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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 1985

Phorbol ester stimulates calcitonin secretion synergistically with A23187, and additively with dibutyryl cyclic AMP in a rat C-cell line.

Ruo Hishikawa; Masaaki Fukase; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Takuo Fujita

The mechanism of action of 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on calcitonin secretion was studied in a rat C-cell line, rMTC 6-23. TPA stimulated calcitonin secretion at the concentration of 16nM. This effect was synergistically enhanced with calcium ionophore, A23187. Synthetic diacylglycerol, 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol (OAG), also showed a synergism with A23187 on calcitonin secretion. When dibutyryl cyclic AMP was added with TPA, an additive effect was obtained. These data suggest that C-kinase might be a possible regulator of calcitonin secretion in addition to the cyclic AMP-mediated pathway.


Diabetes | 1990

Calcitonin Gene—Related Peptide and Induction of Hyperglycemia in Conscious Rats In Vivo

Akinori Yamaguchi; Tsutomu Chiba; Tomoyuki Morishita; Akira Nakamura; Tetsuya Inui; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Kazuo Chihara; Masaaki Fukase; Takuo Fujita

The effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on glucose metabolism was investigated in conscious and unrestrained rats in vivo. Intravenous injection of rat CGRP (5.67 and 0.567 nmol/kg) caused a significant, dose-dependent increase in plasma glucose concentration and a simultaneous dose-dependent increase in plasma insulin level. In contrast, plasma glucagon level was not changed. On the other hand, intravenous infusion of CGRP (46.6 pmol · kg−1 · min−1) decreased tolerance to intragastric administration of glucose (IGGTT). Plasma insulin response to IGGTT, however, was not affected by CGRP infusion. Moreover, although intravenous injection of CGRP (5.67 nmol/kg) elicited a significant increase in plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine concentrations, concomitant administration of epinephrine and norepinephrine, inducing a more prominent rise in plasma catecholamines than those induced by CGRP, affected neither plasma glucose nor insulin levels. Finally, plasma insulin levels obtained by simulating CGRP-induced changes in plasma glucose or glucose plus catecholamine levels by infusion of glucose or glucose plus catecholamines were not different from those induced by CGRP injection. These results suggest that CGRP has a hyperglycemic action that is not mediated by sympathetic outflow in conscious rats, and inhibition of insulin secretion, if any, does not play a major role in this hyperglycemic action of CGRP. We have demonstrated specific CGRP receptors linked to adenylate cyclase activation in rat liver plasma membranes; this hyperglycemic effect of CGRP in vivo may be partly due to its direct action on the liver.


Life Sciences | 1989

Presence and release of calcitonin gene-related peptide in rat stomach

Tetsuya Inui; Tsutomu Chiba; Yasuhiko Okimura; Tomoyuki Morishita; Akira Nakamura; Akinori Yamaguchi; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Kazuo Chihara; Takuo Fujita

Immunoreactive (IR)-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) was identified throughout the entire stomach of rats, being most highly concentrated in the pyloric region, and the concentrations in muscular layers being higher than those in mucosal layers. In addition, IR-CGRP was also present in the venous effluent from isolated perfused rat stomach, and its release was stimulated by dibutyryl cyclic AMP or theophylline but not by glucagon. Gel chromatography as well as HPLC of both tissue extracts and gastric perfusate showed three identical major peaks of IR-CGRP, one of which coeluted with synthetic CGRP. These results suggest that CGRP in the stomach plays a role in the regulation of gastric function.


Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 1986

Phorbol esters stimulate phosphate accumulation synergistically with A23187 in cultured renal tubular cells.

Yoshikazu Kinoshita; Masaaki Fukase; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Ruo Hishikawa; Takuo Fujita

The effects of phorbol esters and diacylglycerol on phosphate accumulation in the cultured mouse kidney cells were investigated to assess the possible role of Ca2+-activated, phospholipid dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) on the renal phosphate handling. 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) stimulated phosphate accumulation dose-dependently. TPA-induced phosphate accumulation was synergistically enhanced with A23187. 4 alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate did not stimulate the phosphate accumulation, while 4 beta-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate stimulated it. Additionally, 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol exhibited a stimulatory effect on phosphate accumulation. These data indicated that protein kinase C is one of possible regulators of phosphate transport at the renal tubules.


