Evidence of a stimulatory effect of cyclic AMP on pancreatic lipase and colipase synthesis in rats.

The effects of endogenous and exogenous cyclic AMP on the synthesis of pancreatic lipase, colipase, and amylase were studied. Pancreatic lobules were prepared and incubated with forskolin, dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP), and dibutyryl cyclic GMP (dbcGMP), respectively, in the presence of 35S-cystine. The individual pancreatic enzymes were isolated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and the incorporation of radioactive cystine into lipase, colipase, and amylase was determined. Incubation with forskolin (25 microM) rapidly increased lipase synthesis rate within 30 min, followed by an increase in colipase synthesis rate after 60 min of incubation. Amylase synthesis rate did not change during the 1st h of incubation but decreased slightly when incubated for 2 h. Incubation of pancreatic lobules with dbcAMP (1 mM) for 1 h also stimulated the incorporation of cysteine into lipase and colipase by 21% and 25%, respectively, whereas incubation with dbcGMP had no effect on the synthesis rates of lipase and colipase. Neither dbcAMP nor dbcGMP had any effect on synthesis rate of amylase. It is concluded that cyclic AMP might be an important intracellular signal for the synthesis of pancreatic lipase and colipase in the rat.