AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 2 221-G225, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Differential action of somatostatin on peptide-induced release of acetylcholine

V. Kowal, J. W. Wiley and C. Owyang
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.

In this study we examine the mechanism by which somatostatin (SRIF-14) inhibits cholecystokinin octapeptide- (CCK-8) but not substance P-mediated release of [3H]acetylcholine (ACh) from the guinea pig ileum. 2',5'-Dideoxyadenosine, an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase, antagonized the action of CCK-8 and forskolin but had no effect on substance-P-evoked release of [3H]ACh. Addition of theophylline enhanced the release of [3H]ACh stimulated by CCK-8 but not by substance P. These observations suggest that CCK-8, but not substance P, can stimulate cholinergic transmission via an adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent pathway. Somatostatin inhibited release of [3H]ACh evoked by CCK-8 and forskolin in a dose-related manner. CCK-8- and forskolin- but not substance P-evoked release of [3H]ACh were maximally inhibited in the presence of 10(-6) M somatostatin (49 +/- 5 and 48 +/- 7% of control, respectively). Pretreatment with pertussis toxin (inactivates inhibitory guanine nucleotide binding proteins) reversed the inhibitory effect of somatostatin on the release of [3H]ACh evoked by CCK-8. These observations suggest that CCK-8 but not substance P can stimulate [3H]ACh by a cAMP-dependent pathway. Somatostatin appears to inhibit the cAMP-dependent component of CCK-8-mediated cholinergic transmission via activation of a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein.

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