Effects of synthetic cyclic AMP analogs on amylase exocytosis from rat pancreatic acini

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (10) ◽  
pp. 1138-1147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Schäfer ◽  
Hanna Steffen ◽  
Hartmut Printz ◽  
Burkhard Göke

Diastereomers of adenosine 3′,5′-phosphorothioate activate cAMP-dependent protein kinases (cAMP-PK) in vitro. We found that these compounds are highly selective tools to monitor cAMP-dependent PKA activation and its effect on amylase exocytosis from pancreatic acini. In permeabilized rat acinar cells, (Sp)-cAMPS dose-dependently stimulated amylase secretion, while (Rp)-cAMPS inhibited (Sp)-cAMPS-induced amylase release. In intact rat acini, 8-Br-(Sp)-cAMPS reduced the secretory responses to secretin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), 8-Br-cAMP, and 8-Br-(Sp)-cAMPS, but not to cerulein. Another derivative, dibutyryl-(Rp)-cAMPS, induced a small inhibitory effect against 8-Br-(Sp)-cAMPS and VIP, which was overlapped by an unspecific stimulatory effect on amylase exocytosis induced by the degradation product butyrate. Furthermore, (Sp)-5,6-dichloro-1-β-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole-3′,5′-monophosphorothioate ((Sp)-5,6-DCl-cBIMPS), a specific cAMP-PK activator, induced a maximal induction of cAMP-PK activity, but its stimulation of amylase secretion was less than that by secretin. (Sp)-5,6-DCl-cBIMPS regulated the phosphorylation of several proteins, which were also affected by secretin. However, secretin had additional effects. Its action was most likely mediated by a dual effect on the cAMP and the calcium pathway. Our results indicate that the cAMP-dependent pathway is involved in amylase exocytosis from rat pancreatic acini.Key words: secretin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, (Rp)-cAMPS, (Sp)-cAMPS, 8-Br-(Rp)-cAMPS, 8-Br-(Sp)-cAMPS, dibutyryl-(Rp)-cAMPS, (Sp)-5,6-DCl-cBIMPS, cAMP-dependent protein kinases, pancreatic acini, amylase secretion.

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.


1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (4) ◽  
pp. G822-G828 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Barada ◽  
N. E. Saadé ◽  
S. F. Atweh ◽  
C. F. Nassar

It was recently shown that vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) inhibits rat jejunal alanine absorption, an effect that was significantly reduced by vagotomy. This study assesses the role of capsaicin-sensitive primary afferents (CSPA) and the myenteric plexus in the inhibition of rat jejunal alanine absorption by VIP. Continuous intravenous infusion of VIP (11.2 ng ⋅ kg−1⋅ min−1) reduced alanine absorption by 60% in sham control rats and by 20% in rats neonatally treated with capsaicin ( P < 0.01). In in vitro experiments, VIP decreased alanine uptake by jejunal strips isolated from sham control rats in a dose-dependent manner. In the presence of 40 nM VIP, alanine uptake by full-thickness jejunal strips was reduced by 54% in sham control rats and by 25% in rats neonatally treated with capsaicin ( P < 0.001). On the other hand, VIP reduced alanine uptake by mucosal scrapings by 25% in sham rats compared with 9% reduction in neonatally treated rats. Chemical ablation of the extrinsic innervation and jejunal myenteric plexuses by pretreatment with benzalkonium chloride significantly ( P < 0.001) reduced basal alanine absorption and the inhibitory effect of VIP. Moreover, incubation of intestinal strips with tetrodotoxin and atropine reduced significantly ( P < 0.05) the inhibitory effect of VIP on alanine absorption. These data suggest that VIP exerts its inhibitory effect on alanine absorption through the CSPA fibers and the myenteric plexus. The neuronal circuitry of this inhibitory process may involve cholinergic muscarinic mechanisms.


1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (3) ◽  
pp. G261-G266 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Louie ◽  
J. P. Liang ◽  
C. Owyang

In this study we examined a novel, orally effective, nonpeptidal cholecystokinin (CCK) antagonist, 3S(-)-N-(2,3-dihydro-1-methyl-2-oxo-5-phenyl-1H-1,4-benzodiazepine-3-yl) -1H-indole-2-carboxamide (L364,718) on CCK-induced amylase release. We used isolated rat pancreatic acini and incubated them with CCK-8 with or without various CCK receptor antagonists. L364,718 (3-100 nM), proglumide (1-10 mM), and the proglumide derivative CR1409 (1-30 microM) each caused a progressive rightward shift in the CCK-8 dose-response curve without a change in maximal amylase secretion. Plotting the data according to the method of Schild indicated competitive inhibition. The Kis for L364,718, CR1409, and proglumide were 0.25 nM, 0.15 microM, and 0.5 mM, respectively. Thus L364,718 was 600-fold more potent than CR1409 and 2,000,000-fold more potent than proglumide in inhibiting CCK-8-induced amylase release. Inhibition of 125I-Bolton-Hunter-CCK-8 binding to acini by these receptor antagonists had a similar rank potency. L364,718 was tested against other pancreatic exocrine secretagogues and was effective against agonists that only act through the CCK receptor. In rats, diversion of pancreatic juice from the duodenum stimulated pancreatic amylase output and elevated plasma CCK levels. The stimulated amylase secretion was blocked by intravenous administration of L364,718. Furthermore, extracted plasma CCK from rats with diversion of pancreatic juice from the duodenum stimulated amylase release from pancreatic acini, and this stimulation was blocked by addition of L364,718.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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.


