scholarly journals Inhibitory effect of high leucine concentration on α-amylase secretion by pancreatic acinar cells: possible key factor of proteasome

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Guo ◽  
Baolong Liu ◽  
Chen Zheng ◽  
Hanxun Bai ◽  
Hao Ren ◽  
...  

The present study aimed to investigate whether leucine affects the pancreatic exocrine by controlling the antisecretory factor (AF) and cholecystokinin receptor (CCKR) expression as well as the proteasome activity in pancreatic acinar cells of dairy calves. The pancreatic acinar cells were isolated from newborn Holstein bull calves and cultured using the Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium/nutrient mixture F12 Ham’s liquid (DMEM/F12). There were six treatments of leucine dosage including 0 (control), 0.23, 0.45, 1.35, 4.05, and 12.15 mM, respectively. After culture for 3 h, the samples were collected for subsequent analysis. As the leucine concentration increased from 0 to 1.35 mM, the α-amylase activity in media decreased significantly (P<0.05), while further increase in leucine concentration did not show any decrease in α-amylase activity. Addition of leucine inhibited (P<0.05) the expression of AF and CCKR, and decreased the activity of proteasome (P<0.05) by 76%, 63%, 24%, 7%, and 9%, respectively. Correlation analysis results showed α-amylase secretion was negatively correlated with leucine concentration (P<0.01), and positively correlated with proteasome activity (P<0.01) and the expression of CCK1R (P<0.01) and AF (P<0.05). The biggest regression coefficient was showed between α-amylase activity and proteasome (0.7699, P<0.001). After inhibition of proteasome by MG-132, low dosage leucine decreased (P<0.05) the activity of proteasome and α-amylase, as well as the expression of CCK1R. In conclusion, we demonstrated that the high-concentration leucine induced decrease in α-amylase release was mainly by decreasing proteasome activity.

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludwig Jonas ◽  
Ulrike Mikkat ◽  
Anke Witte ◽  
Uta Beckmann ◽  
Katrin Dölker ◽  
...  

In preceding papers we demonstrated an inhibitory effect of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and Ulex europaeus agglutinin (UEA) on the cholecystokinin (CCK) binding to the CCK receptor of rat pancreatic cells and also on the CCK induced Ca2+release and α-amylase secretionin vitroas well as on pancreatic secretion of intact ratsin vivo. In the present study we show the same inhibitory effect of both lectins on the cerulein pancreatitis of rats. This acute pancreatitis was induced by supramaximal injections (5 µg/kg/h iv or 10 µg/kg/h ip) of the CCK analogue cerulein in rats every hour. To monitor the degree of pancreatitis, we measured the number and diameter of injury vacuoles in the pancreatic acinar cells as one of the most important signs of this type of pancreatitis by light microscopic morphometry with two different systems on paraffin sections. Furthermore, the serum α-amylase activity was measured biochemically. We found a correlation between the diameter of vacuoles inside the acinar cells and the serum enzyme activity up to 24 h. The simultaneous ip administration of cerulein and WGA or UEA in a dosage of 125 µg/kg/h for 8 h led to a reduction of vacuolar diameter from 13.1 ± 2.0 µm (cerulein) to 7.5 ± 1.1 µm (cerulein + WGA) or 7.2 ± 1.3 µm (cerulein + UEA). The serum amylase activity was reduced from 63.7 ± 15.8 mmol/l \times min (cerulein) to 37.7 ± 11.8 (cerulein + WGA) or 39.4; +52.9; -31.1 (cerulein + UEA-I). Both parameters allow the grading this special type of pancreatitis to demonstrate the protective effect of the lectins.