Life Sciences | 1989

Prostaglandin E2 and F2α inhibit growth of human gastric carcinoma cell line KATO III with simultaneous stimulation of cyclic AMP production

Akira Nakamura; Tsutomu Chiba; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Akinori Yamaguchi; Tetsuya Inui; Tomoyuki Morishita; Takuo Fujita

The effects of prostaglandins (PGs) on the growth of human gastric carcinoma cell line KATO III were investigated. PGE2 as well as PGF2 alpha significantly and dose-dependently inhibited the growth of this gastric carcinoma cell line (PGE2 greater than PGF2 alpha). This inhibition of cell growth by the PGs was associated with the increase in cyclic AMP production (PGE2 greater than PGF2 alpha), whereas inositol-phospholipid turnover was not affected by either PGE2 or PGF2 alpha as assessed by the formation of 3H-inositol phosphates. Furthermore, the proliferation of these gastric carcinoma cells was also suppressed by the administration of forskolin as well as of dibutyryl cyclic AMP. These results suggest that PGE2 and PGF2 alpha inhibit the growth of cultured human gastric carcinoma cells KATO III via stimulation of cyclic AMP production.


Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 1992

Effects of islet amyloid polypeptide (amylin) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on glucose metabolism in the rat

Tomoyuki Morishita; Akinori Yamaguchi; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Akira Nakamura; Noriyuki Arima; Yukimasa Yamashita; Hirohisa Nakata; Takuo Fujita; Tsutomu Chiba

In this study, we compared the effects of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on glucose metabolism both in vivo and in vitro in the rat. Intravenous injection of rat CGRP caused a significant increase in plasma glucose concentration with a simultaneous increase in plasma insulin levels, whereas neither IAPP-NH2 nor IAPP-COOH had any effect. Moreover, intravenous infusion of CGRP decreased tolerance to intragastric administration of glucose (O-GTT) without altering plasma insulin levels, but again IAPPs had no effect. On the other hand, 125I-[Tyr0]rat CGRP specifically bound to the liver plasma membrane, and not only CGRP but also IAPP-NH2 dose-dependently displaced the specific binding of 125I-[Tyr0] CGRP, whereas IAPP-COOH had no effect. Conversely, CGRP as well as IAPP-NH2 but not IAPP-COOH evoked dose-dependent activation of adenylate cyclase in the membranes, and these effects were significantly inhibited by a CGRP receptor antagonist, human CGRP-I(8-37). However, neither CGRP nor IAPP-NH2 had any effect on glucose production in rat isolated hepatocytes. These results suggest that (1) IAPP-NH2 but not IAPP-COOH induces adenylate cyclase activation via CGRP receptors on rat liver plasma membranes, and (2) CGRP might not involve its action on the liver in the changes of glucose metabolism.


Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 1987

Glucose stimulates insulin release without altering cyclic AMP production or inositolphospholipid turnover in freshly obtained human insulinoma cells

Tsutomu Chiba; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Akinori Yamaguchi; Tetsuya Inui; Yasuyuki Saito; Tsunenori Fujita

Glucose, forskolin, IBMX and carbachol all stimulated insulin release from freshly obtained human insulinoma cells. In these same cells, cellular cyclic AMP levels were raised by forskolin and IBMX but not by glucose and carbachol. On the other hand, of all the insulin secretagogues examined, only carbachol stimulated the formation of 3H-inositol trisphosphate in these cells. Thus, in these insulinoma cells, glucose apparently induces insulin secretion without altering cyclic AMP production or inositolphospholipid turnover.


