AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 260, Issue 3 399-G404, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Role of blood flow and alkaline secretion in acid-induced deep duodenal villous injury in rats

F. W. Leung
Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda 91343.

The effect of 16,16-dimethylprostaglandin E2 (dmPGE2) and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) on duodenal blood flow, alkaline secretion, and acid-induced deep duodenal villous injury was studied. The duodena of anesthetized rats were prepared for simultaneous measurement of alkaline secretion by back titration, and blood flow by hydrogen gas clearance; or for perfusion with 0.1 N HCl and histological examination of villous injury. The results revealed that the dmPGE2-induced increase in basal alkaline secretion (due solely to an increase in the volume of secretion) appears to be a better predictor of protection against exogenous acid-induced deep duodenal villous injury than rise in duodenal blood flow, since CRF induces a similar rise in duodenal blood flow but does not enhance alkaline secretion or reduce acid-induced villous damage. The absence of a greater loss of H+ during acid perfusion of the duodenum in the dmPGE2-treated rats, however, suggests that the mechanism of the dmPGE2 protection against acid-induced deep duodenal villous injury cannot be explained entirely by its ability to increase basal duodenal alkaline secretion.

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