2004 ◽  
Vol 287 (4) ◽  
pp. G764-G771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenwei Li ◽  
Xuequn Chen ◽  
John A. Williams

PKC is known to be activated by pancreatic secretagogues such as CCK and carbachol and to participate along with calcium in amylase release. Four PKC isoforms, α, δ, ε, and ζ, have been identified in acinar cells, but which isoforms participate in amylase release are unknown. To identify the responsible isoforms, we used translocation assays, chemical inhibitors, and overexpression of individual isoforms and their dominant-negative variants by means of adenoviral vectors. CCK stimulation caused translocation of PKC-α, -δ, and -ε, but not -ζ from soluble to membrane fraction. CCK-induced amylase release was inhibited ∼30% by GF109203X, a broad spectrum PKC inhibitor, and by rottlerin, a PKC-δ inhibitor, but not by Gö6976, a PKC-α inhibitor, at concentrations from 1 to 5 μM. Neither overexpression of wild-type or dominant-negative PKC-α affected CCK-induced amylase release. Overexpression of PKC-δ and -ε enhanced amylase release, whereas only dominant-negative PKC-δ inhibited amylase release by 25%. PKC-δ overexpression increased amylase release at all concentrations of CCK, but dominant-negative PKC-δ only inhibited the maximal concentration; both similarly affected carbachol and JMV-180-induced amylase release. Overexpression of both PKC-δ and its dominant-negative variant affected the late but not the early phase of amylase release. GF109203X totally blocked the enhancement of amylase release by PKC-δ but had no further effect in the presence of dominant-negative PKC-δ. These results indicate that PKC-δ is the PKC isoform involved with amylase secretion.


1998 ◽  
Vol 330 (1) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Philip PADFIELD ◽  
Ninder PANESAR

At present little is known about how the low-affinity cholecystokinin receptor inhibits secretagogue-stimulated amylase secretion from pancreatic acinar cells. To examine this question we have determined how cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK8) influences Ca2+-dependent amylase secretion from α-toxin-permeabilized pancreatic acini. CCK8 significantly inhibited Ca2+-stimulated amylase secretion. The inhibitory actions of CCK8 were completely blocked by the addition of JMV-180, a specific antagonist for the low-affinity CCK8 receptor. Previous studies have shown that Ca2+-dependent amylase secretion from α-toxin-permeabilized acini has two distinct phases [Padfield and Panesar (1997) Am. J. Physiol. 36, G655-660]. There is an initial rapid phase of secretion which represents release from exocytotic sites primed by MgATP prior to permeabilization. This is followed by a slower sustained phase of secretion which, in part, reflects the MgATP-dependent repriming of the exocytotic machinery. CCK8 did not influence the initial rapid phase of the Ca2+-dependent secretory response, but inhibited the second slower sustained phase. Moreover, CCK8 was shown to inhibit the MgATP-dependent priming of exocytosis in the acini. These results indicate that the low-affinity CCK receptor blocks stimulated amylase secretion by inhibiting the MgATP-dependent repriming of exocytosis.


2016 ◽  
Vol 310 (1) ◽  
pp. G26-G33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanan Hou ◽  
Stephen A. Ernst ◽  
Kaeli Heidenreich ◽  
John A. Williams

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a glucoincretin hormone that can act through its receptor (GLP-1R) on pancreatic β-cells and increase insulin secretion and production. GLP-1R agonists are used clinically to treat type 2 diabetes. GLP-1 may also regulate the exocrine pancreas at multiple levels, including inhibition through the central nervous system, stimulation indirectly through insulin, and stimulation directly on acinar cells. However, it has been unclear whether GLP-1R is present in pancreatic acini and what physiological functions these receptors regulate. In the current study we utilized GLP-1R knockout (KO) mice to study the role of GLP-1R in acinar cells. RNA expression of GLP-1R was detected in acutely isolated pancreatic acini. Acinar cell morphology and expression of digestive enzymes were not affected by loss of GLP-1R. GLP-1 induced amylase secretion in wild-type (WT) acini. In GLP-1R KO mice, this effect was abolished, whereas vasoactive intestinal peptide-induced amylase release in KO acini showed a pattern similar to that in WT acini. GLP-1 stimulated cAMP production and increased protein kinase A-mediated protein phosphorylation in WT acini, and these effects were absent in KO acini. These data show that GLP-1R is present in pancreatic acinar cells and that GLP-1 can regulate secretion through its receptor and cAMP signaling pathway.


1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (1) ◽  
pp. G77-G83
Author(s):  
T. Honda ◽  
H. Adachi ◽  
M. Noguchi ◽  
S. Sato ◽  
S. Onishi ◽  
...  

