Author:
Laburthe M.,Bataille D.,Rosselin G.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study was undertaken to investigate the variations of the Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) content of rat jejuno-ileum (JI) with age. VIP was measured by its ability to inhibit competitively the binding of [125I]pork VIP (pVIP) to rat liver plasma membranes. The radio receptor assay was sensitive to 0.5 ng/ml. VIP fragments 1–6, 14–28 and 18–28 exhibited no cross reaction with [125I]pVIP. Glucagon had no effect and secretin was about 100 times less effective than pVIP. Rat VIP was extracted from JI by 0.5 m acetic acid and partially purified by adsorption on silicate. The effect of JI extracts in inhibiting the binding of [125I]pVIP paralleled that of pVIP used as standard. The VIP content of JI showed a 340-fold increase between day 21 post coitum (p.c.): 41 ± 4 ng/JI and day 63 post partum (p. p.): 14 110 ± 954 ng/JI. On a gut weight basis, VIP increased slightly from day 21 p. c. (591 ± 51 ng/g of JI) to day 14 p. p. (906 ± 109 ng/g of JI) and then increased more sharply (day 21 p. p.: 1508 ± 222 ng/g of JI) until day 63 p. p. (2672 ± 207 ng/g of JI). The VIP content seemed to reach a plateau after 2 months. A similar pattern was observed when the results were expressed per mg of JI protein. It is speculated that the rise in VIP content is related to the role of this peptide in the regulation of the gastro-intestinal function and/or the distribution of fuels in the organism.
Subject
Endocrinology,General Medicine,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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