Information provided in the product description is from published literature. Due to the nature of scientific experimentation, your results (e.g., selectivity and effective concentrations) or specific application for this product may differ. If you have questions about how this product fits your application, please contact our technical support staff.
Visit our FAQ
Toll Free Phone (USA and Canada Only): (888) 526-5351
Direct Phone: (734) 975-3888
Product Categories
Research Area
Item No. 24990

Provide batch numbers separated by commas to download or request available product inserts, QC sheets, certificates of analysis, data packs, and GC-MS data.
Secretin is an endogenous 27-amino acid gastrointestinal hormone and neuropeptide that regulates secretion from the stomach, pancreas, and liver.1,2 It belongs to the secretin/glucagon superfamily of peptides, which includes glucagon (Item No. 24204), glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1; Item No. 24460), GLP-2 (Item No. 24414), and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP; Item Nos. 24769 | 24770).3 Secretin dose-dependently increases somatostatin release from primary human antral cells in vitro.4 In vivo, secretin dose-dependently increases the volume of pancreatic secretion as well as inhibits gastric acid secretion induced by gastrin I (Item No. 24457) in rats when administered at a dose of 100 pmol/kg per h.5 Secretin (40 μg/kg, i.v.) increases the number of neurons expressing c-fos in the central amygdala and area postrema in rats.6
WARNING This product is not for human or veterinary use.
1. Secretin: Structure of the precursor and tissue distribution of the mRNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87(6), 2299-2303 (1990).
2. Metabolic effects of secretin. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 181, 18-24 (2013).
3. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-
4. Effect of cholecystokinin and secretin on somatostatin release from cultured antral cells. Gastroenterology 104(5), 1414-1419 (1993).
5. Receptor subtypes: Species variations in secretin affect potency for pancreatic but not gastric secretion. Pancreas 26(3), 300-305 (2003).
6. A secretin i.v. infusion activates gene expression in the central amygdala of rats. Neuroscience 118(4), 881-888 (2003).