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Infusion of synthetic secretin in conscious unrestricted rats for periods up to 24 h was used to study the structural and functional adaptation of pancreatic acinar cells to this secretagogue. Initial dose-response studies established 16 clinical units (CU) per kg and h (corresponding to 4.64 ug x kg-1 x h-1) as optimal dose for persistent stimulation of enzyme discharge. Infusion of this dose led to a slow but progressive depletion of enzyme stores with minimal content by 12 h stimulation. As a result of persistent stimulation total protein synthesis in the acinar cells increased after a lag period of 3 h and reached maximal values 90% above controls by 6 and 12 h secretin infusion. No structural equivalent for pronounced fluid and bicarbonate secretion was observed for either acinar or duct cells over the entire dose range (1 to 64 CU x kg-1 x h-1) and infusion period (1–24 h), except an increased number of coated vesicles in duct cells.
Discharge of enzymes from acinar cells was paralleled by a high frequency of exocytotic images at the luminal plasma membrane and was accompanied by the occurrence of membrane fragments in the luminal space, especially after 3 and 6 h secretin infusion. An increased number of lysosomal bodies at these time points especially in the vicinity of the Golgi complex was interpreted in relation to membrane recycling following massive exocytosis. This pattern of structural and functional adaptation of acinar cells following secretin infusion corresponds to previously described changes following caerulein and carbamylcholine stimulation.
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Rausch, U., Vasiloudes, P., Rüdiger, K. et al. In-vivo stimulation of rat pancreatic acinar cells by infusion of secretin. Cell Tissue Res. 242, 633–639 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00225430
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