1, and 76.5 +/- 9.9 ml/kg, respectively, and for glycine-extended gastrin-17 were 4.3 +/- 0.6 min, 17.4 +/- 0.9 ml.kg-1.min-1, and 104.7 +/- 11.9 ml/kg, respectively. We conclude that extraction of amidated and glycine-extended gastrin-17 varies in the vascular beds, with elimination mainly confined to nonorgan tissues and the kidneys.


2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (3) ◽  
pp. G552-G560 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Palnæs Hansen ◽  
J. P. Goetze ◽  
F. Stadil ◽  
J. F. Rehfeld

The kinetics and metabolism in various organs of three bioactive products of progastrin, the small sulfated and nonsulfated gastrin-6 and the large nonsulfated gastrin-52, were examined during intravenous administration in anesthetized pigs. The kidney, hindlimb, liver, head, and gut eliminated the hexapeptides efficiently, with a fractional extraction ranging from 0.50 to 0.28 ( P < 0.001–0.05). No metabolism was recorded in the lungs, and sulfation was without influence on the extraction of gastrin-6. Gastrin-52 was eliminated only in the kidney and the head, with a fractional extraction between 0.23 and 0.11 ( P < 0.01–0.05). The half-life of sulfated and nonsulfated gastrin-6 was 1.5 ± 0.4 and 1.4 ± 0.3 min, the metabolic clearance rate (MCR) was 80.8 ± 7.6 and 116.0 ± 13.5 ml · kg−1· min−1( P < 0.05), and the apparent volume of distribution (Vdss) was 199.3 ± 70.1 and 231.4 ± 37.3 ml/kg, respectively. The decay of gastrin-52 in plasma was biexponential. The half-lives of this biexponential after a bolus injection were 3.9 ± 0.5 ( T1/2α) and 25.7 ± 1.4 ( T1/2β) min, and the MCR and Vdsswere 4.2 ± 0.4 ml · kg−1· min−1and 116.2 ± 16.2 ml/kg1. We conclude that there is a differential elimination of progastrin products in splanchnic and nonsplanchnic tissue, which depends on the chain length of the peptides. Sulfation of gastrin-6 had no influence on the organ-specific extraction but reduced the MCR. Our results are in keeping with previous studies of nonsulfated gastrin-17, which is extracted in the kidney, head, limb, and gut but not in the liver.


1998 ◽  
Vol 274 (5) ◽  
pp. E791-E795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wlodzimierz B. Kowalski ◽  
Lubomir Diveky ◽  
Ramkrishna Mehendale ◽  
Michael Parsons ◽  
Laird Wilson

Pharmacokinetic parameters of oxytocin (OT) metabolism were determined during the last third of pregnancy and again 4–8 wk after delivery in the baboon. Animals were placed on a tether system with venous and arterial access and a continuous monitoring of uterine contractions during gestation. Two methods of determining OT pharmacokinetics were utilized (bolus injection vs. continuous infusion). The metabolic clearance rate of OT as determined during the bolus trials ( n = 7) was 22.2 ± 1.5 ml ⋅ min−1 ⋅ kg−1in pregnancy and 16.3 ± 1.4 ml ⋅ min−1 ⋅ kg−1postpartum ( P < 0.05), respectively, and 23.7 ± 2.8 vs. 16.9 ± 3.7 ml ⋅ min−1 ⋅ kg−1( P < 0.05), respectively, as determined during the 1-h infusion trials ( n = 4). The initial dilution volume and the volume of distribution at steady state of OT after administration did not differ between pregnant and postpartum animals ( P > 0.05). The mean residence time (MRT) of OT was shorter during pregnancy, 7.7 ± 0.8 vs. 10.8 ± 1.2 min postpartum ( P < 0.05). In summary, OT metabolism during pregnancy in the baboon is characterized by 1) increased clearance rate (1.4-fold), 2) accelerated turnover due to the shorter MRT, and 3) unaltered distribution.


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (3) ◽  
pp. E468-E475
Author(s):  
D. Lacoste ◽  
B. Candas ◽  
M. Normand ◽  
F. Labrie

The plasma kinetics of [D-Trp6, des-Gly-NH2(10)]gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) ethylamide was assessed in eight dogs over a period of 8 h after rapid intravenous or subcutaneous injection. Each animal received doses of 0.2, 2, and 20 micrograms/kg body wt iv and 1 and 10 micrograms/kg body wt sc. A two-compartment structure, to which a source compartment was added to represent the subcutaneous route, adequately fits the five kinetics when the apparent volume of distribution follows a plasma concentration-dependent sigmoid function. Despite the nonlinearity, the apparent volume of distribution can be approximated by a constant value of 280 ml/kg body wt for the dynamics corresponding to the three lowest and more physiological doses. The metabolic clearance rate is 4.63 ml.min-1.kg body wt-1. The two exponential components that characterize the two-compartment structure are equal to 0.0348 +/- 0.0053 and 0.00470 +/- 0.00060 min-1, respectively. The agonist injected subcutaneously diffuses to plasma at a fractional rate of 0.0265 +/- 0.0029 min-1. Disposal occurs at a maximal rate of 0.017 and 0.0055 min-1 of the amount of agonist present in the central and peripheral compartments, respectively. The highest fractional exchange rate between compartments reaches 0.01 min-1. As simulated with the model, a continuous infusion of 4.63 ng.min-1.kg body wt-1 leads to a steady state of 1 ng/ml plasma; 90% of that level is reached 7 h after the onset of the subcutaneous input signal. The kinetics of plasma [D-Trp6, des-Gly-NH2(10)]GnRH ethylamide is many times slower than that of the native hormone and of the other GnRH agonists.


1982 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Uppal ◽  
P.R. Sharma ◽  
R.R. Chaudhury

1 The antipyrine half-life, metabolic clearance rate and the apparent volume of distribution were measured in six subjects handling malathion. These results were compared with six appropriate controls. 2 Occupational exposure of malathion in subjects reduced the antipyrine half-life from 9.18 ± 2.16 h in controls to 4.73 ± 1.65 h. 3 It is concluded that malathion exposure increases the rate of antipyrine elimination, possibly by inducing the hepatic microsomal enzymes.


Life Sciences ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 23 (23) ◽  
pp. 2323-2330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony S. Liotta ◽  
Choh Hao Li ◽  
George C. Schussler ◽  
Dorothy T. Krieger

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 878-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Heavner ◽  
Duane C. Bloedow

Pharmacokinetic parameters of a ketamine (10 mg/kg, iv) bolus in decerebrate and intact cats were compared. A two-compartment open model best described the data in both groups. The apparent volume of distribution of the peripheral compartment, the apparent volume of distribution of the drug in the body, and the half-life of the postdistributive phase were significantly less (p < 0.05) in the decerebrate animals. These results emphasize the importance of correlating behavior and neuronal activity with plasma or blood concentrations of drug in animals rather than assuming that, for a given drug dose, blood (and thus tissue) levels of the agent will be similar regardless of how the animal is prepared for study.


1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 497-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.-A. Hals ◽  
D. Jacobsen

1 Plasma levels of levomepromazine and two of its major metabolites N-desmethyl-levomepromazine and levomepromazine sulphoxide were studied in two poisoned patients treated with resin haemoperfusion at a constant blood flow of 200 ml/min. 2 The mean haemoperfusion clearance of levomepromazine, N-desmethyl-levomepromazine and levomepromazine sulphoxide was 114, 123 and 151 ml/min, respectively, in patient no. 1, and 153, 148 and 184 ml/min, respectively, in patient no. 2. Patient no. 2 had also ingested amitriptyline, and the mean haemoperfusion clearance of amitriptyline and its metabolite nortriptyline was 183 and 183 ml/min respectively. 3 Haemoperfusion did not seem to alter the elimination profile of levomepromazine or the two metabolites in either patient. 4 We conclude that haemoperfusion is of little value in removing levomepromazine, N-desmethyl-levomepromazine or levomepromazine sulphoxide from the body. This is probably due to the large apparent volume of distribution and the high intrinsic hepatic metabolic clearance of these compounds.


1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (5) ◽  
pp. E495-E501 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Fery ◽  
E. O. Balasse

This study examines the effects of a 2-h exercise of moderate intensity (50% of VO2 max) on the tracer-determined turnover rate of ketone bodies (KB) in 21 normal subjects fasted for 16 h, 5 days, whose basal ketonemia ranged between 0.09 and 6.16 mM. The KB response observed at the end of exercise is a function of the initial degree of ketosis. When basal ketonemia is below 0.6 mM, exercise enhances ketogenesis (Ra), the amplitude of this process being positively correlated with KB level. There is a concomitant acceleration of the metabolic clearance rate (MCR) of KB attaining 40-50%. When ketonemia exceeds 2.5 mM, the stimulatory effects of exercise on Ra and on MCR become less marked as basal ketonemia rises and are completely abolished or even reversed when initial KB level is higher than 3-4 mM. The pattern of changes in the concentration and in the overall disposal rate of KB were similar to that of Ra. It is suggested that the parallel inhibition of the stimulatory effect of work on hepatic ketogenesis and on muscular extraction of ketones associated with increasing degrees of fasting hyperketonemia has two physiological implications: it maintains the preferential utilization of KB by nonmuscular tissues (presumably the brain) and prevents the development of uncontrolled hyperketonemia, despite the intense catabolic situation created by the combination of exercise and starvation.


1978 ◽  
Vol 55 (s4) ◽  
pp. 89s-92s ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ghione ◽  
C. Palombo ◽  
M. Pellegrini ◽  
E. Fommei ◽  
A. Pilo ◽  
...  

1. The kinetics of plasma noradrenaline have been determined in normal and essential hypertensive patients by intravenous injection of tritiated noradrenaline and serial mixed venous sampling. 2. The metabolic clearance rate of plasma noradrenaline in normal subjects was approximately 1·1 min−1 m−2, whereas in essential hypertensive patients it was significantly reduced to approximately 0·61 min−1 m−2. 3. Metabolic clearance rate was negatively correlated to mean arterial blood pressure and total peripheral resistances. 4. Particularly low values of metabolic clearance rate were found in two patients with congestive heart failure and one with phaeochromocytoma. 5. We propose that the access of plasma noradrenaline to the main removal mechanisms takes place in competition with the flow of unlabelled endogenous noradrenaline directly released by nerve endings. The slower removal of plasma noradrenaline in essential hypertension could then express a larger release of endogenous noradrenaline in this condition.


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