PMID: 8937929Nov 1, 1996Paper

Adenylate cyclase of gastric mucosa in patients with chronic renal failure

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
U Gladziwa, U Klotz

Abstract

It has been shown previously that antisecretory response of famotidine is altered in patients with renal failure. To evaluate the underlying mechanism(s) of this clinical observation we obtained biopsy specimens of fundic mucosa from 3 groups of patients with variable renal function (group 1 normal renal function (n = 16); group 2 chronic renal failure (n = 16), CLCR > or = 5 < 90 ml/min; group 3 hemodialysis therapy (n = 16)) (matched for age, sex, and Helicobacter pylori (Hp) status. In the homogenized samples adenylate cyclase (AC) activity was assessed and the influence of uremia on this second messenger system involved in gastric acid secretion was tested. AC activity was measured as the formation of cAMP, which was determined by RIA. The mean basal AC activity was 150 in group 1, 190 in group 2, and 120 pmol cAMP/mg protein/20 min in group 3. There was a dose-dependent stimulation by histamine (1 microM-1 mM). Emax of cAMP formation ranged between 230 and 403 pmol cAMP/mg protein/20 min and EC50 between 5.9 and 20.1 microM histamine, dependent on Hp status. Histamine-stimulated AC activation was reduced to about 50% by 0.1 mM famotidine. The sensitivity of AC to histamine seems to decrease in patients undergoing hemodialy...Continue Reading

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