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HORMONES AND SIGNALING

Effects of increased intracellular cAMP on carbachol-stimulated zymogen activation, secretion, and injury in the pancreatic acinar cell

Gastrointestinal Research Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Healthcare Connecticut, West Haven, Connecticut

Submitted 27 July 2004 ; accepted in final form 15 September 2004

A characteristic of acute pancreatitis is the premature activation and retention of enzymes within the pancreatic acinar cell. Because ligands linked to cAMP production may prevent some forms of pancreatitis, we evaluated the effects of increased intracellular cAMP in the rat pancreatic acinar cell. Specifically, this study examined the effects of the cholinergic agonist carbachol and agents that increase cAMP [secretin and 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP)] on zymogen activation (trypsin and chymotrypsin), enzyme secretion, and cellular injury in isolated pancreatic acini. Although cAMP agonists affected the responses to physiological concentrations of carbachol (1 µM), their most prominent effects were observed with supraphysiological concentrations (1 mM). When secretin was added to 1 mM carbachol, there was a slight increase in zymogen activation, but no change in the secretion of amylase or chymotrypsin. Furthermore, coaddition of secretin increased parameters of cell injury (trypan blue exclusion, lactic dehydrogenase release, and morphological markers) compared with carbachol (1 mM) alone. Although directly increasing cellular cAMP by 8-Br-cAMP caused much greater zymogen activation than carbachol (1 mM) alone or with secretin, 8-Br-cAMP cotreatment reduced all parameters of injury to the level of unstimulated acini. Furthermore, 8-Br-cAMP dramatically enhanced the secretion of amylase and chymotrypsin from the acinar cell. This study demonstrates that increasing acinar cell cAMP can overcome the inhibition of enzyme secretion caused by high concentrations of carbachol and eliminate acinar cell injury.

8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate; pancreas; protease

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