Activation of neurokinin (NK)-1 receptors but not of NK-3 stimulates amylase release from isolated pancreatic acini of the rat. Immunofluorescence studies show that NK-1 receptors are more strongly expressed than NK-3 receptors on pancreatic acinar cells under basal conditions. No studies have examined the expression of the two NK receptor populations in pancreatic acini during pancreatitis in rats. We therefore investigated the relationships between expression of these two tachykinin receptors and experimental acute pancreatitis induced by stimulating pancreatic amylase with caerulein (CK) in rats. Hyperstimulation of the pancreas by CK caused an increase in plasma amylase and pancreatic water content and resulted in morphological evidence of cytoplasmic vacuolization. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed a similar percentage of NK-1 receptor antibody immunoreactive acinar cells in rats with pancreatitis and in normal rat tissue but a larger percentage of NK-3 receptor immunoreactive cells in acute pancreatitis than in normal pancreas. Western blot analysis of NK-1 and NK-3 receptor protein levels after CK-induced pancreatitis showed no change in NK-1 receptors but a stronger increase in NK-3 receptor expression in pancreatic acini compared with normal rats thus confirming the immunofluorescence data. These new findings support previous evidence that substance P-mediated functions within the pancreas go beyond sensory signal transduction contributing to neurogenic inflammation, and they suggest that substance P plays a role in regulating pancreatic exocrine secretion via acinar NK-1 receptors. The significant increase in NK-3 receptors during pancreatic stimulation suggests that NK-3 receptors also intervene in the pathogenesis of mild acute pancreatitis in rats.

Expression of NK-1 and NK-3 tachykinin receptors in pancrestic acinar cells after acute experimental pancreatitis in rats / Broccardo, Maria; Linari, Giorgio; Agostini, Simona; Amadoro, G; Carpino, Francesco; Ciotti, Mt; Petrella, Carla; Petrozza, Vincenzo; Severini, C; Improta, Giovanna. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY: GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0193-1857. - STAMPA. - 291:(2006), pp. 518-524. [10.1152/ajpgi.00505.2005]

Expression of NK-1 and NK-3 tachykinin receptors in pancrestic acinar cells after acute experimental pancreatitis in rats

BROCCARDO, Maria;LINARI, Giorgio;AGOSTINI, SIMONA;CARPINO, Francesco;PETRELLA, CARLA;PETROZZA, Vincenzo;IMPROTA, Giovanna
2006

Abstract

Activation of neurokinin (NK)-1 receptors but not of NK-3 stimulates amylase release from isolated pancreatic acini of the rat. Immunofluorescence studies show that NK-1 receptors are more strongly expressed than NK-3 receptors on pancreatic acinar cells under basal conditions. No studies have examined the expression of the two NK receptor populations in pancreatic acini during pancreatitis in rats. We therefore investigated the relationships between expression of these two tachykinin receptors and experimental acute pancreatitis induced by stimulating pancreatic amylase with caerulein (CK) in rats. Hyperstimulation of the pancreas by CK caused an increase in plasma amylase and pancreatic water content and resulted in morphological evidence of cytoplasmic vacuolization. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed a similar percentage of NK-1 receptor antibody immunoreactive acinar cells in rats with pancreatitis and in normal rat tissue but a larger percentage of NK-3 receptor immunoreactive cells in acute pancreatitis than in normal pancreas. Western blot analysis of NK-1 and NK-3 receptor protein levels after CK-induced pancreatitis showed no change in NK-1 receptors but a stronger increase in NK-3 receptor expression in pancreatic acini compared with normal rats thus confirming the immunofluorescence data. These new findings support previous evidence that substance P-mediated functions within the pancreas go beyond sensory signal transduction contributing to neurogenic inflammation, and they suggest that substance P plays a role in regulating pancreatic exocrine secretion via acinar NK-1 receptors. The significant increase in NK-3 receptors during pancreatic stimulation suggests that NK-3 receptors also intervene in the pathogenesis of mild acute pancreatitis in rats.
2006
isolated pancreatic acini; tachykinin receptor distribution; immunofluorescence; Western blot analysis
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Expression of NK-1 and NK-3 tachykinin receptors in pancrestic acinar cells after acute experimental pancreatitis in rats / Broccardo, Maria; Linari, Giorgio; Agostini, Simona; Amadoro, G; Carpino, Francesco; Ciotti, Mt; Petrella, Carla; Petrozza, Vincenzo; Severini, C; Improta, Giovanna. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY: GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0193-1857. - STAMPA. - 291:(2006), pp. 518-524. [10.1152/ajpgi.00505.2005]
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