title: Protein tyrosine phosphatase stimulates Ca(2+)-dependent amylase secretion from pancreatic acini.
abstract: Eukaryotic cells respond to various stimuli by an increase or decrease in levels of phosphoproteins. Phosphotyrosine levels on eukaryotic cellular proteins are tightly regulated by the opposing actions of protein-tyrosine kinases and protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPases, EC 3.1.3.48). Studies on permeabilized mast cells suggest that the enabling reaction for exocytosis might involve protein dephosphorylation. In the present studies, a recombinant form of rat brain PTPase (rrbPTP-1) has been used to examine the potential role of PTPases in Ca(2+)-dependent amylase secretion from permeabilized rat pancreatic acini. Additionally, the concentrations and subcellular distributions of endogenous PTPase activity in rat pancreas were determined. The results from these experiments indicate that addition of exogenous PTPase stimulated Ca(2+)-dependent amylase secretion from pancreatic acinar cells and that endogenous PTPase activity was associated with the postgranule supernatant, zymogen granules, and in particular zymogen granule membranes. Our data suggest that protein tyrosine dephosphorylation is potentially involved in regulated secretion at a site(s) distal to receptor-mediated elevation of intracellular second messengers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Jena
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Padfield
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ingebritsen
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jamieson
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013301:Streptolysins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013301:Streptolysins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000681:Amylases; D002118:Calcium