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Gastrin stimulation of histamine synthesis in enterochromaffin-like cells from rabbit fundic mucosa

F. Hollande, S. Combettes, J. P. Bali and R. Magous
Laboratorie de Biochimie des Membranes, Contrat Jeune Formation Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Montpellier, France.

This work aimed to investigate the molecular role of gastrin in histamine synthesis in isolated rabbit fundic mucosal cells enriched in enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells (37%). Gastrin stimulated histidine decarboxylase (HDC) activity by increasing the maximal velocity (Vmax) from 0.240 +/- 0.017 (basal value) to 0.332 +/- 0.012 pmol/mg protein/h and by decreasing the Michaelis-Menten constant value -Km; 73.90 +/- 2.2 vs. 93.42 +/- 4.32 microM (basal value)]. Pertussis toxin (PTX) (200 ng/ml) reduced the stimulation of HDC induced by 10 nM gastrin from 41.8 to 15.9%, whereas cholera toxin (CTX) (100 ng/ml) was without effect. Staurosporine and polymyxin B inhibited in a dose dependent manner the HDC activity stimulated by 10 nM gastrin. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 100 nM) decreased Vmax (0.558 +/- 0.021 pmol/ mg protein/h) but did not change the Km. Furthermore, cycloheximide (0.1-10 microM) inhibited the gastrin-induced stimulation of HDC activity, whereas actinomycin D (up to 10 microM) was without effect. Finally, incubation of cells with gastrin (10 microM) left the expression of HDC mRNA unchanged. We concluded that gastrin, acting through "gastrin/CCK-B type" receptors coupled to PTX-sensitive G protein, exerts a short-term regulation of histamine synthesis in gastric ECL cells by increasing both the affinity of HDC for L-histidine and the number of active enzyme molecules. This last event, related to protein kinase C activation, could be due to a translational or posttranslational mechanism.

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