Secretin Stimulates Cyclic AMP Formation in the Rat Brain
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 46 (6), 1947-1955
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.1986.tb08518.x
Abstract
The effects of secretin on cyclic AMP levels in the rat brain were determined. Incubation of rat brain frontal cortex slices with secretin or the structurally related peptides peptide histidine leucine (PHI) or vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in the presence of 10 mM theophylline resulted in a dose-dependent increase in the cyclic AMP levels. The half-maximal increase in cyclic AMP occurred using a 1 μM dose of secretin or a 2 μM dose of PHI or VIP. Preincubation of slices with secretin-(5–27) produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the secretin but not VIP- or PHI-stimulated increase in the cyclic AMP content. Also, in receptor binding studies, secretin-(5–27) produced a dose-dependent inhibition (Ki= 400 nM) of 125I-secretin but not of 125I-VIP binding to rat brain membranes. Guanyl-5′-yl imidodiphosphate decreased the affinity of radiolabelled secretin binding as a result of an increased rate of dissociation of bound 125I-secretin. These data suggest that secretin receptors in the rat brain may be coupled to adenylate cyclase in a stimulatory manner and that secretin-(5–27) may function as a central secretin receptor antagonist.Keywords
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