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The role of plasma secretin during starvation in dogs
1First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Gastroenterologia Japonica
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Plasma secretin levels were measured during a 72-hour starvation period in dogs. Plasma secretin rose significantly and insulin levels fell significantly during starvation. Intravenous glucose loading at the end of the 72-hour starvation period suppressed plasma secretin and free fatty acid levels with a concomitant rise of glucose and insulin levels. These findings suggest that secretin might be regulated by plasma glucose and insulin levels and might play a role in lipolysis during starvation.