title: Novel aspects of gastrin-induced activation of histidine decarboxylase in rat stomach ECL cells.
abstract: The ECL cells in the rat stomach respond to gastrin with secretion of histamine and activation of the histamine-forming enzyme histidine decarboxylase (HDC). In the present study, we have investigated factors that influence gastrin-induced activation of HDC. Gastrin-17 was given by continuous intravenous infusion to fasted and freely fed rats in various doses and for various periods of time. We found that: (1) ECL cells in fasted rats displayed one order of magnitude higher sensitivity to gastrin (3 h infusion) than did ECL cells in fed rats (ED50 0.4 versus 4.0 nmol kg(-1) h(-1)), while the maximum response to gastrin was two times greater in fed rats than in fasted rats; (2) HDC in both fasted and fed rats responded to a high gastrin dose (5 nmol kg(-1) h(-1)) in a biphasic manner with peak activity after 8 h in fasted rats and after 16 h in fed rats. In both groups, the activation was followed by a marked decline in the enzyme activity to almost prestimulation levels 24 h after start of the infusion. A low gastrin dose (0.4 nmol kg(-1) h(-1)) did not induce such a biphasic response. Maximum activation of HDC in fed rats occurred 6 days after starting the infusion of the low gastrin dose and was two times higher than the maximum activation observed after the high gastrin dose; (3) In fasted rats the HDC mRNA level rose in response to the high gastrin dose, peaked after 8 h (twofold increase) and then returned to the prestimulation level. In fed rats the increase was slower, reaching a plateau after 24 h that lasted for 6 days (twofold increase); (4) The translation inhibitor cycloheximide blocked the activation of HDC induced by gastrin (4 h infusion of 5 nmol kg(-1) h(-1)), while the transcription inhibitor actinomycin D, which suppressed the increase in HDC mRNA expression, did not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Norlén
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Håkanson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology*; D005755:Gastrins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013270:Stomach / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase