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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 76, Issue 4 1131-1139, Copyright © 1998 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Circadian and ultradian variation in pancreatic secretion of meal-fed pigs after weaning

M. J. Thaela, M. S. Jensen, G. Cornelissen, F. Halberg, F. Noddegaard, K. Jakobsen and S. G. Pierzynowski
Department of Animal Physiology, University of Lund, Sweden.

We studied the time structure of pancreatic secretion in two experiments involving seven 6- to 7-wk-old intact male pigs, surgically fitted with a jugular vein catheter for blood sampling, pancreatic catheter, and a duodenal T-cannula for chronic pancreatic juice sampling for 72 h at 30- to 60-min intervals. Pigs were kept in metabolic cages in a regimen of 12 h of light alternating with 12 h of darkness and were fed at 0800, 1500, and 2200 daily a standard diet based on barley, soybean meal, and fish meal. Beginning 4 d after surgical recovery, three 24-h collections of pancreatic juice and blood sampling were begun either at 0700 or 0800 every 2nd d for 5 d. Pancreatic secretion exhibited a pattern characterized by distinct meal-related secretions of the first phase (postprandial), containing large amounts of protein and enzymes (trypsin and chymotrypsin), and by non-food-stimulated secretions of the second phase with less protein and enzymes. During the dark span, the first phase was practically absent; the response of the pancreatic secretion to the 2200 meal was not very pronounced. Apart from the anticipated circadian rhythm demonstrable by single cosinor analysis on a group basis, a prominent 8-h component was almost invariably statistically significant. Moreover, an approximately 3.43-h component was also prominent. These data indicate that pancreatic secretions are circadian periodic and that their response to a standard meal is also circadian-stage dependent. The circadian components may have been free-running because the pigs were adjusting themselves to the changing phase and that resulted in the period being different from exactly 24 h.


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