title: Phorbol ester (TPA) potentiates noradrenaline and acetylcholine-evoked amylase secretion in the rat pancreas.
abstract: The effect of the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradeconyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on noradrenaline (NA) and acetylcholine (ACh)-evoked amylase secretion in isolated segments of rat pancreas was investigated. TPA alone evoked a relatively small increase in amylase output. However, when combined with either noradrenaline or ACh, the phorbol ester markedly enhanced the secretagogue-induced amylase secretion. These effects were dose related. TPA also enhanced the amylase secretion evoked by either the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 or dibutyryl cyclic AMP. This potentiation by TPA of noradrenaline, ACh, Ca2+ ionophore A23187 and dibutyryl cyclic AMP-evoked amylase output may suggest the existence of a third pathway controlling enzyme secretion in the pancreas.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004357:Drug Synergism; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010704:Phorbols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010704:Phorbols; D000001:Calcimycin; D003994:Bucladesine; D000681:Amylases; D000109:Acetylcholine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D009638:Norepinephrine