title: Involvement of RhoA and its interaction with protein kinase C and Src in CCK-stimulated pancreatic acini.
abstract: We evaluated intracellular pathways responsible for the activation of the small GTP-binding protein Rho p21 in rat pancreatic acini. Intact acini were incubated with or without CCK and carbachol, and Triton X-100-soluble and crude microsomes were used for Western immunoblotting. When a RhoA-specific antibody was used, a single band at the location of 21 kDa was detected. CCK (10 pM-10 nM) and carbachol (0.1-100 microM) dose dependently increased the amount of immunodetectable RhoA with a peak increase occurring at 3 min. High-affinity CCK-A-receptor agonists JMV-180 and CCK-OPE (1-1,000 nM) did not increase the intensities of the RhoA band, suggesting that stimulation of RhoA is mediated by the low-affinity CCK-A receptor. Although an increase in RhoA did not require the presence of extracellular Ca2+, the intracellular Ca2+ chelator 1, 2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid-AM abolished the appearance of the RhoA band in response to CCK and carbachol. The Gq protein inhibitor G protein antagonist-2A (10 microM) and the phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor U-73122 (10 microM) markedly reduced RhoA bands in response to CCK. The protein kinase C (PKC) activator phorbol ester (10-1,000 nM) dose dependently increased the intensities of the RhoA band, which were inhibited by the PKC inhibitor K-252a (1 microM). The pp60(c-src) inhibitor herbimycin A (6 microM) inhibited the RhoA band in response to CCK, whereas the calmodulin inhibitor W-7 (100 microM) and the phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin (6 microM) had no effect. RhoA was immunoprecipitated with Src, suggesting association of RhoA with Src. Increases in mass of this complex were observed with CCK stimulation. In permeabilized acini, the Rho inhibitor Clostridium botulinum C3 exoenzyme dose dependently inhibited amylase secretion evoked by a Ca2+ concentration with an IC50 of C3 exoenzyme at 1 ng/ml. We concluded that the small GTP-binding protein RhoA p21 exists in pancreatic acini and appears to be involved in the mediation of pancreatic enzyme secretion evoked by CCK and carbachol. RhoA pathways are involved in the activation of PKC and Src cascades via Gq protein and PLC.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Nozu
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Tsunoda
authors: A I
authors: AI
authors: Ibitayo
authors: K N
authors: KN
authors: Bitar
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Owyang
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases / Q000494:pharmacology; D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016391:Genes, src / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D043886:Receptor, Cholecystokinin A; D011949:Receptors, Cholecystokinin / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012844:Sincalide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein; D020743:rhoB GTP-Binding Protein
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D043886:Receptor, Cholecystokinin A; D011949:Receptors, Cholecystokinin; D013449:Sulfonamides; C067408:cholecystokinin (26-32), Tyr-Gly-Nle(28,31) phenethyl ester-; C058451:JMV 180; C017967:W 7; D002217:Carbachol; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; C063007:exoenzyme C3, Clostridium botulinum; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000681:Amylases; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein; D020743:rhoB GTP-Binding Protein; D012844:Sincalide