Brain-gut peptides and the renal hemodynamic response to an oral protein load : a study of gastrin, bombesin, and glucagon in man

With the aim of disclosing a possibility for gastrin and bombesin to participate in the postprandial regulation of the renal hemodynamic response, 10 healthy males were studied before and after a meat meal (2 g/kg BW of proteins as cooked red meat). We evaluated the time course changes of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) renal plasma flow (RPF) and the plasma concentrations of gastrin, bombesin, glucagon, and total amino acids. After the meat meal a significant increase in GFR and RPF was seen, within 30min, along with an increase in plasma gastrin and glucagon. Bombesin and amino acid concentrations increased at a later time. The data suggest but cannot demonstrate a causal role for gastrin and glucagon in the genesis of the hyperfiltration response to acute protein administration.