Gerontology | 1989

Radioimmunoassay of circulating alpha-interferon with reference to aging and osteoporosis

Shunichi Shiozawa; Yasushi Tanaka; I. Morimoto; Akimitsu Miyauchi; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Takuo Fujita

Circulating immunoreactive alpha-interferon in elderly individuals was 0.139 +/- 0.042 ng/ml in males and 0.111 +/- 0.033 ng/ml in females at ages 70-79, and 0.120 +/- 0.045 ng/ml in males and 0.105 +/- 0.039 ng/ml in females at ages 80-89. These values were significantly lower than those in young adults (p less than 0.01), but higher compared with the values found in disease states including rheumatoid arthritis (p less than 0.0025). There was no correlation between circulating alpha-interferon and bone mass indices, such as bone mineral content or quantitative computed tomography values, in these elderly individuals. Circulating alpha-interferon was, however, significantly increased in senile osteoporotic patients after 2 months of treatment with 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 or calcitonin, whereas it was unaltered in patients receiving ipriflavone or in nonosteoporotic individuals without medication. These findings indicate that circulating alpha-interferon, which is highest in young adults, declines with aging. It appears that circulating alpha-interferon is maintained at a certain steady-state level in healthy elderly individuals. Although there was no apparent relationship between bone mass indices and circulating alpha-interferon, it is possible that bone and cellular metabolism related to vitamin D3 may be contributing factors for the maintenance of circulating alpha-interferon.


Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 1987

Possible involvement of inositol phosphates and calmodulin in calcitonin-induced stimulation of phosphate transport in LLC-PK1 cells

Yoshikazu Kinoshita; Masaaki Fukase; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Tsutomu Chiba; Masamichi Nakai; Masaharu Tsutsumi; Takuo Fujita

The present study investigated the possible involvement of phosphatidylinositol breakdown and Ca2+-calmodulin complex in the calcitonin-induced stimulation of phosphate transport in LLC-PK1 cells. This cell line with calcitonin receptors possesses Na+-dependent phosphate transport and has been employed as a model for studying the mechanism of renal tubular phosphate transport. (Asu1,7) eel calcitonin stimulated the phosphate transport in LLC-PK1 cells in a dose-dependent fashion with accompanying increase of inositol triphosphate (IP3) production. When the cells were preincubated with the potent calmodulin antagonist, w-7 or w-13, the stimulatory effect of calcitonin on phosphate transport was significantly inhibited. These findings indicate that Ca2+-calmodulin complex formed by increased cytosolic Ca2+, which is mobilized from intracellular pools by IP3, may be involved in the signal transduction of calcitonin in these cells.


Regulatory Peptides | 1992

Calcitonin inhibits the growth of human gastric carcinoma cell line KATO III

Akira Nakamura; Toshiyuki Yamatani; Noriyuki Arima; Yukimasa Yamashita; Takuo Fujita; Tsutomu Chiba

Calcitonin has a wide variety of actions on gastrointestinal function. In this study, we investigated the effects of calcitonin on the growth of human gastric carcinoma cell line KATO III in comparison with those of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Calcitonin, but not CGRP, significantly and dose-dependently inhibited the growth of KATO III cells. This inhibition of cell growth was accompanied by an increase in cyclic AMP production. The proliferation of KATO III cells was also inhibited by forskolin and dibutyryl cyclic AMP, although agents which do not stimulate cyclic AMP production had no effect. Furthermore, in the presence of GTP, calcitonin stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in KATO III cell membranes, and this increase was reduced in the absence of GTP. On the other had, neither calcitonin nor CGRP enhanced the turnover of inositolphospholipid or the intracellular Ca2+ level. In addition, 125I-labeled human calcitonin was specifically bound to KATO III cell membranes, and this binding was dose-dependently displaced by unlabeled calcitonin but not CGRP. Furthermore, the specific binding of 125I-labeled human calcitonin to KATO III cell membranes was significantly reduced by addition of GTP but not ATP. These results suggest that calcitonin inhibits the growth of human gastric carcinoma cell line KATO III by stimulating cyclic AMP production via a GTP-dependent process coupled to specific calcitonin receptors.

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