NO/cGMP pathway is involved in exocrine secretion from rat pancreatic acinar cells
- Authors
- Ahn, SH; Seo, DW; Ko, YK; Sung, DS; Bae, GU; Yoon, JW; Hong, SGY; Han, JW; Lee, HW
- Issue Date
- Dec-1998
- Publisher
- PHARMACEUTICAL SOC KOREA
- Keywords
- Cholecystokinin-octapeptide; Cyclic GMP; Exocrine secretion; Nitric oxide
- Citation
- ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH, v.21, no.6, pp 657 - 663
- Pages
- 7
- Journal Title
- ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 21
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 657
- End Page
- 663
- URI
- https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/150387
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF02976753
- ISSN
- 0253-6269
1976-3786
- Abstract
- The enzyme responsible for the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) from L-arginine in mammalian tissues is known as nitric oxide synthase (NOS) (EC.1.14.13.39). In the present study, the role of NO in the regulation of exocrine secretion was investigated in rat pancreatic acinar cells. Treatment of rat pancreatic acinar cells with cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK-OP) resulted in an increase in the arginine conversion to citrulline, the amount of NOx, the release of amylase, and the level of cGMP. Especially, CCK-OP-stimulated increase of arginine to citrulline transformation, the amount of NO, and cGMP level were completely counteracted by the inhibitor of NOS, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (MMA), by contrast, that of amylase release was partially reduced. Furthermore, MMA-induced decrease of NOS activity and amylase release showed dose-dependent pattern. The data on the time course of CCK-OP-induced citrulline formation and cGMP rise indicate that NOS and guanylate cyclase were activated by treatment of CCK-OP. However, the mechanism of agonist-stimulated guanylate cyclase activation in acinar cells remains unknown. Therefore, activation of NOS is one of the early events in receptor-mediated cascade of reactions in pancreatic acinar cells and NO, not completely, but partially mediate pancreatic enzyme exocrine secretion.
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