Effects of a Cholecystokinin Receptor Antagonist on Rat Exocrine Pancreatic Response to Raw Soya Flour

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sundaram ◽  
A.D. Dayan

1 Raw soya flour (RSF) in the diet induces pancreatic hypertrophy and hyperplasia in the rat, changes ascribed to production of a high circulating level of cholecystokinin (CCK) due to inhibition of trypsin in the duodenum. Prolonged ingestion results in pancreatic adenomas and carcinomas. 2 L-364, 718, a potent, highly specific CCK antagonist was used to investigate the short-term role of CCK. 3 In rats fed 50% RSF and L-364, 718 5 mg kg-1 p.o. twice daily for 4 d, there was inhibition of pancreatic hypertrophy and hyperplasia, which is further evidence that peripherally-acting CCK plays a major role in the generation of RSF-mediated changes in the pancreas.

1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (2) ◽  
pp. G178-G181 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Vinayek ◽  
R. T. Jensen ◽  
J. D. Gardner

In dispersed acini from guinea pig, mouse, or rat pancreas cholecystokinin-(27-33) is a full agonist, and removing the sulfate ester from the tyrosine residue in position 27 caused a 100- to 300-fold decrease in potency with no change in efficacy. In dispersed acini from mouse or rat pancreas, cholecystokinin-(27-32)-NH2 is a partial agonist, and removing the sulfate ester from the tyrosine in position 27 abolished the efficacy. The desulfated peptide was able, however, to interact with CCK receptors with a potency that was threefold less than that of cholecystokinin-(27-32)-NH2 and therefore functioned as a cholecystokinin receptor antagonist. In dispersed acini from guinea pig pancreas cholecystokinin-(27-32)-NH2 is a cholecystokinin receptor antagonist. Removing the sulfate ester from the tyrosine residue in position 27 of cholecystokinin(27-32)-NH2 caused a fourfold decrease in potency but did not abolish the ability of the peptide to interact with cholecystokinin receptors; therefore, desulfated cholecystokinin-(27-32)-NH2 functioned as a cholecystokinin receptor antagonist.


1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (6) ◽  
pp. R1701-R1709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Woltman ◽  
Roger Reidelberger

We used the cholecystokinin receptor antagonist devazepide to assess the importance of CCK in mediating the anorexia produced by 2-h duodenal infusions of peptone, a protein digest, at dark onset in nonfasted rats. Peptone alone (0.14–2.24 g/h) suppressed food intake dose dependently by 18–96%, with an approximate half-maximal dose of 1 g/h. Peptone-induced reductions in caloric ingestion were comparable to the caloric loads infused. Devazepide alone (30–1,000 μg/kg) stimulated food intake dose dependently by 30–73%, with a minimal effective dose of 100 μg/kg. Devazepide appeared to reverse the anorexic response to peptone (1.1 g/h) dose dependently by 29–65%, with a minimal effective dose of 30 μg/kg. The magnitudes of these devazepide-induced effects were similar to, and in some cases were larger than, those produced when the same doses of devazepide were administered alone. Coadministration of devazepide (1,000 μg/kg) and a lower peptone dose (0.8 g/h) produced similar results. These results suggest that an essential CCK mechanism plays a significant role in mediating the satiety response to duodenal delivery of protein.


Digestion ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 53 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedemann Baum ◽  
MichaelA. Nauck ◽  
Reinhold Ebert ◽  
Per Cantor ◽  
Georg Hoffmann ◽  
...  

1968 ◽  
Vol 78 (3, Pt.1) ◽  
pp. 494-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calvin F. Nodine ◽  
James H. Korn

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Manoochehri

Memory span in humans has been intensely studied for more than a century. In spite of the critical role of memory span in our cognitive system, which intensifies the importance of fundamental determinants of its evolution, few studies have investigated it by taking an evolutionary approach. Overall, we know hardly anything about the evolution of memory components. In the present study, I briefly review the experimental studies of memory span in humans and non-human animals and shortly discuss some of the relevant evolutionary hypotheses.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Shukla

FIIs are companies registered outside India. In the past four years there has been more than $41 trillion worth of FII funds invested in India. This has been one of the major reasons on the bull market witnessing unprecedented growth with the BSE Sensex rising 221% in absolute terms in this span. The present downfall of the market too is influenced as these FIIs are taking out some of their invested money. Though there is a lot of value in this market and fundamentally there is a lot of upside in it. For long-term value investors, there’s little because for worry but short term traders are adversely getting affected by the role of FIIs are playing at the present. Investors should not panic and should remain invested in sectors where underlying earnings growth has little to do with financial markets or global economy.


1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian De Vries

This article introduces a volume devoted to the examination of later-life bereavement: an analysis of variation in cause, course, and consequence. Six articles address and represent this variation and comprise this volume: 1) Prigerson et al. present case histories of the traumatic grief of spouses; 2) Hays et al. highlight the bereavement experiences of siblings in contrast to those spouses and friends; 3) Moss et al. address the role of gender in middle-aged children's responses to parent death; 4) Bower focuses on the language adopted by these adult children in accepting the death of a parent; 5) de Vries et al. explore the long-term, longitudinal effects on the psychological and somatic functioning of parents following the death of an adult child; and 6) Fry presents the short-term and longitudinal reactions of grandparents to the death of a grandchild. A concluding article is offered by de Vries stressing both the unique and common features of these varied bereavement experiences touching on some of the empirical issues and suggesting potential implications and applications.


Hypertension ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1173-1179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolin Deng ◽  
William J. Welch ◽  
Christopher S. Wilcox

Author(s):  
Carrie Figdor

Chapter 9 presents the idea that Literalism undermines current social and moral boundaries for moral status. Possession of psychological capacities, moral standing, and respectful treatment are a standard package deal. So either many more beings enjoy moral status than we now think, or the relative superiority of human moral status over other beings is diminished. It introduces the role of psychological ascriptions in drawing social and moral boundaries by examining dehumanization and anthropomorphism. It argues that in the short term Literalism does not motivate us to do more than make minor adjustments to current moral boundaries. We can distinguish the kinds of psychological capacities that matter for moral status from the kinds that best divide nature at its joints. In the long run, however, Literalism prompts us to reconsider the anthropocentric standards that govern current moral boundaries.


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