title: Basic fibroblast growth factor is a calcium-mobilizing secretagogue in rat pancreatic acini.
abstract: Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) induced a marked increase in the levels of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] and a rapid rise in cytosolic free calcium [Ca2+]i levels in rat pancreatic acini. The bFGF-mediated calcium transient was not dependent on the presence of extracellular calcium, and was abolished by pretreatment of acini with carbachol. bFGF stimulated amylase release in pancreatic acini in a monophasic, dose-dependent manner, and this effect was blocked by neutralizing anti-bFGF antibodies. At much higher concentrations, epidermal growth factor (EGF), but not insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), partially mimicked some of the actions of bFGF. These findings suggest that bFGF is a previously unrecognized calcium-mobilizing pancreatic secretagogue that may participate in the regulation of pancreatic exocrine function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine 92717.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chandrasekar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korc
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D001285:Atropine; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002217:Carbachol; D000681:Amylases; D002118:Calcium