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  • Title: Histamine metabolism in human gastric mucosa. Effect of pentagastrin stimulation.
    Author: Lönroth H, Rosengren E, Olbe L, Lundell L.
    Journal: Gastroenterology; 1990 Apr; 98(4):921-8. PubMed ID: 2311876.
    Abstract:
    The metabolism of histamine in the human gastric mucosa was studied in the basal state and during pentagastrin stimulation. Studies were made in healthy volunteers and in patients with peptic ulcer disease. Mucosal biopsies were taken from antral and oxyntic gland areas whereupon histamine content, histidine decarboxylase activity, and histamine methyltransferase activity were simultaneously assayed. Histamine content of the oxyntic gland mucosa was decreased as a consequence of pentagastrin administration in all groups studied, and this decrease was numerically largest in patients with duodenal ulcer disease. Pentagastrin induced a significant increase in histidine decarboxylase activity of the oxyntic gland mucosa with the most profound increase seen in patients with duodenal ulcer. The highest rates of histamine formation were present in the oxyntic mucosa of patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. The activity of histamine methyltransferase was the same in all groups studied and was not changed by pentagastrin. In conclusion, pentagastrin administration in humans is followed by a significant mobilization of histamine only from the oxyntic gland mucosa, an effect that is more pronounced in patients with duodenal ulcer disease.
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