A canine model for the study of gastric secretion and emptying after a meal

Our aim was to develop a chronic canine model that would serve for the simultaneous measurements of postprandial gastric secretion and emptying by a double-marker dilution technique without artificially interfering with intragastric pH. A constant duodenal perfusion of a nonabsorbable marker allowed...

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Published in:Digestive diseases and sciences 1983-07, Vol.28 (7), p.633-640
Main Authors: Kholeif, H, Larach, J, Thomforde, G M, Dozois, R R, Malagelada, J R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Catheterization
Cimetidine - pharmacology
Dogs
Duodenum - drug effects
Duodenum - physiology
Eating
Female
Gastric Acidity Determination
Gastric Emptying
Gastric Juice - metabolism
Stomach - drug effects
Stomach - physiology
Time Factors
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Summary:Our aim was to develop a chronic canine model that would serve for the simultaneous measurements of postprandial gastric secretion and emptying by a double-marker dilution technique without artificially interfering with intragastric pH. A constant duodenal perfusion of a nonabsorbable marker allowed determination of luminal flow and total recovery of a second marker ingested with a meal. By calculating the amount of meal marker remaining in the stomach and its dilution (by repeat gastric sampling), we could determine the volume of gastric contents. Acid concentration in gastric samples was measured by titration ex vivo, and gastric acid content was calculated by multiplying the volume of gastric contents by titratable acidity. In this model, net acid gain at each sampling interval indicates acid output. Acid and volume losses are equivalent to duodenal acid load ad emptying rate, respectively. The method has been validated by virtually abolishing the endogenous secretion of acid (by intravenous infusion of cimetidine) and the calculation of known volumes and concentrations of acid exogenously instilled in the animal's stomach. Our results indicate that this is an accurate and practical method for the physiologic measurement of postprandial gastric function in dogs. Further, these studies substantiate the validity of the assumptions upon which the human double-marker method was based.
ISSN:0163-2116
1573-2568
DOI:10.1007/BF01299924