We have examined the effect of carbamylcholine on the binding of cholecystokinin (CCK) to dispersed acini from rat pancreas. The CCK receptor on pancreatic acini possesses two classes of binding sites. Simultaneous addition of carbamylcholine inhibited binding of CCK to acini due to an apparent loss of high affinity CCK binding sites. Atropine prevented the inhibitory effect of carbamylcholine, whereas calcium ionophore A23187 did not alter binding of CCK. 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) inhibited binding of CCK in the same manner as carbamylcholine. Inhibition by carbamylcholine was reversible and the recovery was time dependent. By contrast, inhibition of binding of CCK by TPA did not reverse after a 60-min incubation without the agent. These findings, at least in part, account for the inhibition of the CCK-induced stimulation of amylase secretion by carbamylcholine. The action of TPA on binding of CCK suggests the possible involvement of the activation of protein kinase C in the inhibition of binding.


1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (3) ◽  
pp. G363-G371
Author(s):  
A. Piiper ◽  
D. Stryjek-Kaminska ◽  
J. Stein ◽  
W. F. Caspary ◽  
S. Zeuzem

We examined the role of protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors (tyrphostins) in secretagogue-induced inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (1,4,5-IP3) production and amylase secretion in rat pancreatic acinar cells. The data show that various specific cell-permeant tyrphostins (methyl 2,5-dihydroxycinnamate, tyrphostin 25, and genistein) inhibited the cholecystokinin octapeptide-, carbachol-, and bombesin-induced 1,4,5-IP3 production and amylase release. In digitonin-permeabilized cells, tyrphostins decreased 1,4,5-IP3 accumulation and amylase release generated by directly stimulating G proteins with the weakly hydrolyzable GTP analogue guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate). Tyrphostins had no effect on vasoactive intestinal peptide-induced amylase secretion. In isolated pancreatic acinar membranes, cholecystokinin octapeptide caused a rapid increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of a synthetic peptide containing the 12-amino acid sequence around a tyrosine phosphorylation site in pp6osrc. These results provide evidence that tyrosine kinases are involved in the activation of phospholipase C by G protein-coupled receptors in pancreatic acinar cells.


2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
María P Granados ◽  
Ginés M Salido ◽  
Antonio González ◽  
José A Pariente

We have employed confocal laser scanning microscopy to investigate how intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) is influenced by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in collagenase-dispersed mouse pancreatic acinar cells. In the absence of extracellular calcium, treatment of cells with increasing concentrations of H2O2 resulted in an increase in [Ca2+]i, indicating the release of calcium from intracellular stores. Micromolar concentrations of H2O2 induced an oscillatory pattern, whereas 1 mmol H2O2/L caused a slow and sustained increase in [Ca2+]i. H2O2 abolished the typical calcium release stimulated by thapsigargin or by the physiological agonist cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8). Depletion of either agonist-sensitive or mitochondrial calcium pools was unable to prevent calcium release induced by 1 mmol H2O2/L, but depletion of both stores abolished it. Additionally, lower H2O2 concentrations were able to release calcium only after depletion of mitochondrial calcium stores. Treatment with either the phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122 or the inhibitor of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor xestospongin C did not modify calcium release from the agonist-sensitive pool induced by 100 µmol H2O2/L, suggesting the involvement of a mechanism independent of IP3 generation. In addition, H2O2 reduced amylase release stimulated by CCK-8. Finally, either the H2O2-induced calcium mobilization or the inhibitory effect of H2O2 on CCK-8-induced amylase secretion was abolished by dithiothreitol, a sulphydryl reducing agent. We conclude that H2O2 at micromolar concentrations induces calcium release from agonist- sensitive stores, and at millimolar concentrations H2O2 can also evoke calcium release from the mitochondria. The action of H2O2 is mediated by oxidation of sulphydryl groups of calcium ATPases independently of IP3 generation.Key words: hydrogen peroxide, pancreatic acinar cells, intracellular calcium stores, amylase secretion.


