Summary
Incubation of rat pancreatic lobules for 90 min with optimal concentrations of caerulein, carbachol or secretin caused the release of about 30% of the amylase content. Combination of secretin with carbachol or caerulein increased the amylase output to about 40%. With secretin, as with carbachol or caerulein, heterogeneity of cellular responsiveness was observed, some acini being partially or completely depleted of their zymogen granules, whereas others appeared to be resting. When secretin was combined with carbachol or caerulein, granule depletion, originally confined to small groups of neighbouring acini, spread to form large areas of degranulated cells, sometimes comprising a whole section of a lobule.
In dispersed acini, under the same conditions, carbachol caused the release of about 60% of the amylase content, and secretin 40%. When both secretagogues were combined, a significant increase to 78% was observed. Under these conditions, there was some important cellular damage, as indicated by the release of 20% of the amylase content and between 6 and 12% of lactate dehydrogenase into the media, in the absence of stimulus. These results were corroborated by cytological observations. On the basis of their secretory response two groups of acini can be distinguished, those that respond to carbachol, caerulein or secretin and those that respond to the combination of secretin with carbachol or caerulein. Electrophoretic patterns of secretory proteins released by lobules stimulated by these different types of secretagogues were essentially similar. The pattern was quite different, however, in the absence of a stimulus. The most striking feature was the presence of a band at 63 Kd whereas a 73.5 Kd band was found only under conditions of stimulation. The latter results support the view that under resting and stimulated conditions secretory proteins are released from distinct compartments in the acinar cell.
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Abbreviations
- PMSF:
-
phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride
- Carbachol:
-
carbamylcholine chloride
- SBTI:
-
soybean trypsin inhibitor
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Phaneuf, S., Grondin, G., Lord, A. et al. Electrophoretic and cytological evidence for heterogeneity of pancreatic acinar cell responsiveness to carbachol, caerulein and secretin. Cell Tissue Res. 239, 105–109 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00214909
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