title: Expression of chromogranin A and somatostatin receptors in pancreatic AR42J cells.
abstract: The exocrine pancreatic cell line AR42J is also known to display some neuroendocrine (NE) features. We have extended this fact by showing that AR42J cells express mRNA of chromogranin A (CgA), display immunoreactivity (IR) to CgA, and secrete its cleavage product pancreastatin. A sparse occurrence of typical NE secretion granules, together with only a faint IR to conventional NE markers, indicates that the NE cells are of a poorly differentiated type. CgA promoter reporter plasmid experiments showed that gastrin, epidermal growth factor, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, induce upregulation of CgA after 24 h. By RT-PCR, it was found that AR42J expresses all of the five subtypes of the somatostatin (SST) receptor (SSTR) family, except SSTR4. The existence of functional SSTRs was confirmed by showing that the SST analog octreotide could inhibit gastrin-induced proliferation. Thus, the AR42J cell line may function as a valuable experimental model to study the regulation of CgA and SSTRs in poorly differentiated NE tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Medisinsk Teknisk Senter, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway. eva.hofsli@medisin.ntnu.no
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hofsli
authors.forename: Liv
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thommesen
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nørsett
authors.forename: Sture
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Falkmer
authors.forename: Unni
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Syversen
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sandvik
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laegreid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D053379:Chromogranin A; D002864:Chromogranins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D005755:Gastrins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems; D010179:Pancreas / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010187:Pancreatic Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051381:Rats; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D053379:Chromogranin A; D002864:Chromogranins; D005755:Gastrins; D010187:Pancreatic Hormones; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; C506153:chromogranin A, rat; C050836:pancreastatin; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate