Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Volume 111, Issue 4, October 1996, Pages 945-958
Gastroenterology

Epidermal growth factor modulates pepsinogen secretion in guinea pig gastric chief cells

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Abstract

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Although epidermal growth factor (EGF) inhibits gastric acid secretion, the effects it exerts on gastric chief cells are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether EGF modulates pepsinogen release and intracellular Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) and whether the effect involves mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, eicosanoid generation, and nitric oxide. METHODS: Chief cells were obtained by sequential digestion with collagenase and Ca2+ chelation. [Ca2+]i was measured in cells loaded with Fura-2 and NO generation by the NO coproduct citrulline. RESULTS: In situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, and immunoblotting showed that EGF receptor and MAP kinases were constitutively expressed in chief cells. EGF caused a concentration-dependent stimulation of pepsinogen secretion and MAP kinase activity and determined a 2.5-7.0-fold increase in [Ca2+]i, inositol 1,4,5-tryphosphate, prostaglandin E2, and leukotriene B4. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors and cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase inhibitors reduced pepsinogen secretion and eicosanoid generation induced by EGF. EGF increased citrulline generation and guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate accumulation sixfold; the effect was blocked by NG monomethyl-L-arginine, which is an NO synthase inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS: EGF stimulates pepsinogen secretion by activating eicosanoid generation, tyrosine kinases, MAP kinases, Ca2+, NO, and guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate. (Gastroenterology 1996 Oct;111(4):945-58)

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