scholarly journals Secretin induces rapid increases in inositol trisphosphate, cytosolic Ca2+ and diacylglycerol as well as cyclic AMP in rat pancreatic acini

1986 ◽  
Vol 239 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
E R Trimble ◽  
R Bruzzone ◽  
T J Biden ◽  
R V Farese

Previous studies have shown that the dose-response relationship for secretin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation is different from that for secretin-stimulated enzyme secretion in the rat exocrine pancreas. Here we show that secretin concentrations of 10(-10) M and higher stimulated a rise in cyclic AMP levels, with maximum effect on cyclic AMP accumulation being achieved already with 10(-8) M-secretin. However, at this concentration of secretin, enzyme secretion rates were approximately half-maximal. Unexpectedly, at concentrations of secretin greater than 10(-8) M there was evidence suggestive of phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate hydrolysis with rapid increases in inositol trisphosphate, cytosolic free calcium and diacylglycerol content of rat pancreatic acini. Furthermore, there was a dose-response relationship among secretin concentration (in the range 10(-8) M-2 × 10(-6) M), increases in inositol trisphosphate and increases in cytosolic free calcium ([Ca2+]i). Contrary to what has been previously believed, these results clearly indicate that in rat pancreatic acini secretin not only stimulates cyclic AMP accumulation but also raises inositol trisphosphate, [Ca2+]i and diacylglycerol. Thus, two second messenger systems may play a role in the regulation of secretin-induced amylase release.

1978 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Makris ◽  
Kenneth J. Ryan

ABSTRACT Cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP accumulation in hamster granulosa cells as a function of gonadotrophin dose (LH or FSH) and time (0–30 min) was determined. The pattern of acute cyclic AMP accumulation was similar in LH and FSH stimulated granulosa cells, except that the cells were more sensitive to FSH than LH. There was a positive dose response relationship of cyclic AMP accumulation in LH and FSH stimulated cells. LH appeared to partially inhibit FSH stimulated cyclic AMP synthesis. Cyclic GMP accumulation was distinctly different in LH and FSH stimulated cells. An inverse dose response relationship of cyclic GMP to dose LH was observed, with only the lowest dose of LH (0.005 IU/ml) stimulating cyclic GMP synthesis. FSH at 0.005 IU/ml did not stimulate cyclic GMP synthesis, but at higher doses generated cyclic GMP in a positive dose-related manner. The results suggest that specificity of hormone action in granulosa cells may be governed in part by differential on cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP in these cells.


1975 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. GOFF ◽  
PATRICIA W. MAJOR

SUMMARY Concentrations of cyclic AMP were measured in rabbit ovaries at various times after injection of an ovulatory dose of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG). A biphasic increase in cyclic AMP concentration occurred during the preovulatory period, with peaks 30 min and 3–4 h after HCG injection. Concentrations of cyclic AMP had returned to those observed in ovaries of control oestrous animals before the onset of ovulation 10–12 h after administration of HCG, and remained low throughout the period of pseudopregnancy. Concentrations of cyclic AMP in the newly formed and developing corpora lutea were similar to the concentrations observed in the remainder of the tissue during this period. No significant increase in cyclic AMP concentration was observed 7–9 days after initiation of ovulation. Concentrations of ATP were also investigated during the preovulatory period. The dose– response relationship of HCG to cyclic AMP production in oestrous rabbit ovaries was investigated.


1962 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph I. Dorfman

ABSTRACT The stimulating action of testosterone on the chick's comb can be inhibited by the subcutaneous injection of 0.1 mg of norethisterone or Ro 2-7239 (2-acetyl-7-oxo-1,2,3,4,4a,4b,5,6,7,9,10,10a-dodecahydrophenanthrene), 0.5 mg of cortisol or progesterone, and by 4.5 mg of Mer-25 (1-(p-2-diethylaminoethoxyphenyl)-1-phenyl-2-p-methoxyphenyl ethanol). No dose response relationship could be established. Norethisterone was the most active anti-androgen by this test.


2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (01) ◽  
pp. 003-016
Author(s):  
John Michel Warner

AbstractAccording to Hahnemann, homoeopathic medicines must be great immune responses inducers. In crude states, these medicines pose severe threats to the immune system. So, the immune-system of an organism backfires against the molecules of the medicinal substances. The complex immune response mechanism activated by the medicinal molecules can handle any threats which are similar to the threats posed by the medicinal molecules. The intersectional operation of the two sets, medicine-induced immune responses and immune responses necessary to cure diseases, shows that any effective homoeopathic medicine, which is effective against any disease, can induce immune responses which are necessary to cure the specific disease. In this article, this mechanism has been exemplified by the action of Silicea in human body. Also, a neuroimmunological assessment of the route of medicine administration shows that the oral cavity and the nasal cavity are two administration-routes where the smallest doses (sometimes even few molecules) of a particular homoeopathic medicine induce the most effective and sufficient (in amount) purgatory immune responses. Administering the smallest unitary doses of Silicea in the oral route can make significant changes in the vital force line on the dose–response relationship graph. The dose–response relationship graph further implicates that the most effective dose of a medicine must be below the lethality threshold. If multiple doses of any medicine are administered at same intervals, the immune-system primarily engages with the medicinal molecules; but along the passage of time, the engagement line splits into two: one engages with the medicinal molecules and another engages with diseases. The immune system's engagement with the diseases increases along the passage of time, though the engagement with the medicinal molecules gradually falls with the administration of descending doses. Necessarily, I have shown through mathematical logic that the descending doses, though they seem to be funny, can effectively induce the most effective immune responses.


Author(s):  
Satoru Kodama ◽  
Chika Horikawa ◽  
Kazuya Fujihara ◽  
Mariko Hatta ◽  
Yasunaga Takeda ◽  
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