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GLUT4 translocation and activation of glucose uptake in skeletal muscle can be induced by both physiological (i.e., insulin, nerve stimulation, or exercise) and pharmacological (i.e., phorbol ester) means. Recently, we demonstrated that high glucose levels may mimic the effects of phorbol esters on protein kinase C (PKC) and insulin receptor function (J Biol Chem 269:3381-3386, 1994). In this study, we tested whether the previously described effects of phorbol esters on translocation of GLUT4 in myotubes in culture and also in rat skeletal muscle might be mimicked by glucose. We found that stimulation of C2C12 myotubes with both insulin (10(-7) mol/l, 5 min) and glucose (25 mmol/l, 10 min) induces a comparable increase of the GLUT4 content in the plasma membrane. To test whether this effect occurs in intact rat skeletal muscle as well, two different model systems were used. As an in vitro model, isolated rat hindlimbs were perfused for 80 min with medium containing 6 mmol/l glucose +/- insulin (1.6 x 10(-9) mmol/l, 40 min) or 25 mmol/l glucose. As an in vivo model, acute hyperglycemia (> 11 mmol/l glucose, 20 min) was induced in Wistar rats by intraperitoneal injection of glucose under simultaneous suppression of the endogenous insulin release by injection of somatostatin. In both models, subcellular fractions were prepared from hindlimb skeletal muscle, and plasma membranes were characterized by the enrichment of the marker enzyme alpha 1 Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Acute hyperglycemia provides an insulin-independent inducer for GLUT4 translocation in C2C12 myotubes and rat skeletal muscle. 778 29

Single-cell microfluorimetry techniques have been used to examine the effects of acetylcholine (0.1-100 microM) on the intracellular free calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]i) in a human-derived pancreatic somatostatin-secreting cell line, QGP-1N. When applied to the bath solution, acetylcholine was found to evoke a marked and rapid increase in [Ca2+]i at all concentrations tested. These responses were either sustained, or associated with the generation of complex patterns of [Ca2+]i transients. Overall, the pattern of response was concentration related. In general, 0.1-10 microM acetylcholine initiated a series of repetitive oscillations in cytoplasmic Ca2+, whilst at higher concentrations the responses consisted of a rapid rise in [Ca2+]i followed by a smaller more sustained increase. Without external Ca2+, 100 microM acetylcholine caused only a transient rise in [Ca2+]i, whereas lower concentrations of the agonist were able to initiate, but not maintain, [Ca2+]i oscillations. Acetylcholine-evoked Ca2+ signals were abolished by atropine (1-10 microM), verapamil (100 microM) and caffeine (20 mM). Nifedipine failed to have any significant effect upon agonist-evoked increases in [Ca2+]i, whilst 50 mM KCl, used to depolarise the cell membrane, only elicited a transient increase in [Ca2+]i. Ryanodine (50-500 nM) and caffeine (1-20 mM) did not increase basal Ca2+ levels, but the Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitors 2,5-di(tert-butyl)-hydroquinone (TBQ) and thapsigargin both elevated [Ca2+]i levels. These data demonstrate for the first time cytosolic Ca2+ signals in single isolated somatostatin-secreting cells of the pancreas. We have demonstrated that acetylcholine will evoke both Ca2+ influx and Ca2+ mobilisation, and we have partially addressed the subcellular mechanism responsible for these events.
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PMID:Intracellular Ca2+ signals in human-derived pancreatic somatostatin-secreting cells (QGP-1N). 781 49

