title: Prostaglandins do not mediate the actions of cholera toxin on pancreatic acini or gastric chief cells from the guinea pig.
abstract: Recent reports suggest that prostaglandins, rather than cAMP, play a major role in mediating cholera toxin-induced water and electrolyte secretion from rabbit intestinal loops. We examined the role of prostaglandins in mediating toxin-induced pancreatic and gastric exocrine secretion. In these tissues, indomethacin, a potent inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, did not alter the stimulatory effects of cholera toxin on increases in cellular cAMP or enzyme secretion. Moreover, the addition of cholera toxin did not alter prostaglandin E2 release from either tissue. In contrast to their effects in rabbit intestinal loops, prostaglandins do not regulate cholera toxin-induced enzyme secretion from the guinea pig pancreas or stomach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, State University of New York-Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203-2098.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Raufman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Zakai
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000633:toxicity*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D015232:Dinoprostone