Abstract
The inhibitory effects of somatostatin and its analogue (SS-1) on gastric mucosal blood flow (MBF) and gastric secretion were studied using bethanechol and pentagastrin as stimulants in anesthetized rats. In the present study, the inhibitory action of SS-1 was particularly investigated, regarding somatostatin as the control compound. Pretreatment with SS-1 at 1, 10, 30, or 100 μg/kg, i.v. (single dosing), inhibited the increase of MBF and gastric secretion stimulated by bethanechol in a dose-dependent manner. SS-1 showed no marked difference from somatostatin in terms of the degree and manner of the inhibition until 30 min after treatment. At 90 min, however, SS-1 still showed an inhibitory action, which was more prominent in gastric secretion than in MBF. Thus, SS-1 had a longer duration of action than somatostatin. Generally, SS-1 and somatostatin inhibited MBF to the same degree, whereas SS-1 inhibited gastric secretion more strongly than somatostatin. When pentagastrin was used to stimulate MBF and gastric secretion, SS-1 inhibited MBF and gastric secretion to the same degree as did somatostatin, but again, SS-1 had a longer duration of action than somatostatin.
