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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
An intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of pentagastrin (250 micrograms/kg, three times daily) for 1 week increased somatostatin like-immunoreactivity (SSLI) content in the pancreas and the number of somatostatin (SS) receptors in pancreatic acinar membranes without influencing their apparent affinity as compared with control animals. No significant differences were seen in basal or forskolin (FK)-stimulated adenylate cyclase (AC) enzyme activities in the control and pentagastrin treated rats. In spite of the increase in the number of SS receptors, SS caused a significantly lower inhibition in AC activity in these membranes. This finding is related to the fact that the stable GTP analogue, 5'-guanylylimidodiphosphate (Gpp[NH]p) was a much less potent inhibitor of binding in the pancreatic acinar cell membranes from pentagastrin-treated animals than in those from controls. In addition the ability of Gpp(NH)p to inhibit FK-stimulated AC activity was also decreased in pancreatic acinar cell membranes from pentagastrin-treated rats. Pretreatment with proglumide, (20 mg/kg i.p.) a gastrin/cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor antagonist, prevented the pentagastrin-induced changes in SS level and binding as well as the inhibitory effect of SS on AC activity in pancreatic acinar cell membranes. Proglumide alone had no observable effect on the somatostatinergic system. These data suggest a SS receptor/G protein uncoupling as a result of binding of pentagastrin to gastrin receptors present in pancreatic acinar cell membranes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0167-0115
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
479-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of pentagastrin on the somatostatin receptor/effector system in rat pancreatic acinar membranes.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't