title: Receptors regulating acid secretion.
abstract: Histamine stimulation of gastric acid secretion has for a long time been known to be mediated by an H2-type receptor located on the parietal cell surface, but the biochemical nature of this receptor has only very recently been elucidated. It is a 70-kDa glycoprotein showing structural analogies with the beta 2-adrenergic receptor and the other seven membrane-spanning domains/G protein-coupled receptors. It activates adenylated cyclase through a cholera toxin-sensitive, pertussis toxin-insensitive, guanosine 5'-triphosphatase-binding regulatory Gs protein. The cAMP thereby produced is believed to play a crucial role in the opening of the Cl- channel associated with the (H+,K+)-ATPase in the secretory membrane. However, other sites of action are likely to be involved, since several histamine- or cAMP-dependent phosphoproteins have been detected in the parietal cell. In addition to its action on cAMP production, histamine was found to produce a transient increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, but this effect remains unexplained. On the other hand, the intervention of an H3-type histamine receptor in the regulation of gastric acid secretion has recently been documented, but the cellular location of this new receptor has not been yet investigated.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterologic Research Unit, INSERM U.10. Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bado
mesh_terms: D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006632:Histamine / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000502:physiology; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2 / Q000502:physiology*; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011968:Receptors, Histamine; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3; D006632:Histamine; D000242:Cyclic AMP