title: Role of intracellular Ca2+ and the calmodulin messenger system in pepsinogen secretion from isolated rabbit gastric mucosa.
abstract: Both carbachol (10(-4)-10(-3) mol/l) and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) (10(-8)-10(-6) mol/l) significantly stimulated the release of pepsinogen from rabbit gastric mucosa maintained in organ culture (213-216% and 143-261% of control, respectively, p less than 0.05-0.01). The secretion was not affected by removing Ca2+ from the culture medium with ethylene glycol tetra-acetic acid. Verapamil failed to inhibit the secretion of pepsinogen induced by the drugs in ordinary culture medium containing Ca2+. In contrast, nicorandil (10(-6)-10(-4) mol/l) attenuated the release of pepsinogen by the drugs in a dose dependent manner, regardless of the presence or absence of Ca2+ in the culture medium. W-7 (10(-6)-10(-4) mol/l) and W-5 (10(-5) and 10(-4), or 10(-6) mol/l) reduced significantly the secretion of pepsinogen induced by carbachol (53-71% and 63-81% of control, respectively, p less than 0.05-0.01) and that by CCK-8 (49-67% and 66-76% of control, respectively, p less than 0.01) in the Ca2+ containing medium. However, W-7 did not show significant inhibition of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and forskolin induced pepsinogen secretion. These findings indicate that the calmodulin messenger branch that is activated by a rise of intracellular Ca2+ mobilised in cytosol from its intracellular, but not extracellular, source plays a critical role in pepsinogen secretion induced by carbachol and CCK-8. It seems likely that an increase in cAMP in cytosol does not provoke any calmodulin mediated pepsinogen secretion.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokochi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D020108:Nicorandil; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D012844:Sincalide / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D010435:Pepsinogens; D013449:Sulfonamides; D005576:Colforsin; D009536:Niacinamide; D020108:Nicorandil; C017967:W 7; C034700:N-(6-aminohexyl)-1-naphthalenesulfonamide; D002217:Carbachol; D014700:Verapamil; D012844:Sincalide; D002118:Calcium