The secretion of gastric acid is regulated both centrally and peripherally. The finding that H2-receptor antagonists are able to reduce or abolish acid secretion due to vagal, gastrinergic, and histaminergic stimulation shows that histamine plays a pivotal role in stimulation of the parietal cell. In the rat, the fundic histamine is released from the ECL cell, in response to gastrin, acetylcholine, or epinephrine, and histamine release is inhibited by somatostatin or by the H3-receptor ligand, R-alpha-methyl histamine. The parietal cell has a muscarinic, M3, receptor responsible for [Ca]i regulation. Blockade of muscarinic receptors by atropine can be as effective as H2-receptor blockade in controlling acid secretion. However, general effects on muscarinic receptors elsewhere produce significant side effects. The different receptor pathways converge to stimulate the gastric H+,K(+)-ATPase, the pump responsible for acid secretion by the stomach. This enzyme is an alpha,beta heterodimer, present in cytoplasmic membrane vesicles of the resting cell and in the canaliculus of the stimulated cell. It has been shown that acid secretion by the pump depends on provision of K+Cl- efflux pathway becoming associated with the pump. As secretion occurs only in the canaliculus, this K+Cl- pathway is activated only when the pump inserts into the canalicular membrane. Transport by the enzyme involves reciprocal conformational changes in the cytoplasmic and extracytoplasmic domain. These result in changes in sidedness and affinity for H3O+ and K+, enabling active H+ for K+ exchange. The acid pump inhibitors of the substituted benzimidazole class, such as omeprazole, are concentrated in the canaliculus of the secreting parietal cell and are activated there to form sulfenamides. The omeprazole sulfenamide, for example, reacts covalently with two cysteines in the extracytoplasmic loops between the fifth and sixth transmembrane and the seventh and eighth transmembrane segments of the alpha subunit of the H+,K(+)-ATPase, forming disulfide derivatives. This inhibits ATP hydrolysis and H+ transport, resulting in effective, long-lasting regulation of acid secretion. Therefore, this class of acid pump inhibitor is significantly more effective and faster acting than the H2 receptor antagonists. K+ competitive antagonists bind to the M1 and M2 transmembrane segments of the alpha subunit of the acid pump and also abolish ATPase activity. These drugs should also be able to reduce acid secretion more effectively than receptor antagonists and provide shorter acting but complete inhibition of acid secretion.
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PMID:Pharmacological aspects of acid secretion. 785 83

Transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) evokes diverse responses in transgenic mouse tissues in which it is over-expressed, including the gastric mucosa, which experiences aberrant growth and a coincident repression of hydrochloric acid production. Here we show that ectopically expressed TGF alpha induces an age-dependent cellular reorganization of the transgenic stomach, in which the surface mucous cell population in the gastric pit is greatly expanded at the expense of cells in the glandular base. Immunohistochemical analysis of BrdU incorporation into DNA demonstrated that although mature surface mucous cells were not proliferating, DNA synthesis was enhanced by approximately 67% in the glandular base and isthmus, where progenitor cells reside. RNA blot and in situ hybridization were employed to determine temporal and spatial expression patterns of specific markers representing a variety of exocrine and endocrine gastric cell types. Mature parietal and chief cells were specifically depleted from the glandular mucosa, as judged by a 6- to 7-fold decrease in the expression of genes encoding H+,K(+)-ATPase, which is required for acid secretion, and pepsinogen C, respectively. The reduction of these markers coincided in time with the activation of TGF alpha transgene expression in the neonatal stomach. The rate of cell death in the glandular region was not overtly different. Significantly, the loss of parietal and chief cells occurred without a concomitant loss of their respective cellular precursors. In contrast to exocrine cells, D and G endocrine cells were much less severely affected, based on analysis of somatostatin and gastrin expression. Analysis of these dynamic changes indicates that TGF alpha can induce selective alterations in terminal differentiation and proliferation in the gastric mucosa, and suggests that TGF alpha plays an important physiological role in the normal regulation of epithelial cell renewal.
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PMID:Transforming growth factor alpha disrupts the normal program of cellular differentiation in the gastric mucosa of transgenic mice. 786 96

Historically, the interplay between basic research and clinical observation has been essential in the development of new therapies for peptic ulcer disease. That histamine is an important regulator of acid secretion emerged from basic research, followed by the clinical development and use of the H2-receptor antagonists. Basic research contributed again by defining the importance of H+/K(+)-ATPase in acid secretion, resulting in a new class of useful antisecretory agents. Basic studies also gave us prostaglandins (PG) as mucosal protective agents. As 'replacement' therapy, clinicians have found that PG are protective against non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-induced gastric ulcer (GU). Physiologic studies established that somatostatin is a potent inhibitor of acid secretion, providing the stimulus for clinical studies in Zollinger-Ellison (ZE) Syndrome with a synthetic analog (octreotide). Work on isoforms of the parietal cell gastrin receptor has shown differences in the cytoplasmic domain for G protein coupling. This will aid in understanding how receptor changes and coupling to second messengers relate to the aetiopathogenesis of abnormal gastric secretion. Immune cells express mRNA for histamine, muscarinic and gastrin receptors, supporting the relevance of mucosal immunology in gastroenterology, especially in light of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and ulcers. Lab research has revealed a potential role for basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and another endogenous peptide BPC-15, in ulcer healing. The former substance may be responsible for the antiulcer efficacy of sucralfate. Intensive basic work on how H. pylori organisms attach to gastric cells and initiate inflammatory reactions in the mucosa will have unquestionable impact on improved therapy for peptic ulcer disease.
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PMID:Clinical relevance of basic research in peptic ulcer disease. 788 Oct 29

It has been found in this laboratory that proglumide (PGM) can increase hepatic bile flow in humans and in several species of animals, and lower gallstone formation in experimental animals. In order to further investigate the mechanisms of this choleretic effect of PGM, studies with isolated rat liver cells and plasma membranes were performed. The results indicated that PGM could increase the activity of membrane Na+, K(+)-ATPase significantly. On the other hand, PGM decreased the net uptake of 14C-glycocholic acid by rat liver cells. These data suggest that the choleretic effect of PGM is likely to be mediated through the enhancement of membrane Na+, K(+)-ATPase activity (which would in turn increase water and electrolyte output), rather than by affecting bile acid uptake by liver cells. It was also observed that PGM could reverse the inhibitory effect of somatostatin on the activity of membrane Na+, K(+)-ATPase. These results provide some clues for the elucidation of the mechanisms of the inhibitory effect of PGM on gallstone formation in experimental animals.
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PMID:[A study on the mechanism of the choleretic effect of proglumide]. 791 71

Intracerebral microdialysis combined with a sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay was used to monitor the neuronal release of somatostatin (somatostatin-like immunoreactivity, SLI) in the dorsal hippocampus of freely moving rats. The sensitivity of the radioimmunoassay was optimized to detect < 1 fmol/ml. The basal concentration of SLI in 20-min dialysate fractions (5 microliters/min) collected 24 h after probe implantation was stable over at least 200 min. The spontaneous efflux dropped by 54 +/- 6.4% (p < 0.05) when Ca2+ was omitted and 1 mM EGTA added to the Krebs-Ringer solution and by 65.5 +/- 3.2% (p < 0.05) in the presence of 1 microM tetrodotoxin. Depolarizing concentrations of the Na+ channel opener veratridine (6.25, 25, 100 microM) induced 11 +/- 2 (p < 0.05), 17 +/- 2 (p < 0.05), and 21 +/- 5 (p < 0.01) fold increase in SLI concentration, respectively, during the first 20 min of perfusion. The effect of 100 microM veratridine was blocked by coperfusion with 5 microM tetrodotoxin (p < 0.01) and reduced by 79% (p < 0.01) in the virtual absence of Ca2+. Neuronal depolarization by 20 min of perfusion with Krebs-Ringer solution containing 25 and 50 mM KCl and proportionally lowered Na+ increased the dialysate SLI 4.4 +/- 1 (p < 0.05) and 17 +/- 3 (p < 0.01) fold baseline, respectively. Ten micromolar ouabain, a blocker of Na+,K(+)-ATPase, increased the dialysate SLI 15-fold baseline, on average (p < 0.05), during 80 min of perfusion. The results demonstrate the suitability of brain microdialysis for monitoring the neuronal release of SLI and for studying its role in synaptic transmission.
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PMID:Extracellular somatostatin measured by microdialysis in the hippocampus of freely moving rats: evidence for neuronal release. 809 81

Gastric acid secretion is precisely regulated by neural (acetylcholine), hormonal (gastrin), and paracrine (histamine; somatostatin) mechanisms. The stimulatory effect of acetylcholine and gastrin is mediated via increase in cytosolic calcium, whereas that of histamine is mediated via activation of adenylate cyclase and generation of cAMP. Potentiation between histamine and either gastrin or acetylcholine may reflect postreceptor interaction between the distinct pathways and/or the ability of gastrin and acetylcholine to release histamine from mucosal ECL cells. The prime inhibitor of acid secretion is somatostatin. Its inhibitory paracrine effect is mediated predominantly by receptors coupled via guanine nucleotide binding proteins to inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity. All the pathways converge on and modulate the activity of the luminal enzyme, H+,K(+)-ATPase, the proton pump of the parietal cell. Precise information on the mechanisms involved in gastric acid secretion and the identification of specific receptor subtypes has led to the development of potent drugs capable of inhibiting acid secretion. These include competitive antagonists that interact with stimulatory receptors (e.g. muscarinic M1-receptor antagonists and histamine H2-receptor antagonists) as well as non-competitive inhibitors of H+,K(+)-ATPase (e.g. omeprazole). The histamine H2-receptor antagonists (cimetidine, ranitidine, famotidine, nizatidine and roxatidine acetate) continue as first-line therapy for peptic ulcer disease and are effective in preventing relapse. Although they are generally well tolerated, histamine H2-receptor antagonists may cause untoward CNS, cardiac and endocrine effects, as well as interfering with the absorption, metabolism and elimination of various drugs. The dominance of the histamine H2-receptor antagonists is now being challenged by omeprazole. Omeprazole reaches the parietal cell via the bloodstream, diffuses through the cytoplasm and becomes activated and trapped as a sulfenamide in the acidic canaliculus of the parietal cell. Here, it covalently binds to H+,K(+)-ATPase, the hydrogen pump of the parietal cell, thereby irreversibly blocking acid secretion in response to all modes of stimulation. The main potential drawback to its use is its extreme potency which sometimes leads to virtual anacidity, gastrin cell hyperplasia, hypergastrinaemia and, in rats, to the development of carcinoid tumours. The cholinergic receptor on the parietal cell has recently been identified as an M3 subtype and that on postganglionic intramural neurones of the submucosal plexus as an M1 subtype.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Pharmacology of gastric acid inhibition. 809 11

The gene encoding proglucagon is expressed in the A-cells of the endocrine pancreas and the L-cells of the gastrointestinal tract. Proglucagon-derived peptides have also been detected in different regions of the central nervous system; however, proglucagon mRNA transcripts have been localized predominantly to the brainstem and hypothalamus. We have studied proglucagon gene expression in the brain of mice using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technique. Proglucagon mRNA transcripts were detected in the cortex, cerebellum, and brainstem of embryonic day 19 mouse brain and in the cortex, cerebellum, brainstem, and hypothalamus of 2- to 12-week-old wild-type mice. Age-specific changes in proglucagon gene expression were observed, with a progressive decrease in the levels of proglucagon mRNA transcripts detected in the cortex of older mice. In contrast, a progressive increase in the levels of proglucagon mRNA transcripts was detected with increasing age in the brainstem. Proglucagon gene expression was also examined in the brain of glucagon-simian virus-40 (SV40) T-antigen transgenic mice. The levels of proglucagon gene expression in transgenic cerebellum and brainstem were relatively greater than those in wild-type mice on embryonic day 19, and increased levels of proglucagon mRNA transcripts were observed in transgenic cerebellum, brainstem, and hypothalamus at 2 weeks. In contrast, the levels of proglucagon mRNA transcripts were markedly reduced in the brain of 5-week-old transgenic mice. A reduction in the levels of SV40 T-antigen mRNA transcripts was also detected in the brain of transgenic mice at 5 weeks, but no suppression of the mRNA transcripts for the neuropeptide somatostatin was observed in 5-week-old transgenic brain. The results of these studies suggest that proglucagon mRNA transcripts are more widely distributed in the mouse central nervous system than previously demonstrated and that proglucagon gene expression in the brain appears to be regulated in a region- and age-specific manner. The coordinate region-specific expression and regulation of mRNA transcripts derived from the endogenous mouse proglucagon gene and a glucagon-SV40 T antigen transgene in the central nervous system of mice harboring a transgene containing 2.0 kilobases of rat proglucagon gene 5'-flanking sequences fused to the coding sequence of SV-4 large T-antigen suggest that neural-specific elements residing within the first 2.0 kilobases of glucagon gene 5'-flanking sequences are sufficient for the correct targeting and regulation of proglucagon gene expression in the brain.
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PMID:Region- and age-specific differences in proglucagon gene expression in the central nervous system of wild-type and glucagon-simian virus-40 T-antigen transgenic mice. 831 63

To clarify the effect of islet hormones on pancreatic ductular cell function, we measured the exocrine secretion elicited by 10 pM secretin in the presence or absence of islet hormones using an isolated perfused rat pancreas model. Insulin significantly increased secretin-stimulated pancreatic juice secretion, but not protein secretion. The potentiating effect of insulin on pancreatic juice secretion was concentration-dependent, and the maximal effect was observed with 1 microM insulin. Ouabain, a specific Na+,K(+)-ATPase inhibitor, caused concentration-dependent inhibition of the potentiating effect of insulin without affecting secretin action. Glucagon (100 nM) significantly inhibited secretin-stimulated pancreatic juice secretion and also tended to inhibit protein secretion. A somatostatin analog, SMS 201-995 (10 nM) significantly inhibited both the pancreatic juice and protein secretion stimulated by secretin. The inhibitory effect of SMS 201-995 was concentration-dependent and was maximal at 1-10 nM. These results demonstrate that insulin potentiates the secretory response to secretin, at least partly by increasing Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity, whereas glucagon and somatostatin inhibit this response. Thus, pancreatic islet hormones regulate the secretory function of pancreatic ductular and centroacinar cells.
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PMID:Effect of islet hormones on secretin-stimulated exocrine secretion in isolated perfused rat pancreas. 832 88


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