AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 262, Issue 2 364-G368, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta 1) inhibits pancreatic acinar cell growth

C. D. Logsdon, L. Keyes and R. D. Beauchamp
Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.

Effects of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 on mouse pancreatic acinar cell growth and rapid intracellular responses to cholecystokinin (CCK) were examined in vitro. TGF-beta 1 inhibited [3H]thymidine incorporation stimulated by either the CCK analogue caerulein, epidermal growth factor, or insulin. TGF-beta 1 inhibition of growth stimulated by a maximal dose of caerulein (1 nM) was dose dependent with one-half maximal effects occurring at approximately 5 pM and maximal inhibition seen with 30 pM. In contrast to its effects on CCK-stimulated [3H]thymidine incorporation, TGF-beta 1 had no effect on CCK-stimulated increases in amylase release or intracellular Ca2+ concentration. To determine whether TGF-beta 1 might be an autocrine growth regulator, pancreatic mRNA was probed for the presence of TGF-beta 1 transcripts. TGF-beta 1 mRNA was not detected in whole pancreas but was detectable with increasing abundance over time in primary cultures of pancreatic acinar cells. The appearance of the TGF-beta 1 mRNA corresponded to the period of rapid cellular proliferation in vitro. These results suggest that TGF-beta 1 may be an autocrine growth inhibitor in the pancreas and that the inhibitory effects of TGF-beta 1 on pancreatic acinar cell growth occur at sites distal to those involved in stimulus-secretion coupling.

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