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The different mode of secretion of the gut hormones (paracrine secretion--somatostatin. endocrine and neurocrine secretion--gastrin, CCK; neurocrine secretion--VIP, substance P), obscures the physiological significance of these hormones. However, the pathophysiological role of autonomous secreted hormones by endocrine tumours, is well established. Gut hormones are used for routine evaluation of gastrointestinal diseases. The therapeutic value of these substances has recently engendered considerable interest.
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PMID:[Pathophysiology and clinical significance of gut hormones]. 4 99

The chemistry, localisation, release and effects of gastrointestinal hormones and some related peptides are surveyed. Their main presumed physiologic actions are: gastric acid and pepsin secretion are stimulated by gastrin and to a less degree by secretin. Acid secretion is inhibited by bulbo-enterogastrone and GIP. Biliary water and electrolytes are augmented by gastrin, CCK-PZ, secretin and VIP and inhibited by Substance P. Pancreatic bicarbonate and enzyme secretions are stimulated by secretin and CCK-PZ, especially in combination. Lower oesophageal and antral motility and tonus are elevated following gastrin and motilin; the gallbladder and small intestine empty following CCK. Gastrin regulates gastrointestinal, and CCK pancreatic, tissue growth. Somatostatin inhibits all gut hormones. All peptides are vasoactive within the splanchnic area, each one in a specific manner.
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PMID:Gastrointestinal hormones. 35 98

Immunocytochemical studies have revealed the presence of nerves showing vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance P (SP), enkephalin, and COOH-terminal gastrin/CCK immunoreactivity in the feline pancreas. Most peptide-containing nerve fibers are detected in ganglia of the pancreas, where they appear to innervate the ganglionic cell bodies. Adrenergic nerve fibers are also detected in pancreatic ganglia. The peptidergic and adrenergic nerves are only occasionally detected in the vicinity of pancreatic exocrine cells. VIP, SP, enkephalin, and gastrin/CCK exert strong effects on the secretory functions of the pancreas. Our results suggest that that ganglia may represent an important physiological site of action for these peptides and for norepinephrine.
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PMID:Peptidergic and adrenergic innervation of pancreatic ganglia. 38 1

The subfractions of crude substance P (SP), Fa, Fb, and Fc, were assayed for SP-like activity (SP-LA) and cholecystokinin octapeptide-like activity (CCK-8-LA) using radioimmunoassays (RIAs) and bioassays. Crude SP preparations from total human and bovine brains, cortex, and subcortex (amygdala, substantia nigra) contain CCK-8-LA as well as SP-LA. Most of SP-LA was contained in Fb, whereas most of CCK-8-LA was in Fc. Fa gave ambiguous results. Pharmacological results previously obtained with Fc may reflect the activity of CCK-like peptide(s).
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PMID:A cholecystokinin-like peptide in crude substance P from human and bovine brain. 48 1

The subfractions Fa, Fb, and Fc of crude substance P (SP) preparations made from human and bovine brains were analysed for SP and the COOH-terminal octapeptide of cholecystokinin (CCK-8). The methods were specific radioimmunoassays (RIAs) for SP and CCK-8, and bioassays on isolated organs of the guinea pig: the ileum, the gallbladder and the field-stimulated vas deferens. 1. In bioassays of synthetic peptides the vas deferens reacted specifically to SP and the gallbladder to CCK-8. 2. RIAs and bioassays revealed unequivocally that most of SP-like activity was present in Fb, while Fc contained mainly CCK-8-like activity. Varying results were obtained with Fa. 3. The pharmacologically active principle of Fc is CCK-8 or a closely related peptide. Earlier results concerning the pharmacological and neurochemical properties of Fc must be ascribed to this peptide.
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PMID:Crude substance P from brain contains a cholecystokinin-like peptide. 73 96

In addition to established gastrointestinal hormones--secretin, cholecystokinin-pancreozymin (CCK-PZ), gastrin, and glucagon---some 30 polypeptides with gastrointestinal actions can be listed. New aspects of these substances include the following: Gastrin and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) can be also encountered in the central nervous system and may act as transmitters. CCK-PZ-serum concentrations are found markedly elevated in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency; this may provide the opportunity to establish a realtively simple screening test. Moreover, there is evidence that serum-CCK-PZ levels serve as satiety signal. Secretin secretion is said to be enhanced in hunger and then to act as a lipolytic hormone. In addition to enteroglucagon, a gastrintestinal peptide identical to pancreatic glucagon has been detected. Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) inhibits gastric secretion and motility (enterogastrone activity) and together with glucose it stimulates insulin release (incretin activity). Motilin increases lower esophageal sphincter pressure, enhances gastric pepsin secretion and slows down gastric evacuation. Serum levels of pancreatic polypeptide may be found elevated as a diagnostic index in patients with endocrine peptide tumors of the pancreas. Recently, the potential importance of local (paracrine) actions of gastrointestinal polypeptides has been amphasized. Predominantly paracrine activity is exhibited by some prototype hormones, e.g. somatostatin, substance P, bombesian, and the non-polypeptide compounds, prostaglandins.
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PMID:[New views on gastrointestinal hormones]. 85 99

Tachykinins (TK) are family of peptides including substance P (SP), substance K (SK) and neuromedin K (NK) that have been found in the nerves of the gastrointestinal tract and proposed to act as neurotransmitters to affect the motor, secretory and circulatory functions of the gut, but little is known about their action on the pancreas. In this study three series of tests were carried out to determine the action of SP, SK and NK on pancreatic secretion in conscious dogs and amylase release from the dispersed rat pancreatic acini and to correlate the alterations in pancreatic secretory and circulatory effects of TK in anesthetized dogs. SP, SK and NK infused i.v. in graded doses (0.12-1.0 microgram/kg per h) in conscious dogs stimulated pancreatic protein outputs reaching, respectively, 38% and 23% of the maximal response to CCK (40 pmol/kg per h). HCO3- outputs were also significantly increased but the highest response did not exceed about 5% of secretin (328 pmol/kg per h) maximum. Cholinergic blockade by atropine abolished the pancreatic responses to tachykinins. When added at various concentrations (10(-11)-10(-7) M) to the incubation medium of rat dispersed pancreatic acini, SK, SP and NK increased in concentration-dependent manner the release of amylase from the resting pancreatic acini and augmented the enzyme release induced by CCK-8 and by urecholine. In anesthetized dogs infused with a background dose of secretin (82 pmol/kg per h), addition of SP, SK and NK caused an immediate and dose-dependent increase in the pancreatic blood flow, oxygen consumption and pancreatic secretion accompanied by a dose-dependent decrease in arterial blood pressure. This study shows that TK are potent pancreatic circulatory stimulants and moderate secretagogues both in vivo and in vitro, acting, at least in part, via cholinergic pathway.
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PMID:Role of tachykinins in the control of pancreatic secretion and circulation. 128 Apr 85

Substance P (SP), Met-enkephalin (Met-enk) and cholecystokinin-8-S (CCK-8-S) were measured by a combined HPLC/RIA method in the caudate nucleus and anterior putamen from controls and from Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. SP levels were reduced in caudate in PD, but unchanged in putamen. No differences in Met-enk content were found in parkinsonians compared to controls. However, a significant correlation between DA and Met-enk levels in caudate nucleus from PD was observed. The concentration of CCK-8-S was unaltered in caudate nucleus or putamen in PD. The decrease in caudate nucleus SP levels might be related to the decrease in nigral SP levels in PD, while the reduction in Met-enk levels appears to be a feature of a subgroup of parkinsonian patients.
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PMID:Striatal neuropeptide levels in Parkinson's disease patients. 128 32

The neural ganglion of ascidians exhibits a novel and rapid pattern of regeneration whereby within approximately 28-35 days of total ablation an entirely new neural complex is formed. In normal adults, neuronal cell bodies expressing substance P- (SP-Li), neurokinin A-(NKA-Li), CCK/gastrin- (CCK-Li), and insulin-like immunoreactivity exhibit a clearly defined pattern of localization in the cortical rind of the ganglion with characteristic long processes arising from the perikarya running throughout the neuropile. CCK-Li cell bodies are particularly concentrated close to the points of exit of the main nerve trunks. We have used antisera raised against these peptides to monitor the process of regeneration up to postoperative (pa) day 35. Only SP and CCK antisera produced positive staining in the regenerating tissue. Immunoreactive cell bodies first appear following 14 days pa. At this time CCK-Li neurons are more abundant than SP-Li neurons and in contrast to the pattern found in the normal adult ganglion, immunoreactive cell bodies are located both peripherally and centrally in the core of the ganglion and processes were rarely seen. Later stages exhibited an increasing number of SP-Li neurons and at 35 days pa SP-Li cell bodies clearly predominate. CCK-Li neurons typically become clustered close to the points of emergence of the anterior nerve roots. The early expression of CCK-Li and SP-Li molecules during regeneration is considered in terms of their potential role in development and cell proliferation in the newly forming ganglion.
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PMID:Pattern of substance P- and cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity during regeneration of the neural complex in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. 128 44

The effects on proliferation of Molt-4 lymphoblasts of cholecystokinin (CCK-8), somatostatin-14 (SS), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and substance P (SP) were investigated using different combinations of the peptides, peptide analogs and their antagonists. In vitro proliferation of the cells was measured by a colorimetric assay for cell growth and survival. Results indicate that SP and SP (3-11) stimulated, whereas CCK-8, VIP and SS inhibited, proliferation in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05). Unsulfated CCK-8 had no effect on growth of Molt-4 lymphoblasts, and a specific antagonist of CCK, at a concentration 10(-6) M, diminished the inhibitory effect of CCK-8 on Molt lymphoblasts (P < 0.05). This suggests that the inhibitory action of CCK-8 was mediated by peripheral-type CCK receptors. SS and VIP, at equimolar concentrations of 10(-6) M, significantly augmented the CCK-8-induced inhibition of Molt-4 lymphoblast proliferation. However, none of the inhibiting neuropeptides suppressed stimulation of Molt-4 lymphoblast proliferation in response to SP. These data suggest a role of sensory neuropeptides including CCK in modulating human T lymphoblast proliferation during neuroendocrine interactions with the immune system.
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PMID:Regulation of human T lymphoblast growth by sensory neuropeptides: augmentation of cholecystokinin-induced inhibition of Molt-4 proliferation by somatostatin and vasoactive intestinal peptide in vitro. 128 56


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