title: Characteristics of intracellular calcium changes required for augmentation of phorbol ester-stimulated pancreatic enzyme secretion.
abstract: Previous studies demonstrated that Ca2+ ionophores augment the pancreatic enzyme secretion caused by phorbol esters. The present study was performed to determine the nature of the cellular Ca2+ effects responsible for the augmentation. Relatively low concentrations (0.3-1.0 microM) of the nonfluorescent Ca2+ ionophore, 4-bromo-A23187 (Br-A23187), did not measurably increase free cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and caused little or no enzyme release from guinea pig pancreatic acini. However, these concentrations of Br-A23187 augmented the amylase release caused by the phorbol ester, 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). This augmentation occurred in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ as long as the intracellular agonist-sensitive pool contained Ca2+. Greater concentrations of Br-A23187 (3-10 microM) alone caused transient increases in [Ca2+]i and transient increases in amylase release. Although not resulting in an increase in [Ca2+]i, the low concentrations of Br-A23187 caused release of Ca2+ from the intracellular agonist-sensitive pool. These results suggest that Ca2+ mediates enzyme release by two distinct mechanisms in the pancreatic acinar cell. First, an increase in [Ca2+]i alone mediates enzyme release. Second, Ca2+ release from the agonist-sensitive pool not resulting in a measurable increase in [Ca2+]i augments enzyme release stimulated by a phorbol ester. The second effect of Ca2+ may be due to a small localized change in cell Ca2+ or an induction of cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations.
authors: Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of California, San Diego.
authors: S J
authors: SJ
authors: Pandol
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Rodriguez
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Muallem
authors: K E
authors: KE
authors: Mendius
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007476:Ionophores; D000001:Calcimycin; C033170:4-bromo-A-23187; D000681:Amylases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium