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  • Title: Nitric oxide mediates the inhibition by interleukin-1 beta of pentagastrin-stimulated rat gastric acid secretion.
    Author: Esplugues JV, Barrachina MD, Calatayud S, Pique JM, Whittle BJ.
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol; 1993 Jan; 108(1):9-10. PubMed ID: 8428219.
    Abstract:
    Bolus injection of interleukin-1 beta (2 micrograms kg-1, i.v.) inhibited acid secretion induced by intravenous infusion of pentagastrin (8 micrograms kg-1 h-1) in the continuously perfused stomach of the anaesthetized rat. Administration of interleukin-1 beta did not modify mean systemic arterial blood pressure. Pretreatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 2-10 mg kg-1, i.v.), but not dexamethasone (5 mg kg-1, s.c. twice over 16 h), restored the acid secretory responses to pentagastrin. The actions of L-NAME were reversed by the prior administration of L-arginine (100 mg kg-1, i.v.), but not by its enantiomer D-arginine (100 mg kg-1, i.v.). L-NAME (5 mg kg-1, i.v.) increased blood pressure but this was not the mechanism by which interleukin-induced acid inhibition was prevented, since similar systemic pressor responses induced by phenylephrine (10 micrograms kg-1 min-1, i.v.), had no such effect. These findings suggest that interleukin-induced inhibition of acid responses to pentagastrin involves synthesis of NO from L-arginine.
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