Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a potentially fatal condition caused by non-physiological activation of the digestive enzymes within pancreatic acinar cells (PAC), resulting in an inflammation of the pancreas and surrounding tissue. Various pathological agents, including the bile acid Taurolithocholic-acid-3-sulfate (TLC-S), produce toxic levels of [Ca2+]i in PAC and induce AP1. TLC-S induced [Ca2+]i increases in PAC have been shown to have a nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) dependent component2. We tested the effects of the NAADP antagonist Ned-193 on TLC-S induced Ca2+ signalling in PAC preparations using Ca2+ imaging and a necrosis/apoptosis assay. Preparations were made from wild type and knockouts mice of the NAADP receptor TPCN24, which were sacrificed humanly using a schedule 1 approved method. Additionally the protective ability of the Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ channels (CRAC) blocker GSK-7975A, which has been shown to protect against AP inducing agent Palmitoleic Acid ethyl ester5, was tested against TLC-S. [Ca2+]i oscillations induced by physiological concentrations of cholecystokinin (CCK), which signals via NAADP, were completely abolished by Ned-19. ACh induced oscillations, which are NAADP independent, show no sensitivity to Ned-19. A partial inhibition of the [Ca2+]i increase induced by TLC-S was observed in the presence of Ned-19. Both Ned-19 and GSK-7975A showed the ability to reduce the amount of necrosis induced by either TLC-S or another bile acid, Sodium Cholate. These results show that Ned-19, possibly in combination with GSK-7975A, might provide a pharmacological approach to managing AP.
Physiology 2014 (London, UK) (2014) Proc Physiol Soc 31, PCA165
Poster Communications: Effect of the nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate antagonist Ned-19 on physiological and bile acid induced pathological calcium signalling in pancreatic acinar cells
M. R. Charlesworth1, O. H. Petersen1, J. V. Gerasimenko1, O. V. Gerasimenko1
1. Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
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