PMID- 1904674 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19910715 LR - 20151119 IS - 0001-6772 (Print) IS - 0001-6772 (Linking) VI - 141 IP - 2 DP - 1991 Feb TI - Secretin dissipates red acridine orange fluorescence from pancreatic duct epithelium. PG - 221-6 AB - This study was undertaken to elucidate whether duct cells in the pancreas contain acidic cytoplasmic compartments regulated by secretin. Microdissected pancreatic ducts from pigs were examined by acridine orange (AO) and 2',7'-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein/tetraacetoxymethy l ester (BCECF/AM) epifluorescence microscopy. Estimated cytoplasmic pH using BCECF fluorescence was 7.43 +/- 0.04 and was not changed by altering CO2 tension in the incubation medium. The epithelium of acridine orange incubated peripheral interlobular pancreatic ducts exhibited green and red fluorescence; the colour depending on the experimental conditions. Red epithelial fluorescence was seen in resting pancreatic ducts and was greatly accentuated by raising CO2 in the incubation medium from 5.5 to 10 kPa. The red fluorescence was abolished by secretin, or following incubation with chloroquine or NH4Cl or the protonophores carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) or carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), leaving uniform green fluorescence. These findings suggest that pancreatic duct cells contain CO2-dependent acidic compartments which vanish during secretin stimulation and which may be cytoplasmic tubulovesicles. FAU - Veel, T AU - Veel T AD - University of Oslo, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Norway. FAU - Buanes, T AU - Buanes T FAU - Grotmol, T AU - Grotmol T FAU - Ostensen, J AU - Ostensen J FAU - Raeder, M G AU - Raeder MG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Acta Physiol Scand JT - Acta physiologica Scandinavica JID - 0370362 RN - 0 (Fluoresceins) RN - 01Q9PC255D (Ammonium Chloride) RN - 117464-70-7 (2',7'-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester) RN - 1393-25-5 (Secretin) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) RN - 370-86-5 (Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone) RN - 555-60-2 (Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone) RN - 886U3H6UFF (Chloroquine) RN - F30N4O6XVV (Acridine Orange) SB - IM MH - Acridine Orange/*metabolism MH - Ammonium Chloride/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Carbon Dioxide/pharmacology MH - Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone/pharmacology MH - Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone/pharmacology MH - Chloroquine/pharmacology MH - Cytoplasm/drug effects/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Epithelium/drug effects/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Fluoresceins MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - Pancreatic Ducts/drug effects/*metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Secretin/*metabolism MH - Swine EDAT- 1991/02/01 00:00 MHDA- 1991/02/01 00:01 CRDT- 1991/02/01 00:00 PHST- 1991/02/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1991/02/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1991/02/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1991.tb09070.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Physiol Scand. 1991 Feb;141(2):221-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1991.tb09070.x.