Isoform-specificity of RAB3B/D effector domain peptide stimulated amylase release in pancreatic acini and inhibition by RAB3B/D antibodies

1995 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. A384
1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (3) ◽  
pp. G350-G356
Author(s):  
S. Zeuzem ◽  
D. Stryjek-Kaminska ◽  
W. F. Caspary ◽  
J. Stein ◽  
A. Piiper

We report here that a synthetic peptide of the effector domain of the small-molecular-weight GTP-binding protein Rab3A (EDRab3AL) is a potent stimulator of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] production and amylase secretion in digitonin-permeabilized pancreatic acini. Moreover, the Rab3A effector domain peptide caused phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate breakdown, indicating that the observed increase in Ins(1,4,5)P3 is due to stimulation of a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC). The dose-response curve for EDRab3AL-induced amylase release was biphasic, showing a maximum at 0.3 nM EDRab3AL and a decline at higher peptide concentrations. By contrast, the dose-response curve for EDRab3AL-induced Ins(1,4,5)P3 production was monophasic, showing stimulation with increasing EDRab3AL concentrations. A peptide of the effector domain of Rab1A, EDRab1AL, had no effect, indicating that the response to EDRab3AL is specific. Cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) and EDRab3AL had additive effects on the acinar Ins(1,4,5)P3 level. Epidermal growth factor (EGF), which has recently been shown to inhibit CCK-8-induced Ins(1,4,5)P3 production in pancreatic acinar cells, also decreased EDRab3AL-induced Ins(1,4,5)P3 production. These results suggest that EDRab3AL and CCK-8 act on the same EGF-inhibitable PLC by independent mechanisms. CCK-8 increased and EGF decreased amylase release in response to submaximal EDRab3AL concentrations. By contrast, at supramaximal EDRab3AL concentrations EGF increased and CCK-8 decreased EDRab3AL-stimulated amylase release. EDRab3AL had no effect in intact acini, indicating that the site of action of EDRab3AL is intracellular. We conclude that EDRab3AL regulates phosphoinositide-specific PLC activity and thereby amylase secretion in an analogous fashion to CCK-8, but from within the cell.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1997 ◽  
Vol 326 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albrecht PIIPER ◽  
Danuta STRYJEK-KAMINSKA ◽  
Daria ILLENBERGER ◽  
Rolf KLENGEL ◽  
Jürgen M. SCHMIDT ◽  
...  

We have recently shown that synthetic peptides of the effector domain of the low-molecular-mass GTP-binding protein Rab3 stimulate inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate production in various permeabilized cells. To investigate the mechanism of the peptide-induced activation of phospholipase C (PLC) and to identify the PLC isoenzyme(s) targeted by these peptides, isolated pancreatic acinar membranes and cytosol were preincubated with anti-PLC antibodies before examination of PLC activity in response to the Rab3B/D effector-domain peptide (VSTVGIDFKVKTVYRH, peptide P1). Western blot analysis revealed the presence of PLC-β1, -β3, -γ1 and -δ1 in membrane and cytosolic fractions. P1 stimulated PLC activity in both membrane and cytosolic fractions. Anti-(PLC-β1) antibody inhibited P1-induced PLC activity in both subcellular fractions almost completely. Moreover, P1-induced amylase release in digitonin-permeabilized pancreatic acini was also inhibited. Other immunoneutralizing anti-PLC antibodies had no effect, suggesting that P1 activates PLC-β1 but not PLC-β3, -γ1 or -δ1. P1 also activated recombinant PLC-β1, indicating direct activation of PLC-β1 by Rab3 effector-domain peptides. To investigate further the structure–function relationship of the peptides, truncated peptides of P1 were tested for their ability to activate PLC in isolated pancreatic acinar membranes and to stimulate amylase release from digitonin-permeabilized pancreatic acini. Peptides containing a BXBXXXB(B) motif (where B represents a basic residue and X any residue) [KVKTVYRH (EC50 of 1 nM to stimulate amylase release) ≈ TVGIDFKVKTVYRH > TVGIDFKVKTVYR] were potent stimulators of amylase release and PLC activity, whereas deletion of the C-terminus (VSTVGIDF), of the two basic C-terminal amino acid residues (VSTVGIDFKVKTVY and KVKTVY), or destruction of the BXB motif (VKTVYR) resulted in inactive peptides. In conclusion, the results of the present study show that short peptides containing a BXBXXXB motif represent promising pharmacological agents to activate the PLC-β1 isoenzyme.


