Correlation Between Gastric Emptying and Gastric Adaptive Relaxation Influenced by Amino Acids.

J Neurogastroenterol Motil

Food Science Research Laboratories, Research and Development Division, Meiji Co, Ltd, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan.

Published: July 2017

Background/aims: Amino acids have many physiological activities. We report the correlation between gastric emptying and gastric adaptive relaxation using tryptophan and amino acids with a straight alkyl chain, hydroxylated chain, and branched chain. Here we sought to further clarify the correlation between gastric emptying and gastric adaptive relaxation by using other amino acids.

Methods: In Sprague-Dawley rats, gastric emptying was evaluated by a breath test using [1-C] acetic acid. The expired CO pattern, T, C, and AUC values were used as evaluation items. Gastric adaptive relaxation was evaluated in a barostat experiment. Individual amino acids (1 g/kg) were administered orally 30 minutes before each breath test or barostat test.

Results: L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine did not influence gastric emptying. All other amino acids, ie, L-proline, L-histidine, L-cysteine, L-methionine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, L-asparagine, L-arginine, L-glutamine, and L-lysine significantly delayed and inhibited gastric emptying. L-Cysteine and L-aspartic acid significantly enhanced and L-methionine and L-glutamine significantly inhibited gastric adaptive relaxation. L-Phenylalanine moved the balloon toward the antrum, suggesting strong contraction of the fundus. T showed a significant positive correlation ( = 0.709), and C and AUC each showed negative correlations ( = 0.613 and 0.667, respectively) with gastric adaptive relaxation.

Conclusion: From the above findings, it was found that a close correlation exists between gastric emptying and adaptive relaxation, suggesting that enhanced gastric adaptive relaxation inhibits gastric emptying.

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