Abstract
Does gastrin stimulate gastric acid secretion by direct action on oxyntic cells, by releasing histamine, or by being potentiated by histamine? Previous studies in the mouse pointed to gastrin-regulated histamine release. Guinea pig and rat are well known to vary in their sensitivity to histamine. Therefore, the effects of histamine and pentagastrin were compared quantitatively on isolated, lumen-perfused, stomach preparations from these species in the absence and presence of histamine H2-receptor blockade. The loss of potency of histamine in the rat was mirrored by a loss of potency of pentagastrin consistent with the idea that pentagastrin acts by releasing histamine. In the rat, a well-defined pentagastrin curve was obtained in the presence of histamine H2-receptor block as though pentagastrin acts both directly on the oxyntic cell and indirectly by releasing histamine. It was not necessary to invoke a potentiating interaction between histamine and pentagastrin at the oxyntic cell; the two effects appeared simply to add. Potentiation was observed, however, between other combinations of stimuli, for example, between vagal nerve and pentagastrin stimulation. The physiological consequences of these results are discussed.
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