1995 ◽  
Vol 309 (2) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Piiper ◽  
D Stryjek-Kaminska ◽  
R Jahn ◽  
S Zeuzem

Rab3 proteins are localized on secretory vesicles and appear to be involved in regulated exocytosis. We have previously shown that a modified peptide corresponding to the effector domain of the small molecular mass GTP-binding protein Rab3A, Rab3AAL, stimulates inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] production and amylase release in digitonin-permeabilized pancreatic acini. Experiments using monoclonal antibodies reveal that the Rab3-like protein present in pancreatic acini is not the Rab3A isoform. However, since the putative effector domains of the four as yet known Rab3 proteins (A, B, C and D) differ only in the C-terminal four amino acid residues, Rab3A effector domain peptide could mimic the action of the pancreas-specific Rab3 isoform. In the present study we report that peptides corresponding to the different Rab3 isoforms stimulate both Ins(1,4,5)P3 production and amylase secretion with an order of potency Rab3B/D > Rab3AAL > Rab3A = Rab3C. For Rab3A, B/D and C effector domain peptides the concentrations causing half-maximal response (EC50) were 3, 0.2 and 3 nM for Ins(1,4,5)P3 accumulation and 0.3, 0.02 and 0.3 nM for amylase release, respectively. A Rab1A effector domain peptide, Rab1AAL, and a scrambled peptide of Rab3AAL were less potent by several orders of magnitude in eliciting these responses compared with native Rab3 effector domain peptides. None of the peptides influenced Ins(1,4,5)P3 production and amylase release in intact acini. Cross-linking of 125I-Rab3B/D peptide to pancreatic acinar membranes showed a band at 70 to 75 kDa with maximum intensity at 75 kDa. Radiolabelling of the substrates could be displaced by unlabelled Rab3B/D peptide, and to a lesser extend by Rab3A peptide, whereas the scrambled peptide of Rab3AAL had no effect. These data suggest that phospholipase C and exocytosis might be regulated by Rab3B-or Rab3D-like proteins in pancreatic acinar cells. A 75 kDa protein that preferentially cross-linked to 125I-Rab3B/D effector domain peptide is a potential candidate as an effector protein of Rab3 effector domain peptides.


Pancreas ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Honggang Yu ◽  
Hanne Klonowski-Stumpe ◽  
Reinhard Lüthen

1983 ◽  
Vol 244 (3) ◽  
pp. G273-G277
Author(s):  
W. F. Stenson ◽  
E. Lobos ◽  
H. J. Wedner

Isolated guinea pig pancreatic acini were specifically depleted of glutathione by treatment with 2-cyclohexene-1-one (2-CHX-1). Untreated acini contained 4.3 +/- 0.6 micrograms of glutathione per milligram protein. Incubation with 1 mM 2-CHX-1 for 5 min at 37 degrees C depleted glutathione to 17% of control values; 5 mM 2-CHX-1 depleted glutathione to less than 4% of control values. Incubation with 2-CHX-1 also impaired the ability of the isolated acini to secrete amylase in response to stimulation with carbachol and the ionophore A23187. The depletion of glutathione and the inhibition of amylase secretion by 2-CHX-1 were both dose dependent and time dependent. Incubation of acini with 2 mM 2-CHX-1 for 15 min at 37 degrees C reduced glutathione levels to 6.6% of control and reduced carbachol-stimulated amylase release to 63% of control. Higher doses of 2-CHX-1 or longer incubations resulted in greater depletion of glutathione and greater inhibition of carbachol-induced amylase release. These data indicate that specific depletion of glutathione impairs the ability of isolated acini to secrete amylase in response to physiological and pharmacologic stimuli and suggest that glutathione has a role in stimulus-secretion coupling in the exocrine pancreas.


1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (6) ◽  
pp. E1127-E1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Fragner ◽  
Olivier Presset ◽  
Nicole Bernad ◽  
Jean Martinez ◽  
Claude Roze ◽  
...  

