Effects of atropine on pancreatic response to bethanechol, cholecystokinin, and food intake in rats

1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (5) ◽  
pp. G735-G741
Author(s):  
M. F. O'Rourke ◽  
R. D. Reidelberger ◽  
T. E. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Pancreatic Secretion ◽  
Pancreatic Enzyme ◽  
Maximal Response ◽  
Cholinergic Mechanisms ◽  
Liquid Meal ◽  
Amylase Output ◽  
Cck Receptor Antagonist ◽  
The Right

Atropine was used to examine the role of cholinergic mechanisms in the pancreatic secretory response to food intake. Unanesthetized rats with gastric, jugular vein, bile-pancreatic, and duodenal cannulas were used; bile-pancreatic juice was recirculated. The maximal response to bethanechol (4 mg.kg-1.h-1) was similar to cholecystokinin (CCK)-8-induced maximal secretion. Atropine (25-200 micrograms.kg-1.h-1) markedly inhibited basal amylase output and caused dose-related inhibition of the incremental response to a maximal dose of bethanechol. Atropine (50 micrograms.kg-1.h-1) shifted the dose-response curve to bethanechol (1-32 mg.kg-1.h-1) to the right but did not alter maximal amylase output. L 364718 (0.5 mg/kg), a CCK receptor antagonist, had no effect on bethanechol-stimulated pancreatic secretion. Atropine (50 micrograms.kg-1.h-1) did not affect the incremental responses to low doses of CCK-8; the maximal response occurred at a higher CCK-8 dose because atropine decreased basal secretion. Atropine (50 or 200 micrograms.kg-1.h-1) did not decrease the amylase response to ingestion of a liquid meal. We conclude that 1) bethanechol is a full agonist for stimulation of pancreatic enzyme secretion and its effects are not mediated by CCK release; 2) atropine is a competitive antagonist of bethanechol-induced pancreatic secretion in vivo but does not directly affect responses to CCK-8; 3) cholinergic mechanisms do not mediate the pancreatic enzyme response to a liquid meal in rats.

Effect of CCK antagonist L 364718 on meal-induced pancreatic secretion in rats

1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. G179-G184 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. O'Rourke ◽  
R. D. Reidelberger ◽  
T. E. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Secretion ◽  
Competitive Inhibition ◽  
Pancreatic Enzyme ◽  
Enzyme Secretion ◽  
Amylase Secretion ◽  
Liquid Meal ◽  
Amylase Output ◽  
Pancreatic Enzyme Secretion ◽  
Cck Receptor Antagonist

The specific cholecystokinin (CCK)-receptor antagonist L 364718 was used to examine the role of CCK in meal-induced pancreatic secretion. Unanesthetized rats with gastric, jugular vein, bilepancreatic, and duodenal cannulas were used; bile-pancreatic juice was recirculated. Basal amylase secretion (30% of maximal) was not inhibited by L 364718 doses of 0.5 or 2 mg/kg intravenously. L 364718 (0.02 to 2 mg/kg) caused dose-related inhibition of the maximal amylase response to CCK-8 (200 pmol.kg-1.h-1), with greater than 80% inhibition at doses greater than or equal to 0.5 mg/kg. L 364718 (0.5 mg/kg) shifted the dose-response curve to CCK-8 (25-3,200 pmol.kg-1.h-1) to the right (ED50 increased 10-fold) but did not alter maximal amylase output consistent with competitive inhibition of CCK in vivo. Ingestion of liquid food significantly increased amylase output threefold above basal. L 364718 (0.5 mg/kg) completely blocked this response. These results suggest that although CCK does not regulate basal pancreatic enzyme secretion, it is the primary mediator of pancreatic enzyme secretion in response to a liquid meal.

Cholecystokinin receptors and vagal nerves in control of food intake in rats

1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (1) ◽  
pp. E40-E45 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Garlicki ◽  
P. K. Konturek ◽  
J. Majka ◽  
N. Kwiecien ◽  
S. J. Konturek
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Peptide Yy ◽  
Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide ◽  
Intragastric Administration ◽  
Gut Peptides ◽  
Sham Feeding ◽  
Liquid Meal ◽  
Vagal Nerves ◽  
Normal Feeding ◽  
Cck Receptor Antagonist

This study was designed to determine the specificity and physiological nature of short-term satiety effects of cholecystokinin (CCK) in rats with intact and transected vagal nerves. Rats with-the gastric fistulas, closed or open, were used for normal feeding or sham feeding of liquid meal offered for 30 min. CCK-8 (0.5-10 nmol/kg) injected intraperitoneally (ip) 15 min before feeding inhibited food intake dose dependently in both normal-fed and sham-fed rats at a minimal inhibitory dose of 1 nmol/kg. CCK-8 at the same doses caused a potent stimulation of pancreatic protein secretion, reaching maximum at a dose of approximately 0.5 nmol/kg. Pretreatment with a potent CCK receptor antagonist, L-364,718 (2.5 mg/kg ip), increased food intake during normal feeding (but not sham feeding) and almost completely blocked the satiety and pancreatic stimulatory effects of CCK. When feeding was preceded by intragastric administration of proteinase inhibitor (Foy-305, 200 mg/kg), food preload, or diversion of bile-pancreatic secretion to the exterior, there was a significant increase in the plasma level of CCK and an inhibition of food intake by about 36, 78, and 25%, respectively. Pretreatment with L-364,718 completely abolished this inhibition by Foy-305 and bile-pancreatic diversion and reduced that caused by food preload. Among other gut peptides given ip (10 nmol/kg) only bombesin reduced food intake, whereas gastrin, secretin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), pancreatic polypeptide (PP), and peptide YY (PYY) were ineffective.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Potent cholecystokinin antagonist L 364718 stimulates food intake in rats

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (6) ◽  
pp. R1512-R1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Reidelberger ◽  
M. F. O'Rourke
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Effective Dose ◽  
Maximal Response ◽  
Dark Cycle ◽  
Minimal Effective Dose ◽  
Cholecystokinin Antagonist ◽  
Maximal Stimulation ◽  
Complete Reversal ◽  
Cck Receptor Antagonist

The cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor antagonist L 364718 was used to examine the role of CCK in control of food intake. Effects of L 364718 (0.01-1 mg/kg ip) on the feeding response to a maximal inhibitory dose of cholecystokinin COOH-terminal octapeptide (CCK-8; 8 nmol/kg ip) and on food intake alone were determined in rats fed ad libitum during the dark cycle. CCK-8 suppressed feeding by 48%. L 364718 reversed this effect dose dependently; the minimal effective dose was 0.03 mg/kg, and complete reversal occurred at 0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg. L 364718 (0.03 mg/kg) caused a parallel, rightward shift in the dose-response curve to CCK-8 [1-128 nmol/kg, half-maximal effective dose (ED50) increased 16-fold] but did not alter the maximal response, consistent with competitive-like kinetics. L 364718 stimulated liquid and solid food intake dose-dependently by 11-35%. The minimal effective dose was 0.1 mg/kg; maximal stimulation occurred at 0.3 mg/kg. Duodenal infusion of bile-pancreatic juice did not alter the response. These results support an important role for CCK in control of food intake.

Action of pancreatic polypeptide on rat pancreatic secretion: in vivo and in vitro

1985 ◽  
Vol 249 (4) ◽  
pp. G489-G495 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Louie ◽  
J. A. Williams ◽  
C. Owyang
Keyword(s):  
Protein Secretion ◽  
Pancreatic Polypeptide ◽  
Pancreatic Secretion ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Pancreatic Enzyme ◽  
Enzyme Secretion ◽  
Amylase Release ◽  
Pancreatic Acini

The biological activity of bovine pancreatic polypeptide (BPP) on rat exocrine pancreatic secretion was compared in vivo and in vitro. In anesthetized rats prepared with a bile-pancreatic duct cannula, BPP inhibited cholecystokinin (CCK)-stimulated (10 IDU . kg-1 X h-1) protein secretion in a dose-related manner (P less than 0.001). CCK, from 5-20 IDU . kg-1 X h-1, did not alter the degree of inhibition by BPP at 40 micrograms . kg-1 X h-1, suggesting a nonsurmountable inhibition. Analogues of BPP, including rat pancreatic polypeptide, neuropeptide Y, peptide YY, and the C-terminal hexapeptide of PP, also inhibited CCK-stimulated protein secretion. To determine whether BPP acts directly on acinar cells to suppress enzyme secretion, in vitro studies were performed. BPP and its analogues did not suppress octapeptide of CCK (CCK-8)-stimulated amylase release from either isolated rat pancreatic acini or preparations of pancreatic lobules. Specific binding of 125I-BPP to pancreatic acini was also not observed. From our data we conclude that BPP acts to inhibit pancreatic enzyme secretion in the rat in a noncompetitive manner. Absence of an effect by BPP or its analogues in vitro coupled with an absence of 125I-BPP binding to acini suggest that the inhibitory action of PP on exocrine pancreatic function is mediated by indirect mechanisms.

An important role of endogenous insulin on exocrine pancreatic secretion in rats

1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. G268-G274 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Y. Lee ◽  
L. Zhou ◽  
X. S. Ren ◽  
T. M. Chang ◽  
W. Y. Chey
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Secretion ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Rabbit Serum ◽  
Normal Rabbit Serum ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Exocrine Pancreatic Secretion ◽  
Liquid Meal ◽  
Amylase Output ◽  
Endogenous Insulin

We have investigated a physiological role of endogenous insulin on exocrine pancreatic secretion stimulated by a liquid meal as well as exogenous secretin and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) in conscious rats. Each rat was prepared with a chronic pancreatic fistula and an indwelling catheter in a jugular vein. Oral ingestion of a liquid meal (5 ml) resulted in significant increases in pancreatic secretion, including volume, bicarbonate, and amylase output, in these rats. A rabbit anti-insulin serum (1.0 ml) given intravenously completely blocked the postprandial exocrine pancreatic secretion, whereas a normal rabbit serum did not influence the pancreatic secretion in the same rats. When pancreatic secretion was stimulated by intravenous administration of both secretin and CCK-8 in three different doses, including 0.015, 0.03, and 0.06 clinical unit and microgram.kg-1.h-1, respectively, volume, bicarbonate, and amylase output increased significantly in a dose-dependent manner. This increase in pancreatic secretion was also completely blocked by a rabbit anti-insulin serum, whereas it was not influenced by a normal rabbit serum. The amount of the antiserum employed abolished the postprandial increases in plasma insulin concentration. We conclude that endogenous insulin plays an important role on the regulation of postprandial pancreatic secretion in rats. Furthermore, for the stimulatory action of the two intestinal hormones secretin and CCK-8 on the pancreatic exocrine secretion, endogenous insulin is need.

Pancreatic secretory response to feeding in the calf: CCK-A receptors, but not CCK-B/gastrin receptors are involved

2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 813-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwenola Le Dréan ◽  
Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron ◽  
Martine Gestin ◽  
Véronique Romé ◽  
Christine Bernard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Pancreatic Juice ◽  
Pancreatic Secretion ◽  
Pancreatic Enzyme ◽  
Neural Pathways ◽  
Enzyme Release ◽  
Exocrine Pancreatic Secretion ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
Bovine Species

In bovine species, as in human, the pancreas predominantly expresses cholecystokinin-B (CCK-B)/gastrin receptors. However, the role of this receptor in the regulation of meal-stimulated pancreatic enzyme release has not been determined. In milk-fed calves, we previously described prandial patterns of exocrine pancreatic secretion and a long prefeeding phase was observed. The present study was aimed at determining both the role of external stimuli in the outset of the prefeeding phase and the implication of pancreatic CCK-A and CCK-B/gastrin receptors in the mediation of pancreatic response to feeding. The first objective was studied by suppressing external stimuli associated with food intake (unexpected meal) and the second by infusing highly specific and potent antagonists of CCK-A (SR 27897) and CCK-B/gastrin (PD 135158) receptors during the prandial period. When calves were given an unexpected meal, the long prefeeding increase in pancreatic secretion was absent. SR 27897 (but not PD 135158) inhibited the preprandial phase and greatly reduced postprandial pancreatic juice and enzyme outflows. The expectancy of a meal seemed to elicit an increased pancreatic response right before a meal and CCK-A receptors may mediate this information via neural pathways. The implication of CCK and CCK-A receptors in mediating the postfeeding pancreatic response was also demonstrated. The participation of CCK-B/gastrin receptors in this regulation was not demonstrated.Key words: CCK-A and CCK-B/gastrin receptors, cholecystokinin, exocrine pancreatic secretion, feeding, milk-fed calf.