1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (5) ◽  
pp. G676-G682 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Stryjek-Kaminska ◽  
A. Piiper ◽  
S. Zeuzem

In pancreatic acinar cells, the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor interacts with both cholera toxin- and pertussis toxin (PTX)-sensitive G proteins. In the present study, isolated rat pancreatic acini were used to investigate the effect of EGF on basal and secretagogue-induced adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) production and amylase release. EGF increased cAMP production and amylase release in pancreatic acini. However, cAMP accumulation and amylase release elicited by either vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) or forskolin were inhibited by EGF (17 nM). EGF inhibited the VIP-induced cAMP production and amylase release with a half-maximal effective concentration of 3 and 2 nM, respectively. EGF had no effect on the N6,2'-O-dibutyryladenosine-3',5'-monophosphate-stimulated amylase release, suggesting that the inhibitory effect of EGF on the VIP- and forskolin-induced cAMP production is due to inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. PTX pretreatment of the acini led to an increase of the basal, EGF-, and VIP-stimulated cAMP accumulation and amylase release, indicating that PTX-sensitive G proteins exert tonic inhibition of adenylyl cyclase even in the absence of agonist. In PTX-pretreated acini, the inhibitory effect of EGF on the VIP-induced cAMP production and amylase release was abolished. In conclusion, these results suggest that EGF inhibits secretagogue-induced cAMP production via activation of PTX-sensitive G proteins in rat pancreatic acini, whereas EGF-induced cAMP production and amylase release occurs via a PTX-insensitive pathway.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 1168-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seymour Heisler

The cellular and molecular effects of forskolin, a direct, nonhormonal activator of adenylate cyclase, were assessed on the enzyme secretory process in dispersed rat pancreatic acinar cells. Forskolin stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in the absence of guanyl nucleotide. It promoted a rapid and marked increase in cellular accumulation of cyclic AMP alone or in combination with vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) but was itself a weak pancreatic agonist and did not increase the secretory response to VIP or other cyclic AMP dependent agonists. Somatostatin was a partial antagonist of forskolin stimulated cyclic AMP synthesis and forskolin plus cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK-OP) induced amylase release. Forskolin potentiated amylase secretion in response to calcium-dependent agonists such as CCK-OP, carbachol and A-23187, but did not affect the ability of CCK-OP and (or) carbachol to mobilize 45Ca from isotope preloaded cells; forskolin alone did not stimulate 45Ca release. In calcium-poor media, the secretory response to forskolin and CCK-OP was reduced in a both absolute and relative manner. The data suggests that calcium plays the primary role as intracellular mediator of enzyme secretion and that the role of cyclic AMP may be to modulate the efficiency of calcium utilization.


1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (5) ◽  
pp. G792-G801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Tsunoda ◽  
E. L. Stuenkel ◽  
J. A. Williams

The sustained increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) during maximal stimulation of rat pancreatic acini with carbamylcholine (10(-5) M) was investigated in individual acinar cells by microspectrofluorometric analysis of fura-2. After the large initial [Ca2+]i increase from intracellular stores, [Ca2+]i remained significantly elevated as long as the stimulus was applied. The amplitude of this plateau was dependent on the median Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o) being 45-50 nM above prestimulation in medium with 1 mM [Ca2+]o increasing to 90 nM at 10 mM [Ca2+]o. This Ca2+ plateau was completely blocked by 2.5 mM Ni2+ and 0.25 mM La3+ but was unaffected by elevated K+ or the Ca2+ channel blocker D 600. Mn2+ was able to enter the cytosol after the cell stimulation as indicated by intracellular quenching of fura-2, indicating that acinar cells possess a Mn2(+)-permeable Ca2+ channel. Elimination of [Ca2+]o or addition of Ni2+ and Mn2+ to the medium reduced the level of sustained amylase secretion in a reversible manner under superfusion conditions. Increasing [Ca2+]i above the normal level by increasing [Ca2+]o had no effect on amylase secretion. The process for sustained Ca2+ entry was pH sensitive; decreasing extracellular pH (pHo) to 6.5-6.8 during the cell stimulation resulted in a reduction of the sustained [Ca2+]i plateau level and a decrease in sustained amylase secretion. By contrast, increasing pHo to 8.0 enhanced the level of the sustained [Ca2+]i in a Ni2(+)-sensitive manner but did not increase amylase release. Changes in cytosolic pH had only minimal effects on the sustained [Ca2+]i plateau. The results demonstrate a receptor-mediated Ca2+ entry mechanism, which results in a small increase in [Ca2+]i important in the maintenance of sustained amylase release.


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