Endocytosis at the apical plasma membrane of pancreatic acinar cells is regulated by tyrosine kinases

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (2) ◽  
pp. C306-C311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven D. Freedman ◽  
Mark H. Katz ◽  
Eliza M. Parker ◽  
Andres Gelrud

We have shown that endocytosis at the apical plasma membrane of pancreatic acinar cells is regulated by the pH of the acinar lumen and is associated with cleavage of GP2, a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored protein. The aim of this study was to determine the transduction pathway by which endocytosis is activated. Apical endocytosis was studied in rat pancreatic acini by prestimulation with cholecystokinin followed by measurement of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) uptake. Lanthanum, staurosporine, and forskolin had no effect on HRP uptake. Cytochalasin D significantly inhibited endocytosis, indicating a dependence on actin filament integrity. Genistein and the specific tyrphostin inhibitor B42 also inhibited HRP uptake, implicating tyrosine kinases in the regulation of HRP uptake. With the use of an Src kinase-specific substrate, Src kinase activity was temporally related to activation of endocytosis. The tyrosine-dependent phosphorylation of an 85-kDa substrate in both rat and mouse pancreatic acini correlated with Src kinase activation and pH-dependent regulation of HRP uptake. These results indicate that apical endocytosis in acinar cells is associated with tyrosine kinase activation and is dependent on the actin cytoskeleton.

1994 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
BP Jena ◽  
FD Gumkowski ◽  
EM Konieczko ◽  
GF von Mollard ◽  
R Jahn ◽  
...  

Regulated secretion from pancreatic acinar cells occurs by exocytosis of zymogen granules (ZG) at the apical plasmalemma. ZGs originate from the TGN and undergo prolonged maturation and condensation. After exocytosis, the zymogen granule membrane (ZGM) is retrieved from the plasma membrane and ultimately reaches the TGN. In this study, we analyzed the fate of a low M(r) GTP-binding protein during induced exocytosis and membrane retrieval using immunoblots as well as light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry. This 27-kD protein, identified by a monoclonal antibody that recognizes rab3A and B, may be a novel rab3 isoform. In resting acinar cells, the rab3-like protein was detected primarily on the cytoplasmic face of ZGs, with little labeling of the Golgi complex and no significant labeling of the apical plasmalemma or any other intracellular membranes. Stimulation of pancreatic lobules in vitro by carbamylcholine for 15 min, resulted in massive exocytosis that led to a near doubling of the area of the apical plasma membrane. However, no relocation of the rab3-like protein to the apical plasmalemma was seen. After 3 h of induced exocytosis, during which time approximately 90% of the ZGs is released, the rab3-like protein appeared to translocate to small vesicles and newly forming secretory granules in the TGN. No significant increase of the rab3-like protein was found in the cytosolic fraction at any time during stimulation. Since the protein is not detected on the apical plasmalemma after stimulation, we conclude that recycling may involve a membrane dissociation-association cycle that accompanies regulated exocytosis.


1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (3) ◽  
pp. G352-G362 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Rivard ◽  
G. Rydzewska ◽  
J. S. Lods ◽  
J. Morisset

Cholecystokinin (CCK) is the major pancreatic secretagogue and acinar cell mitogen. This study was performed to determine by which effector systems CCK regulates tyrosine kinases, phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) 3-kinase, and phospholipase D (PLD) activities. Pancreatic acini loaded with [3H]myristic acid or [3H]inositol were used to assay PLD and PtdIns 3-kinase. G protein activation with NaF increased particulate and crude cytosolic tyrosine kinase and PLD activities. PLD activation was pertussis toxin sensitive. Inhibition of phospholipase C (PLC) slightly reduced caerulein-stimulated particulate tyrosine kinase and blocked crude cytosolic tyrosine kinase activity without affecting caerulein-induced PLD activity. Ca2+ is an important factor in caerulein stimulation of tyrosine kinase and PLD activities. Protein kinase C and tyrosine kinase inhibition abolished caerulein-activated particulate and crude cytosolic tyrosine kinase and PtdIns 3-kinase activities without any effect on PLD. Wortmannin inhibited PLD and PtdIns 3-kinase activation. Caerulein-induced amylase secretion was partially reduced by tyrosine kinase inhibition, with no effect from wortmannin. Caerulein can stimulate a pertussis toxin-insensitive G protein, leading to particulate tyrosine kinase activation and a Ca(2+)-sensitive cytosolic tyrosine kinase through PLC activation. However, PLD activation by caerulein is pertussis toxin sensitive, cytosolic Ca2+ sensitive, and independent of previous PLC and tyrosine kinase activation.


