title: In vitro action of bombesin and bombesin-like peptides on amylase secretion, calcium efflux, and adenylate cyclase activity in the rat pancreas: a comparison with other secretagogues.
abstract: Bombesin (a tetradecapeptide), the C-terminal nonapeptide of bombesin (bombesin-NP), and litorin (a parent nonapeptide), each stimulated amylase secretion from rat pancreatic fragments. These responses were not affected by atropine. The concentrations that produced half-maximal stumulation of secretion were 0.25 nM for bombesin, 0.30 nM for bombesin-NP, and 0.07 nM for litorin, as compared to 0.12 nM for caerulein and 0.80 muM for the cholinergic agent carbamylcholine. When used at maximal concentrations, bombesin, bombesin-NP, and litorin showed no action on cyclic AMP levels in the presence of 5 mM theophylline. By contrast, caerulein and secretin increased cyclic AMP levels by 27 and 208%, respectively. Bombesin, bombesin-NP, and litorin did not activate adenylate cyclase in a purified pancreatic plasma membrane preparation, whereas caerulein and secretin increased this activity 20 and 16-times, respectively...
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001839:Bombesin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002108:Ceruletide / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D010455:Peptides; C010212:litorin; D002108:Ceruletide; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000681:Amylases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D001839:Bombesin; D002118:Calcium