scholarly journals Contrasting effects of circulating nitric oxide and nitrergic transmission on exocrine pancreatic secretion in rats

Gut ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 684-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Vaquero ◽  
X Molero ◽  
V Puig-Diví ◽  
J-R Malagelada
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Pancreatic Secretion ◽  
Blood Pressure Measurement ◽  
Early Response ◽  
Inhibitory Response ◽  
Amylase Secretion ◽  
Nerve Fibres ◽  
Amylase Output

Background—Nitric oxide (NO) blockade byl-nitroarginine methyl ester (l-NAME) inhibits pancreatic secretion in vivo and aggravates caerulein induced pancreatitis. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) is present in pancreatic islets, endothelium, and nerve fibres. l-NAME blocks all known NOS isoforms.Aim—To investigate the source of NO blocked byl-NAME that inhibits amylase secretion.Methods—Amylase output was measured in rats in response to caerulein (0.1–50 μg/kg) alone or with indazole. Baseline secretion and the response to supramaximal caerulein were also examined after administration of indazole, l-NAME, haemoglobin, or aminoguanidine under continuous blood pressure measurement. In separate experiments, pancreatic secretion was measured after blockade of afferent nerve fibres by either systemic or local capsaicin. The effect of neural NOS inhibition on caerulein induced pancreatitis was also investigated.Results—l-NAME, haemoglobin, and supramaximal caerulein (10 μg/kg) increased blood pressure, whereas indazole and suboptimal caerulein (0.1 μg/kg) did not. Indazole and capsaicin decreased basal amylase output. l-NAME and haemoglobin reduced basal amylase output to a lesser extent and potentiated the inhibitory response to supramaximal caerulein. In contrast, full neural NOS inhibition by l-NAME partially reversed the expected caerulein induced suppression of amylase output. This effect was reproduced by indazole and capsaicin. Indazole did not alter responses to either optimal (0.25 μg/kg) or suboptimal (0.1 μg/kg) caerulein, nor, in contrast with l-NAME, aggravate the outcome of caerulein induced pancreatitis.Conclusions—Reduction of circulating NO availability, probably of endothelial origin, is responsible for the decrease in amylase secretion observed in the early response tol-NAME. Nitrergic neurotransmission plays an important role in the control of pancreatic secretion and may induce opposite effects to endothelial NOS activity.

Evaluation of 99mTc-Label led Vitamin K4 as an Agent for Testicular Imaging

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (01) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Durak ◽  
M. Kitapgi ◽  
B. E. Caner ◽  
R. Senekowitsch ◽  
M. T. Ercan
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Left Testis ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Activity Ratios ◽  
The Right ◽  
Radioactivity Levels

Vitamin K4 was labelled with 99mTc with an efficiency higher than 97%. The compound was stable up to 24 h at room temperature, and its biodistribution in NMRI mice indicated its in vivo stability. Blood radioactivity levels were high over a wide range. 10% of the injected activity remained in blood after 24 h. Excretion was mostly via kidneys. Only the liver and kidneys concentrated appreciable amounts of radioactivity. Testis/soft tissue ratios were 1.4 and 1.57 at 6 and 24 h, respectively. Testis/blood ratios were lower than 1. In vitro studies with mouse blood indicated that 33.9 ±9.6% of the radioactivity was associated with RBCs; it was washed out almost completely with saline. Protein binding was 28.7 ±6.3% as determined by TCA precipitation. Blood clearance of 99mTc-l<4 in normal subjects showed a slow decrease of radioactivity, reaching a plateau after 16 h at 20% of the injected activity. In scintigraphic images in men the testes could be well visualized. The right/left testis ratio was 1.08 ±0.13. Testis/soft tissue and testis/blood activity ratios were highest at 3 h. These ratios were higher than those obtained with pertechnetate at 20 min post injection.99mTc-l<4 appears to be a promising radiopharmaceutical for the scintigraphic visualization of testes.