The tripeptide pyro-Glu-His-Pro-NH2[thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)] was isolated from the hypothalamus as a thyrotropin-releasing factor. It has a broad spectrum of central nervous system-mediated actions, including the stimulation of exocrine pancreatic secretion. TRH is also synthesized in the endocrine pancreas and found in the systemic circulation. Enzymatic degradation of TRH in vivo produces other bioactive peptides such as cyclo(His-Pro). Because of the short half-life of TRH and the stability of cyclo(His-Pro) in vivo, we postulated that at least part of the peripheral TRH effects on the exocrine pancreatic secretion may be attributed to cyclo(His-Pro), which has been shown to have other biological activities. This study determines in parallel the peripheral effects of TRH and cyclo(His-Pro) as well as the putative contribution of other TRH-related peptides on exocrine pancreatic secretion in rats. TRH and its metabolite cyclo(His-Pro) dose dependently inhibited 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-DG)-stimulated pancreatic secretion. TRH and all the related peptides tested had no effect on the basal and cholecystokinin-stimulated amylase release from pancreatic acinar cells in vitro. These data indicate that cyclo(His-Pro) mimics the peripheral inhibitory effect of TRH on 2-DG-stimulated exocrine pancreatic secretion. This effect is not detected on isolated pancreatic acini. Our findings provide a new biological contribution for cyclo(His-Pro) with potential experimental and clinical applications.


1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (2) ◽  
pp. G217-G223 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Singh ◽  
I. Asada ◽  
A. Owlia ◽  
T. J. Collins ◽  
J. C. Thompson

We have examined the direct effect of somatostatin (SRIF) on basal and stimulated amylase release from guinea pig pancreatic acini using the in vitro method of continuous perifusion. The optimal conditions of flow rate, chamber size, acinar cell volume per chamber, and period of secretagogue infusion were defined for the perifusion system. The kinetic profile of amylase release in response to cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK-8), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), and SRIF was studied. Under optimal conditions, the acini were found to remain equally responsive to an ED50 dose of CCK-8 (0.5-0.8 nM) for 12 h of perifusion. The duration of amylase response to any given dose of CCK-8, given for the optimal period of 5 min, was 80-100 min. The total amylase released minus the basal release divided by 90 min (delta response) in response to the maximum effective (Maxeff) dose of CCK-8 (100 nM) was 14,667 +/- 1,433 U/l (amounting to a 10-fold increase compared with basal values). When compared with the amount of total delta amylase released in response to the Maxeff dose of CCK, the total amylase released in response to the Maxeff doses of SRIF (1 microM) and VIP (10 nM) was 10-21% and 51-59%, respectively. SRIF (100 nM) significantly decreased VIP- (0.1-1.0 nM) stimulated amylase release by 45-70% in the perifusion method of study but had no significant effect on the CCK-stimulated amylase release. This suggests that the perifusion method can be used for investigating the mechanism of SRIF-mediated inhibition of VIP effects on amylase release in an in vitro system.


1984 ◽  
Vol 246 (4) ◽  
pp. G419-G425 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Otsuki ◽  
Y. Okabayashi ◽  
A. Ohki ◽  
S. R. Hootman ◽  
S. Baba ◽  
...  

A single dose of synthetic cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK8, 5 micrograms/kg) in a depot carrier was injected subcutaneously into rats 2 and 14 h before the removal of the pancreas and the preparation of isolated pancreatic acini. CCK8 treatment induced no significant change in body weight or total amount of pancreatic DNA, but pancreatic weight, total pancreatic protein and amylase, and the concentration of amylase and total protein relative to DNA were significantly decreased. In acini prepared from CCK8-pretreated rats, responsiveness to maximal and supramaximal concentrations of CCK8 was significantly increased, irrespective of whether the amount of amylase released was expressed relative to DNA or calculated as a percentage of the acinar content. The dose-response curves for CCK8 were similarly shaped in both CCK8-pretreated and control rats but shifted threefold toward higher concentrations of CCK8 2 or 14 h after CCK8 treatment. Specific 125I-CCK binding was significantly increased only for high-affinity binding sites. Although these observations suggest that alterations in pancreatic amylase release could be due to changes at the cholecystokinin receptor, the secretory responsiveness to maximal and supramaximal concentrations of carbachol was also increased without any change in the sensitivity. Moreover, in contrast to the cholecystokinin receptor, there was no change in the number of muscarinic receptors or in their affinity for either agonists or antagonists measured with [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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