title: Are tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(FAK) and paxillin or the small GTP binding protein, rho, needed for CCK-stimulated pancreatic amylase secretion?
abstract: Studies of a possible role of tyrosine phosphorylation in the secretory process in rat pancreatic acinar cells provide conflicting conclusions. Recent studies show that tyrosine phosphorylation of the focal adhesion kinase, p125FAK and the cytoskeletal protein, paxillin, may mediate a number of cellular changes and this phosphorylation is dependent on the activation of the small GTP binding protein, p21Rho (Rho). In this work we have investigated the role of tyrosine phosphorylation of each of these proteins and of the activation of Rho in pancreatic enzyme secretion. Pretreatment with genistein, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, decreased CCK-8-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of p125FAK and paxillin and CCK-8-stimulated amylase secretion by more than 60%, raising the possibility that tyrosine phosphorylation of these two proteins could be important in the ability of CCK-8 to stimulate amylase release. However, genistein did not alter the amylase release stimulated by TPA but inhibited TPA-stimulated p125FAK and paxillin tyrosine phosphorylation by 70%. Pretreatment with C3 transferase, which specifically inactivates Rho, causes a decrease in CCK-8-induced maximal amylase release by 33%. Moreover, C3 transferase pretreatment causes a 48% and a 38% decrease in the tyrosine phosphorylation of p125FAK and paxillin by CCK-8, respectively. Pretreatment with different concentrations of cytochalasin D, an actin cytoskeleton assembly inhibitor, completely inhibited CCK-8-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of p125FAK and paxillin without having any effect on either the potency or efficacy of CCK-8 at stimulating amylase release. Furthermore, cytochalasin D completely inhibited TPA-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of both proteins without affecting TPA-stimulated amylase release. These results show that tyrosine phosphorylation of p125FAK and paxillin is not required for CCK-8 stimulation of enzyme secretion. However, our results suggest Rho is involved in the CCK-8 stimulation of amylase release by a parallel pathway to its involvement in the CCK-8-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of p125FAK and paxillin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Extremadura, 10071 Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rosado
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Salido
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases / Q000494:pharmacology; D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015638:Cytochalasin D / Q000494:pharmacology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019833:Genistein / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051419:Paxillin; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012844:Sincalide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D051419:Paxillin; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C496063:Pxn protein, rat; D015638:Cytochalasin D; D014443:Tyrosine; D019833:Genistein; D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; C063007:exoenzyme C3, Clostridium botulinum; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496052:Ptk2 protein, rat; D000681:Amylases; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins; D012844:Sincalide; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate