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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol ; 297(6): G1085-92, 2009 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19815626

ABSTRACT

The gastrointestinal hormone CCK exists in various molecular forms, with differences in bioactivity between the well-characterized CCK-8 and larger CCK-58 previously reported. We have compared the effects of these peptides on cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](c)), mitochondrial metabolism, enzyme secretion, and cell fate in murine isolated pancreatic acinar cells using fluorescence confocal microscopy and patch-clamp electrophysiology. CCK-58 (1-10 pM) induced transient, oscillatory increases of [Ca(2+)](c), which showed apical to basolateral progression and were associated with a rise of mitochondrial NAD(P)H. CCK-58 (10 pM) induced zymogen exocytosis in isolated cells and amylase secretion from isolated cells and whole tissues. Hyperstimulation with supraphysiological CCK-58 (5 nM) induced a single large increase of [Ca(2+)](c) that declined to a plateau, which remained above the basal level 20 min after application and was dependent on external Ca(2+) entry. In cells dispersed from the same tissues, CCK-8 induced similar patterns of responses to those of CCK-58, with oscillatory increases of [Ca(2+)](c) at lower (pM) concentrations and sustained responses at 5 nM. CCK-58 and CCK-8 exhibited similar profiles of action on cell death, with increases in necrosis at high CCK-58 and CCK-8 (10 nM) that were not significantly different between peptides. The present experiments indicate that CCK-8 and CCK-58 have essentially identical actions on the acinar cell at high and low agonist concentrations, suggesting an action via the same receptor and that the differences observed in an intact rat model may result from indirect effects of the peptides. Our data strengthen the argument that CCK-58 is an important physiological form of this gastrointestinal hormone.


Subject(s)
Calcium Signaling , Cell Differentiation , Cholecystokinin/metabolism , Enzyme Precursors/metabolism , Pancreas, Exocrine/metabolism , Peptide Fragments/metabolism , Amylases/metabolism , Animals , Exocytosis , Humans , Membrane Potentials , Mice , Microscopy, Confocal , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Mitochondria/metabolism , Necrosis , Pancreas, Exocrine/enzymology , Pancreas, Exocrine/pathology , Patch-Clamp Techniques , Time Factors
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Gastroenterology ; 135(2): 632-41, 2008 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18555802

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Cholecystokinin (CCK) has been thought to act only indirectly on human pancreatic acinar cells via vagal nerve stimulation, rather than by direct CCK receptor activation as on rodent pancreatic acinar cells. We tested whether CCK (CCK-8 and human CCK-58) can act directly on human pancreatic acinar cells. METHODS: Human acinar cells were freshly isolated from pancreatic transection line samples, loaded with Fluo4-AM or quinacrine, and examined for Ca(2+), metabolic and secretory responses to CCK-8, human CCK-58, or acetylcholine with confocal microscopy. RESULTS: CCK-8 and human CCK-58 at physiologic concentrations (1-20 pmol/L) elicited rapid, robust, oscillatory increases of the cytosolic Ca(2+) ion concentration, showing apical to basal progression, in acinar cells from 14 patients with unobstructed pancreata. The cytosolic Ca(2+) ion concentration increases were followed by increases in mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate production and secretion. CCK-elicited Ca(2+) signals and exocytosis were not inhibited by atropine (1 mumol/L) or tetrodotoxin (100 nmol/L), showing that CCK was unlikely to have acted via neurotransmitter release. CCK-elicited Ca(2+) signals were inhibited reversibly by caffeine (5-20 mmol/L), indicating involvement of intracellular inositol trisphosphate receptor Ca(2+) release channels. Acetylcholine (50 nmol/L) elicited similar Ca(2+) signals. CONCLUSIONS: CCK at physiologic concentrations in the presence of atropine and tetrodotoxin elicits cytosolic Ca(2+) signaling, activates mitochondrial function, and stimulates enzyme secretion in isolated human pancreatic acinar cells. We conclude that CCK acts directly on acinar cells in the human pancreas.


Subject(s)
Amylases/metabolism , Calcium Signaling , Cholecystokinin/metabolism , Cytosol/metabolism , Exocytosis , Pancreas, Exocrine/metabolism , Acetylcholine/pharmacology , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Anesthetics, Local/pharmacology , Aniline Compounds , Atropine/pharmacology , Caffeine/pharmacology , Calcium Signaling/drug effects , Cell Polarity , Cholinergic Agents/pharmacology , Exocytosis/drug effects , Female , Fluorescent Dyes , Humans , Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/metabolism , Male , Microscopy, Confocal , Middle Aged , Mitochondria/metabolism , Muscarinic Antagonists/pharmacology , NAD/metabolism , Pancreas, Exocrine/cytology , Pancreas, Exocrine/drug effects , Pancreas, Exocrine/enzymology , Quinacrine/pharmacology , Sincalide/metabolism , Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology , Time Factors , Xanthenes
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Pancreatology ; 7(5-6): 436-46, 2007.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17898533

ABSTRACT

Acute pancreatitis is an increasingly common and sometimes severe disease for which there is little specific therapy. Chronic pancreatitis is a common and grossly debilitating sequel that is largely irreversible, whatever treatment is adopted. In the face of these burdens, the absence of specific treatments is a spur to research. The acinar cell is the primary target of injury from alcohol metabolites, bile, hyperlipidaemia, hyperstimulation and other causes. These induce abnormal, prolonged, global, cytosolic calcium signals, the prevention of which also prevents premature digestive enzyme activation, cytokine expression, vacuole formation and acinar cell necrosis. Such agents increase calcium entry through the plasma membrane and/or increase calcium release from intracellular stores, shown to result from effects on calcium channels and calcium pumps, or their energy supply. A multitude of signalling mechanisms are activated, diverted or disrupted, including secretory mechanisms, lysosomal regulators, inflammatory mediators, cell survival and cell death pathways, together with or separately from calcium. While recent discoveries have increased insight and suggest prophylaxis or treatment targets, more work is required to define the mechanisms and interactions of cell signalling pathways in the pathogenesis of pancreatitis.


Subject(s)
Pancreatitis, Chronic/etiology , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Animals , Calcium/toxicity , Calcium Signaling , Cathepsin B/physiology , Enzyme Activation , Humans , Trypsinogen/metabolism
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