title: Secretin potentiates cholecystokinin-stimulated amylase release by AR4-2J cells via a stimulation of phospholipase C.
abstract: Alterations in the activity of phospholipase C (PLC) are thought to be the primary intracellular events leading to pancreatic acinar cell exocytosis of zymogen granules. When multiple hormones, each of which may stimulate different signal transduction pathways, bind to cell surface receptors, the cell must integrate these signals into a common response through communication (cross-talk) among intracellular second messengers. We show that cholecystokinin (CCK) induces amylase secretion from AR4-2J pancreatic acinar cells via stimulation of PLC activity. Secretin indirectly stimulated the PLC pathway through cross-talk of the activated cAMP pathway to potentiate the CCK-stimulated amylase secretion. Therefore, secretin potentiated the acinar cell secretory response to CCK by cAMP-mediated cross-talk with the PLC signal transduction pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bold
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004963:Estrenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D015290:Second Messenger Systems; D012633:Secretin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004963:Estrenes; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; C060229:1-(6-((3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione; D012633:Secretin; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D000681:Amylases; D002118:Calcium