title: Ornithine decarboxylase and polyamine biosynthesis in pancreatic adaptation.
abstract: This study was designed to investigate the role of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and polyamines in pancreatic adaptation. Cholecystokinin (CCK) is well-known to be a potent trophic stimulus on the pancreas. On the other hand, the oral application of the synthetic trypsin inhibitor camostate results in an extensive release of endogenous CCK in rats. alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), an irreversible and specific inhibitor of ODC, was applied simultaneously to elucidate the essential role of polyamines in pancreatic growth. Camostate feeding (200 mg/kg b.wt. orally twice a day) resulted in a rapid elevation of ODC activity already after 2 hours, reaching a maximum after 6 hours (about 200fold above controls) followed by a significant increase in putrescine after 4 hours and spermidine after 24 hours while spermine remained unchanged. The trophic parameters increased as expected in following time-course: thymidine kinase (12 hours), DNA polymerase (12 hours), protein (24 hours), pancreatic weight (24 hours) and DNA (5 days). DFMO (2% in drinking water + 3 x 300 mg/kg b.wt. i.p. during daytime) was not able to prevent but significantly delayed and reduced the camostate-induced increase in ODC and polyamines as well as the trophic parameters. These data indicate an essential role for ODC and polyamines in camostate-induced pancreatic growth and hormonal mediated pancreatic adaptation.
authors.affiliation: Div. of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, FRG.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Löser
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cleffmann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: U R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Fölsch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Creutzfeldt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004952:Esters; D016670:Gabexate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006146:Guanidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011073:Polyamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004952:Esters; D006146:Guanidines; D011073:Polyamines; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; C034532:camostat; D016670:Gabexate; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase