Transcript Slide 1

Regulation of GIT
• Hormones
• Paracrine
•
Neurocrines
GI Hormones
• Secretin
• Gastrin
• Cholecystokinin (CCK)
• Gastric Inhibitory Peptide (GIP)
• Motilin
Gastrin - Chemistry
• Molecular forms - G-17, G-34, G-14
Gastrin - Distribution and Release
• Release
- Released from G cells in antrum and duodenum
- Stimuli - protein digestion products
- nervous, physical distention
- (calcium, coffee,and wine)
- Inhibition
- acidification of antrum
• Response to meal - Large amounts of G-17 released from antrum
- Small amounts of G-34 released from duodenum
Gastrin - Physiological Effects
• Gastric acid secretion
- 1,500x more potent than histamine
• Trophic activity
- Stimulates growth of oxyntic mucosa of stomach,
duodenal mucosa, and colon mucosa
- Surgical removal of antrum causes atrophy
- Patients with gastrin secreting tumors have
mucosal hyperplasia and hypertrophy
Gastrinoma - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
• Gastrin secreting tumor
- Non-beta cell tumor of pancreas (80%) or G-cell
tumors in duodenum (10-15%)
- Continually secretes gastrin into blood
• Symptoms
- Duodenal ulcers, diarrhea, steatorrhea,
hypokalemia
• Hypergastrinemia causes hypersecretion
of acid
- Increased parietal cell mass
- Constant stimulation of hyperplastic mucosa
Cholecystokinin - Chemistry
• Molecular form - 8-AA, 33-AA, 39-AA, 58-AA
CCK - Distribution and Release
• Released from I-cells in duodenum and
jejunum
• Stimuli for release
- Fatty acids or monoglycerides (not triglycerides)
- peptides and amino acids
- Acid (weak)
CCK - Physiological Effects
• Emptying of gallbladder - contracts gallbladder, relaxes sphincter of Oddi
• Pancreatic exocrine
- Potent stimulator of enzyme secretion
- Weak stimulator of bicarbonate secretion (but can
potentiate secretin effects)
• Inhibits gastric emptying
• Trophic effects - exocrine pancreas and
gallbladder mucosa
Secretin - Chemistry
• Molecular form - 27-AA peptide
Secretin
• Released from S-cells of duodenal mucosa
• Stimuli for release
- Acid in duodenum (pH <4.5)
- Fatty acids in duodenum
• Physiological effects - “Nature’s Antiacid”
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Inhibits gastric acid secretion
Stimulates pancreatic and bile bicarbonate secretion
Stimulates pepsin secretion
Trophic effect on exocrine pancreas
Gastric Inhibitory Peptide (GIP)
• Chemistry - Member of secretin family
- 9 AA identical to secretin in kind and position
• Stimuli / release - Released from duodenum and proximal jejunum
- All major foodstuffs
• Physiological effects - Stimulates insulin release (also called glucosedependent insulinotrophic peptide - GIP)
- Inhibits gastric acid secretion
Motilin
• Chemistry - 22 AA peptide
• Stimuli / release - Released from duodenum and proximal jejunum during
fasting at 100 min intervals
- Release is under neural control
• Physiological effects - Stimulates upper G.I. motility
- Accounts for the migrating motility complex,
“housekeeping contractions”
Neurocrines
Peptide
VIP
GRP
(Bombesin)
Enkephalins
Location
Gut mucosa and
SM
Gastric mucosa
Gut mucosa and
SM
Action
Relaxation of gut
SM
 Gastrin Release
 SM tone
VIP, vasoactive intestinal peptide, GRP, gastrin-releasing peptide