1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Zajic ◽  
J Schacht

A cytochemical procedure for the localization of adenylate cyclase with Sr2+ as the capture ion and adenylyl imidodiphosphate as the specific substrate was evaluated in the rat pancreas. Incubation medium was unaffected by the addition of 5 mM strontium ions but became turbid in the presence of lead or strontium plus 10 mM NaF. Tissues were prefixed in 2% formaldehyde/0.5% glutaraldehyde and incubated, and the cytochemical precipitate was converted to the Pb2+ salt. Enzymatic activity was demonstrated on the plasma membrane of pancreatic acinar cells and responded to stimulation by secretin. Controls frequently contained Pb2+ sequestered in mitochondria, but otherwise only a few randomly distributed grains were observed. The controls were 1) omission of substrate from the medium; 2) incubation of tissue for 1 min in complete medium; and 3) tissue previously inactivated by microwave irradiation and incubated for 30 min in complete medium including secretin.


2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (1) ◽  
pp. G146-G155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Hak Won ◽  
David I. Yule

In nonexcitable cells, such as exocrine cells from the pancreas and salivary glands, agonist-stimulated Ca2+ signals consist of both Ca2+ release and Ca2+ influx. We have investigated the contribution of these processes to membrane-localized Ca2+ signals in pancreatic and parotid acinar cells using total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy (TIRFM). This technique allows imaging with unsurpassed resolution in a limited zone at the interface of the plasma membrane and the coverslip. In TIRFM mode, physiological agonist stimulation resulted in Ca2+ oscillations in both pancreas and parotid with qualitatively similar characteristics to those reported using conventional wide-field microscopy (WFM). Because local Ca2+ release in the TIRF zone would be expected to saturate the Ca2+ indicator (Fluo-4), these data suggest that Ca2+ release is occurring some distance from the area subjected to the measurement. When acini were stimulated with supermaximal concentrations of agonists, an initial peak, largely due to Ca2+ release, followed by a substantial, maintained plateau phase indicative of Ca2+ entry, was observed. The contribution of Ca2+ influx and Ca2+ release in isolation to these near-plasma membrane Ca2+ signals was investigated by using a Ca2+ readmission protocol. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, the profile and magnitude of the initial Ca2+ release following stimulation with maximal concentrations of agonist or after SERCA pump inhibition were similar to those obtained with WFM in both pancreas and parotid acini. In contrast, when Ca2+ influx was isolated by subsequent Ca2+ readmission, the Ca2+ signals evoked were more robust than those measured with WFM. Furthermore, in parotid acinar cells, Ca2+ readdition often resulted in the apparent saturation of Fluo-4 but not of the low-affinity dye Fluo-4-FF. Interestingly, Ca2+ influx as measured by this protocol in parotid acinar cells was substantially greater than that initiated in pancreatic acinar cells. Indeed, robust Ca2+ influx was observed in parotid acinar cells even at low physiological concentrations of agonist. These data indicate that TIRFM is a useful tool to monitor agonist-stimulated near-membrane Ca2+ signals mediated by Ca2+ influx in exocrine acinar cells. In addition, TIRFM reveals that the extent of Ca2+ influx in parotid acinar cells is greater than pancreatic acinar cells when compared using identical methodologies.


2011 ◽  
Vol 287 (3) ◽  
pp. 1823-1836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parini Mankad ◽  
Andrew James ◽  
Ajith K. Siriwardena ◽  
Austin C. Elliott ◽  
Jason I. E. Bruce

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