title: Gastrin stimulation of histamine synthesis in enterochromaffin-like cells from rabbit fundic mucosa.
abstract: This work aimed to investigate the molecular role of gastrin in histamine synthesis in isolated rabbit fundic mucosal cells enriched in enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells (37%). Gastrin stimulated histidine decarboxylase (HDC) activity by increasing the maximal velocity (Vmax) from 0.240 +/- 0.017 (basal value) to 0.332 +/- 0.012 pmol/mg protein/h and by decreasing the Michaelis-Menten constant value -Km; 73.90 +/- 2.2 vs. 93.42 +/- 4.32 microM (basal value)]. Pertussis toxin (PTX) (200 ng/ml) reduced the stimulation of HDC induced by 10 nM gastrin from 41.8 to 15.9%, whereas cholera toxin (CTX) (100 ng/ml) was without effect. Staurosporine and polymyxin B inhibited in a dose dependent manner the HDC activity stimulated by 10 nM gastrin. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 100 nM) decreased Vmax (0.558 +/- 0.021 pmol/ mg protein/h) but did not change the Km. Furthermore, cycloheximide (0.1-10 microM) inhibited the gastrin-induced stimulation of HDC activity, whereas actinomycin D (up to 10 microM) was without effect. Finally, incubation of cells with gastrin (10 microM) left the expression of HDC mRNA unchanged. We concluded that gastrin, acting through "gastrin/CCK-B type" receptors coupled to PTX-sensitive G protein, exerts a short-term regulation of histamine synthesis in gastric ECL cells by increasing both the affinity of HDC for L-histidine and the number of active enzyme molecules. This last event, related to protein kinase C activation, could be due to a translational or posttranslational mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorie de Biochimie des Membranes, Contrat Jeune Formation Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hollande
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Combettes
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bali
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Magous
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005748:Gastric Fundus; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006632:Histamine / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005755:Gastrins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D003609:Dactinomycin; D006632:Histamine; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase; D019311:Staurosporine; D011112:Polymyxin B; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate