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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 260: G175-G181, 1991;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 260, Issue 2 175-G181, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Amino acid- and amine-induced gastrin release from isolated rat endocrine granules

E. J. Dial, L. C. Cooper and L. M. Lichtenberger
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225.

Secretory granules from rat antral tissue were isolated by differential centrifugation in sucrose and were confirmed as intact by electron microscopy. Gastrin release from the isolated granules was measured in response to stimulation with amino acids or their decarboxylated amine metabolites. Nine of 13 amino acids tested were ineffective at inducing gastrin release, whereas all 13 of the amine metabolites were potent stimulants of gastrin release. A pH gradient across the granule fraction membranes was estimated by acridine orange fluorescence and indicated an acidic interior. Changes in acridine orange fluorescence as an indicator of pH gradient dissipation showed that all of the amines, but only one of the amino acids, reversed acridine orange fluorescence. Ammonium chloride, similar to amines, both reversed acridine orange fluorescence and induced release of gastrin. It is concluded that amines 1) may directly stimulate gastrin granules to release their contents and 2) tend to alkalinize the gastrin granule interior. Some amino acids, in contrast, appear to directly stimulate gastrin release and do not affect the granule pH gradient.


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