AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 2 202-G209, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Receptor occupation, calcium mobilization, and amylase release in pancreatic acini: effect of CCK-JMV-180

S. Sato, H. A. Stark, J. Martinez, M. A. Beaven, R. T. Jensen and J. D. Gardner
Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

We examined the relationships between receptor occupation, calcium mobilization, and stimulated amylase release for cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) and for CCK-JMV-180, an analogue of the COOH-terminal heptapeptide of CCK having the structure Boc-Tyr(SO3)-Nle-Gly-Trp-Nle-Asp-2-phenylethyl ester using dispersed acini from rat pancreas. CCK-8 and CCK-JMV-180 each bind to two classes of CCK receptors: one class has a high affinity for CCK-8 and CCK-JMV-180 and the other class has a low affinity for CCK-8 and CCK-JMV-180. Mobilization of cellular calcium was assessed by measuring cytosolic calcium with a fluorescent indicator and by measuring outflux of radioactive calcium from preloaded cells. In terms of causing an increase in cytosolic calcium or an increase in calcium outflux, CCK-JMV-180 was 50-60% as efficacious as CCK-8. Analysis of the relationship between receptor occupation and calcium mobilization caused by CCK-8 and CCK-JMV-180 in combination indicates that calcium mobilization is caused by occupation of low-affinity CCK receptors. Comparison of the dose-response curve for calcium mobilization and amylase release stimulated by CCK-8 or CCK-JMV-180 indicates that very low concentrations of each peptide stimulate amylase release without causing detectable calcium mobilization. At these very low concentrations, CCK-8 or CCK-JMV-180 do not cause potentiation of amylase release when combined with vasoactive intestinal peptide.

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