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Impaired proximal duodenal mucosal bicarbonate secretion in patients with duodenal ulcer.

Abstract
The defensive factors that prevent the human duodenal mucosa from acidic and peptic damage have not been fully evaluated. To determine whether duodenal mucosal bicarbonate production was altered in patients with inactive duodenal ulcer, we measured basal and acid-stimulated bicarbonate output from the duodenal bulb and the distal duodenum in healthy subjects and patients with inactive duodenal ulcer. As compared with 16 normal subjects, the 12 patients had significantly less mean (+/- SE) basal proximal duodenal mucosal bicarbonate secretion (185 +/- 13 vs. 107 +/- 18 mumol per centimeter per hour; P less than 0.001). Moreover, in response to a physiologic amount of hydrochloric acid (2 mmol per five minutes) instilled directly into the duodenal bulb, peak proximal duodenal bicarbonate output in the patients was 41 percent of the normal response (263 +/- 65 vs. 642 +/- 77 mumol per centimeter per hour; P less than 0.01). There was little overlap between groups. In contrast, bicarbonate outputs in the distal duodenum were similar in the two groups. We conclude that most patients with duodenal ulcer disease have decreased proximal duodenal mucosal bicarbonate production at rest, in response to hydrochloric acid, and in relation to peak gastric acid secretion. Impaired proximal duodenal mucosal bicarbonate secretion may be an important factor in the development and natural history of duodenal ulcer.
AuthorsJ I Isenberg, J A Selling, D L Hogan, M A Koss
JournalThe New England journal of medicine (N Engl J Med) Vol. 316 Issue 7 Pg. 374-9 (Feb 12 1987) ISSN: 0028-4793 [Print] United States
PMID3807974 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Bicarbonates
  • Hydrochloric Acid
Topics
  • Adult
  • Bicarbonates (metabolism)
  • Duodenal Ulcer (physiopathology)
  • Duodenum (metabolism)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrochloric Acid
  • Intestinal Mucosa (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

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