Enhanced Increases in Cytosolic Ca2+ in ADP-Stimulated Platelets from Patients with Delta-Storage Pool Deficiency – A Possible Indicator of Interactions between Granule-Bound ADP and the Membrane ADP Receptor

1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (02) ◽  
pp. 376-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Lages ◽  
Harvey J Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Dense Granule ◽  
Receptor Desensitization ◽  
Fura 2 ◽  
Storage Pool ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Right

SummaryThe possible involvement of secreted platelet substances in agonist- induced [Ca2+]i increases was investigated by comparing these increases in aspirin-treated, fura-2-loaded normal platelets and platelets from patients with storage pool deficiencies (SPD). In the presence and absence of extracellular calcium, the [Ca2+]i response induced by 10 µM ADP, but not those induced by 0.1 unit/ml thrombin, 3.3 µM U46619, or 20 µM serotonin, was significantly greater in SPD platelets than in normal platelets, and was increased to the greatest extent in SPD patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), in whom the dense granule deficiencies are the most severe. Pre-incubation of SPD-HPS and normal platelets with 0.005-5 µM ADP produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the [Ca2+]i response induced by 10 µ M ADP, but did not alter the [Ca2+]i increases induced by thrombin or U46619. Within a limited range of ADP concentrations, the dose-inhibition curve of the [Ca2+]i response to 10 µM ADP was significantly shifted to the right in SPD-HPS platelets, indicating that pre-incubation with greater amounts of ADP were required to achieve the same extent of inhibition as in normal platelets. These results are consistent with a hypothesis that the smaller ADP-induced [Ca2+]i increases seen in normal platelets may result from prior interactions of dense granule ADP, released via leakage or low levels of activation, with membrane ADP receptors, causing receptor desensitization. Addition of apyrase to platelet-rich plasma prior to fura-2 loading increased the ADP-induced [Ca2+]i response in both normal and SPD-HPS platelets, suggesting that some release of ADP derived from both dense granule and non-granular sources occurs during in vitro fura-2 loading and platelet washing procedures. However, this [Ca2+]i response was also greater in SPD-HPS platelets when blood was collected with minimal manipulation directly into anticoagulant containing apyrase, raising the possibility that release of dense granule ADP resulting in receptor desensitization may also occur in vivo. Thus, in addition to enhancing platelet activation, dense granule ADP could also act to limit the ADP-mediated reactivity of platelets exposed in vivo to low levels of stimulation.

scholarly journals Functional Characterization of the mazEF Toxin-Antitoxin System in the Pathogenic Bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1107
Author(s):  
Wonho Choi ◽  
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi ◽  
Ji-Young Park ◽  
Sang-Hyun Park ◽  
Hyeok-Won Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agrobacterium Tumefaciens ◽  
Physiological Function ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Site Directed Mutagenesis ◽  
In Vitro Assays ◽  
Cell Growth Inhibition ◽  
The Right

Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a pathogen of various plants which transfers its own DNA (T-DNA) to the host plants. It is used for producing genetically modified plants with this ability. To control T-DNA transfer to the right place, toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems of A. tumefaciens were used to control the target site of transfer without any unintentional targeting. Here, we describe a toxin-antitoxin system, Atu0939 (mazE-at) and Atu0940 (mazF-at), in the chromosome of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The toxin in the TA system has 33.3% identity and 45.5% similarity with MazF in Escherichia coli. The expression of MazF-at caused cell growth inhibition, while cells with MazF-at co-expressed with MazE-at grew normally. In vivo and in vitro assays revealed that MazF-at inhibited protein synthesis by decreasing the cellular mRNA stability. Moreover, the catalytic residue of MazF-at was determined to be the 24th glutamic acid using site-directed mutagenesis. From the results, we concluded that MazF-at is a type II toxin-antitoxin system and a ribosome-independent endoribonuclease. Here, we characterized a TA system in A. tumefaciens whose understanding might help to find its physiological function and to develop further applications.

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