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The effect of neurotensin on the concentration of cholesterol and bile acids in the guinea pig
Authors:Ludvik Peric-Golia  Clark F Gardner  Dana E Wilson  Milena Peric-Golia
Affiliation:(1) Veterans Administration Medical Center, 84148 Salt Lake City, UT;(2) Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, 84132 Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract:In guinea pigs, total plasma cholesterol concentrations increased above the control values after single intravenous injections and after 3 days of continuous subcutaneous administration of neurotensin (NT). A high dose of NT (125 pmol/100 g body weight) induced tachycardia and severe respiratory distress; the lowest dose (1.25 pmol/100 g body weight) had the greatest hypercholesterolemic effect 15 min after the injections. The bulk of the total plasma cholesterol was in low density lipoprotein fractions. Cholesterol increased in the same fractions after intravenous administrations of NT. NT induced a decrease in the cholesterol content in the ileum but did not affect significantly the cholesterol content in the liver, kidneys or adrenals. In 48-hr fasted controls, plasma cholesterol concentration and cholesterol content in the liver, kidneys, adrenals and terminal ileum increased; after intravenous injections of NT, plasma cholesterol concentration further increased but cholesterol content of the liver, kidneys and ileum decreased. In fed animals, the concentration of the biliary taurochenodeoxycholic acid increased above the control values 5 and 35 min after the intravenous injections of NT. In fasted controls, the total concentration of bile acids was higher than in fed controls, but only the concentration of taurochenodeoxycholic acid further increased after the injections of NT. Proportionately more taurochenodeoxycholic acid than cholesterol was present in bile after the intravenous injections of NT. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that NT has a regulatory role in intestinal cholesterol transport.
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