1989 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirotsugu SHINOZAKI ◽  
Akihiro FUNAKOSHI ◽  
Hideyuki WAKASUGI ◽  
Muneaki ABE

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 2473-2480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick P.L. Lam ◽  
Kati Hyvärinen ◽  
Maria Kauppi ◽  
Laura Cosen-Binker ◽  
Saara Laitinen ◽  
...  

We identified in a yeast two-hybrid screen the EF-hand Ca2+-binding protein Cab45 as an interaction partner of Munc18b. Although the full-length Cab45 resides in Golgi lumen, we characterize a cytosolic splice variant, Cab45b, expressed in pancreatic acini. Cab45b is shown to bind45Ca2+, and, of its three EF-hand motifs, EF-hand 2 is demonstrated to be crucial for the ion binding. Cab45b is shown to interact with Munc18b in an in vitro assay, and this interaction is enhanced in the presence of Ca2+. In this assay, Cab45b also binds the Munc18a isoform in a Ca2+-dependent manner. The endogenous Cab45b in rat acini coimmunoprecipitates with Munc18b, syntaxin 2, and syntaxin 3, soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors with key roles in the Ca2+-triggered zymogen secretion. Furthermore, we show that Munc18b bound to syntaxin 3 recruits Cab45b onto the plasma membrane. Importantly, antibodies against Cab45b are shown to inhibit in a specific and dose-dependent manner the Ca2+-induced amylase release from streptolysin-O–permeabilized acini. The present study identifies Cab45b as a novel protein factor involved in the exocytosis of zymogens by pancreatic acini.


2005 ◽  
Vol 289 (1) ◽  
pp. C22-C32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Bi ◽  
John A. Williams

The actin cytoskeleton has long been implicated in protein secretion. We investigated whether Rho and Rac, known regulators of the cytoskeleton, are involved in amylase secretion by mouse pancreatic acini. Secretagogues, including cholecystokinin (CCK) and the acetylcholine analog carbachol, increased the amount of GTP-bound RhoA and Rac1 and induced translocation from cytosol to a membrane fraction. Immunocytochemistry revealed the translocation of Rho and Rac within the apical region of the cell. Expression by means of adenoviral vectors of dominant-negative Rho (RhoN19), dominant-negative Rac (RacN17), and Clostridium Botulinum C3 exotoxin, which ADP ribosylates and inactivates Rho, significantly inhibited amylase secretion by CCK and carbachol; inhibiting both Rho and Rac resulted in a greater reduction. This inhibitory effect of RhoN19 on CCK-induced amylase secretion was apparent in both the early and late phases of secretion, whereas RacN17 was more potent on the late phase of secretion. None of these three affected the basal Ca2+ or the peak intracellular Ca2+ concentration stimulated by CCK. Latrunculin, a marine toxin that sequesters actin monomers, time-dependently decreased the total amount of filamentous actin (F-actin) and dose-dependently decreased secretion by secretagogues without affecting Ca2+ signaling. These data suggest that Rho and Rac are both involved in CCK-induced amylase release in pancreatic acinar cell possibly through an effect on the actin cytoskeleton.


Zygote ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Krischek ◽  
Burkhard Meinecke

In the present study the effects of roscovitine on the in vitro nuclear maturation of porcine oocytes were investigated. Roscovitine, a specific inhibitor of cyclin-dependent protein kinases, prevented chromatin condensation in a concentration-dependent manner. This inhibition was reversible and was accompanied by non-activation of p34cdc2/histone H1 kinase. It also decreased enzyme activity of MAP kinase, suggesting a correlation between histone H1 kinase activation and the onset of chromatin condensation. The addition of roscovitine (50 μM) to extracts of metaphase II oocytes revealed that the MAP kinase activity was not directly affected by roscovitine, which indicates a possible link between histone H1 and MAP kinase. Chromatin condensation occurred between 20 and 28 h of culture of cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) in inhibitor-free medium (germinal vesicle stage I, GV1: 74.6% and 13.7%, respectively). Nearly the same proportion of chromatin condensation was detected in COCs incubated initially in inhibitor-free medium for 20-28 h and subsequently in roscovitine-supplemented medium (50 μM) for a further 2-10 h (GV I: 76.2% and 18.8%, respectively). This observation indicates that roscovitine prevents chromatin condensation even after an initial inhibitor-free cultivation for 20 h. Extending this initial incubation period to ≥22 h led to an activation of histone H1 and MAP kinase and increasing proportions of oocytes exhibiting chromatin condensation in the presence of roscovitine. It is concluded that histone H1 kinase is involved in the induction of chromatin condensation during in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes.


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.


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