Since 1950, FUJIE, who is one of the authors, performed cytological studies on the cause of pancreatic secretion with his collaborators. The results have been published successively in this Archivum. The studies have developed many aspects and finally FUJIE has reached the point to make suggestions on the gastric hormone
productin. On the other hand, many new facts about
productin have been made clear. These may be shortly described as in the following: 1.
productin is secreted from surface cells of the gastric mucous membrane and causes the formation of secretion granules in pancreatic cells as well as in gastric gland cells, 2. when
productin is splitted, it becomes into a substance which causes discharging of secretory substance from the gastric gland cells, i. e. gastrin-like substance, 3. the true nature of
productin is histamine, and gastrin (EDKINS) is nothing but splitted substances of
productin (histamine).
Here, histamine must be recognized again as a gastric hormone.
Recently, FUJIE and others called attention to the fact that more
productin is secreted after taking a heated meal. It has been demonstrated by many investigators in this country that a custom of taking very hot food can be a cause of gastric diseases, such as gastritis, ulcer, carcinoma, etc. and that the injection of histamine can make experimentally gastric ulcer. According to FUJIE's productin-theory, it is possible to consider that these facts are the results followed by monistic cause. The authors believe firmly that
productin, surplusly secreted, brings about, indeed, very interesting results. For the purpose to make conditions for surplus secretion of
productin, the authors injected 3mg of histamine into 21 rats daily. For 13-259 days the authors observed histologically, the gastric mucosa of 17 rats, which were dead or were about to die. Clear abnormal changes were observed in 16 rats (94.1%). These were 1. infiltration of cells (figs. 1 and 2) and dilatation of blood vesssels, 2. degeneration of gastric gland (fig. 3), 3. multiplication of connective tissue in the propria mucosae (fig. 4), 4. ulcerous changes of the mucosa (ulcus, necrosis and bleeding, figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10) and 5. papillose multiplication of the epithelium in the fore-stomach (figs. 11 and 12), etc.
On mechanisms of the genesis of these pathologic changes, the author will make further studies in the future. At present, the authors lay greater stress upon the fact that by histamine pathologic changes can be caused in the gastric mucosa rather than the reason why histamine cause them. Because the authors have found that
productin, though it is a hormone secreted from the own stomach and has important actions on the secretion of gastric and pancreatic juice, makes many pathologic changes in its own gastric mucosa when it is secreted surplusly.
The authors believe that gastric diseases owing to the custom of taking very hot food, of over-eating or of over-drinking alcoholic liquor is the cause of surplus secretion of
productin.
The authors desire very much, that the trial to suppress surplus
productin (i. e. histamine) in living bodies for the purpose of precaution and treatment of such gastric diseases would be undertaken by practical physicians, so that the authors' theory could be proved practically.
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