title: Effect of an intracellular calcium antagonist (TMB-8) on carbamylcholine-induced amylase release from dispersed rat pancreatic acini.
abstract: During 10-min incubation with increasing concentrations of carbamylcholine (carbachol), amylase release from dispersed rat pancreatic acini increased, became maximal at 2 X 10(-6)M and then decreased. In the concentration range of 10(-7)M to 10(-4)M, 8-(N,N-diethylamino)-octyl 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8) caused a dose-dependent inhibition of amylase release induced by a submaximal concentration of carbachol. No inhibitory effect was observed on basal and secretin-stimulated amylase release. TMB-8 showed a significantly greater ability of blocking the action of carbachol than verapamil and diltiazem. TMB-8 could reverse the submaximal stimulation of amylase release caused by supramaximal concentrations of carbachol to a maximal stimulation, while verapamil and diltiazem could not. These results confirm the hypothesis that mobilization of intracellular calcium is the primary step in the action of carbachol on pancreatin acinar cells and contributes to the submaximal secretory response of acinar cells induced by high concentrations of carbachol.
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005707:Gallic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; C006014:8-(N,N-diethylamino)octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate; D005707:Gallic Acid; D002217:Carbachol; D014700:Verapamil; D000681:Amylases; D004110:Diltiazem; D002118:Calcium