title: Serine/threonine phosphatases play a role in stimulus-secretion coupling in pancreatic acinar cells.
abstract: The role of serine/threonine phosphatases in Ca2+/IP3- and cAMP- mediated stimulus-secretion coupling was investigated in isolated pancreatic acinar cells. Cyclosporine A, an inhibitor of type 2b serine/threonine phosphatases, maximally reduced CCK-8-stimulated amylase secretion by 33%. In contrast, the secretory response to secretin or PACAP-(1-27) was not significantly altered by cyclosporine A independent of the secretagogue-concentration okadaic acid significantly reduced amylase release, induced by Ca2+/IP3-mediated- (CCK-8) or cAMP-mediated agonists (secretin, PACAP-(1-27), VIP) at concentrations that primarily inactivate type 1 and 2b phosphatases. Calyculin A, another type 1 and 2a phosphatase inhibitor, had a similar inhibitory effect on CCK-8-, secretin- or PACAP-(1-27)-induced secretion. In permeabilized acini, cyclosporine A reduced calcium-induced amylase release by 20%, whereas okadaic acid and calyculin A had an inhibitory effect by 55% and 52%, respectively. The ultrastructure of CsA-incubated acinar cells was not different from vehicle-incubated control lobules. In contrast, incubation with okadaic acid for 60 min resulted in morphological alterations of the Golgi apparatus, leading to a fragmentation of Golgi cisternae into small vesicles. Our data suggest a role of type 1 and 2b phospatases in stimulus-secretion coupling of both signal-transduction pathways in pancreatic acinar cells. These phosphatases might also be important for the maintenance of pancreatic cellular ultrastructure.
authors.affiliation: Labor für Molekulare Gastroenterologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer-Alber
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Waschulewski
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fetz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Höcker
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: U R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Fölsch
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D046508:Culture Techniques; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008387:Marine Toxins; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012636:Secretory Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013912:Threonine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D008387:Marine Toxins; D010080:Oxazoles; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D013912:Threonine; C059041:calyculin A; D016572:Cyclosporine; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D000681:Amylases