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  • Title: A model of gastric emptying in cats shows solid emptying is promoted by MK-329: a CCK antagonist.
    Author: Gould RJ, Fioravanti C, Cook PG, Solomon HF.
    Journal: J Nucl Med; 1990 Sep; 31(9):1494-9. PubMed ID: 2203881.
    Abstract:
    The effect of MK-329, a potent, orally active, nonpeptidal cholecystokinin (CCK) antagonist, was measured on the gastric emptying rate of a solid meal in cats. External scintigraphy of cats that had been fed a meal of technetium-99m-(99mTc) labeled rabbit liver and light cream allowed the measurement of the emptying rates of either the liquid or solid portion of a meal under physiologic conditions. In cats, liquids emptied 2.6 times faster than solids [163 +/- 11 min vs. 62 +/- 3 min (mean +/- s.e.)]. At 3 or 10 mg/kg p.o., MK-329 gastric emptying was significantly accelerated, with the mean half-time of emptying being decreased by 34 +/- 11% (mean +/- s.e.) of the control half-times (p less than 0.02). Using only responders (five of six animals), mean half-time was decreased by 55 +/- 4% of the control half-times. CCK is important in regulating the emptying of solid food from the stomach because the CCK antagonist MK-329 accelerates that emptying.
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