title: Effects of phorbol ester on cholecystokinin octapeptide-evoked exocrine pancreatic secretion in the rat.
abstract: 1. A comparative study was made of the effect of the phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on cholecystokinin octapeptide-evoked exocrine pancreatic secretion in the anaesthetized rat and isolated permeabilized pancreatic acinar cells. 2. Cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK8; 0.10-6.40 nmol (kg body weight)-1) induced dose-dependent increases in pancreatic juice flow, total protein output and amylase release in the anaesthetized rat. 3. Administration of TPA (10(-8) mol (kg body weight)-1) in combination with CCK8 resulted in marked attenuation of the CCK8-evoked secretory response. 4. Simultaneous injection of polymyxin B (10(-8) mol (kg body weight)-1), an inhibitor of protein kinase C, with TPA and CCK8 reversed the inhibitory effect of the phorbol ester on CCK8-induced pancreatic juice flow, total protein output and amylase release. 5. In permeabilized rat pancreatic acini CCK8 (10(-13)-10(-9) M) elicited dose-dependent increases in [3H]leucine-labelled protein secretion (3H-labelled protein release). Combining TPA (10(-8) M) with CCK8 resulted in an inhibition of the CCK8-induced 3H-labelled protein release especially at lower concentrations of CCK8. At higher concentrations of CCK8, TPA was unable to inhibit the CCK8-evoked 3H-labelled protein release. Again, polymyxin B reversed the TPA-induced inhibition of CCK8-evoked 3H-labelled protein output. 6. The results indicate that protein kinase C activation may play an important physiological role in modulating the CCK8-evoked secretory response in rat pancreas in vivo and in vitro.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Biology, Lancashire Polytechnic, Preston, Lancashire.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Camello
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Salido
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Madrid
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010189:Pancreatic Juice / Q000378:metabolism; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012844:Sincalide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D000681:Amylases; D011112:Polymyxin B; D012844:Sincalide; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate