Abstract
The role played by the polyamines in mediating the pancreatic growth and secretory responses to hormonal stimulation is uncertain. The effect of an inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), on rat pancreatic protein secretion and synthesis and on growth in response to hormonal stimulation was therefore studied. Anesthetized rats were given an intravenous injection of DFMO (50, 100, or 150 mg/kg), followed by a 7-h continuous infusion (15, 25, or 35 mg/kg/h, respectively). After a basal 1-h period an intravenous infusion of 2.5 micrograms/kg/h of the cholecystokinin-like peptide Thr28Nle31CCK25-33 (CCK-LP) was added and continued for 6 h. The control rats received CCK-LP only. The ODC activity in the pancreas was markedly reduced by DFMO, but DFMO did not affect pancreatic juice volume or protein output. In another series conscious rats were given a continuous intravenous infusion of 2.5 micrograms/kg/h of CCK-LP for 8, 24, and 48 h or 5.0 micrograms/kg/h of secretin for 8 and 48 h, with or without DFMO (100 mg/kg as an injection initially and thereafter 25 mg/kg/h). The ODC activity and putrescine concentration in the pancreas were significantly reduced by DFMO at 8 and 24 h but not at 48...Continue Reading
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