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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 247: G140-G148, 1984;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 247, Issue 2 140-G148, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Cholera-induced mucin secretion from rat intestine: lack of effect of cAMP, cycloheximide, VIP, and colchicine

N. Roomi, M. Laburthe, N. Fleming, R. Crowther and J. Forstner

Purified cholera enterotoxin (20-50 micrograms) and dialyzed cholera filtrate (50-125 mg) increased net glycoprotein synthetic and secretory rates in rat intestinal epithelium. Specific goblet cell mucin secretion was increased 5- to 10-fold. However, other agents that increase intestinal cAMP and accelerate glycoprotein synthesis did not enhance mucin secretion. This was true for dibutyryl cAMP (10(-3) and 10(-2) M) with or without theophylline (10(-3) M) and isoproterenol (10(-4) M) with or without dibutyryl cAMP (10(-3) M). Hyperosmotic mannitol (450 mosmol/l), which increases fluid secretion but does not affect cAMP, and vasoactive intestinal peptide (2 X 10(-7) M), which increases both fluid secretion and cAMP, both failed to increase mucin secretion, implying that fluid "washout" of mucin adherent to the mucosal surface is not responsible for cholera-induced mucin secretion. Cycloheximide, an inhibitor of cholera diarrhea in vivo (20 mg/kg) or in vitro (1 mM), effectively abolished [3H]leucine incorporation into protein but did not affect cholera-induced mucin secretion. Colchicine (10-50 mg/kg) given to block microtubule assembly was similarly without effect on mucin secretion. These findings suggest that there is a dissociation of electrolyte/fluid and mucin secretory processes and cast doubt on the widely accepted notion that all cholera effects are mediated via the well-known adenylate cyclase-cAMP mechanism.


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