title: Bombesin-like peptides stimulate somatostatin release from rat fundic D cells in primary culture.
abstract: In several species, bombesin-like neuropeptides stimulate somatostatin release in in vitro preparations of gastric mucosa. We sought to determine if this response is due to a direct effect on fundic D cells. Rat fundic mucosal cells were isolated by pronase E (1% D cells). D cells were separated by counterflow elutriation and subsequent density-gradient centrifugation (Nycodenz) (15% D cells) and grown in primary culture for 48 h (46% D cells). Cultured cells were double stained with affinity-purified rabbit-anti-gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) receptor antibody and mouse monoclonal antibody to human somatostatin. After incubation with rhodamine-labeled anti-rabbit and fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled anti-mouse antibodies, reactions were visualized by fluorescence microscopy. All cells positive for somatostatin had GRP receptors, whereas all non-D cells showed no expression in this G cell-free culture system. Somatostatin release from cultured cells was stimulated by sulfated cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8; EC50 3 X 10(-10) M) and epinephrine (EC50 4 X 10(-8) M), which are established stimuli for canine fundic D cells. Bombesin (EC50 6 X 10(-11) M), its mammalian analog GRP-27, and neuromedin C (GRP-10) (EC50 1 X 10(-10) M, for both) were almost equally potent stimuli of somatostatin release, eliciting maximal response at 10(-9) M (400-550% above basal). Neuromedin B was less potent and effective (maximal response at 10(-8) M, 230% above basal). [D-Phe6]bombesin-(6-13)-OMe, a specific bombesin receptor antagonist, inhibited bombesin-stimulated somatostatin release in a competitive manner (IC50 9 X 10(-8) M). Potentiating interactions were observed between bombesin and dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (DBcAMP) or epinephrine, but not between bombesin and CCK-8. We conclude that bombesin-like peptides directly stimulate somatostatin release by interacting with specific receptors on rat fundic D cells. Bombesin-like peptides appear to induce Ca(2+)-phospholipid-dependent signal-response transduction, as is indirectly suggested by potentiating interactions with DBcAMP or epinephrine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine II, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herrmuth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Coy
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Classen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schusdziarra
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schepp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001839:Bombesin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D004285:Dogs; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005748:Gastric Fundus; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D015287:Neurokinin B / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D011402:Pronase; D011706:Pyloric Antrum; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018004:Receptors, Bombesin / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D012844:Sincalide / Q000494:pharmacology; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018004:Receptors, Bombesin; D013004:Somatostatin; D003994:Bucladesine; D015287:Neurokinin B; C038393:neuromedin B; D011402:Pronase; D012844:Sincalide; D001839:Bombesin; D004837:Epinephrine