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  • Title: Influx and incorporation into protein of L-phenylalanine in the perfused rat pancreas: effects of amino acid deprivation and carbachol.
    Author: Sweiry JH, Emery PW, Muñoz M, Doolabh K, Mann GE.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1991 Nov 18; 1070(1):135-42. PubMed ID: 1751520.
    Abstract:
    The rate of protein synthesis in the isolated perfused rat pancreas was measured from the rate of incorporation of L-[3H]phenylalanine into total protein, and was compared with the transport of this amino acid into the epithelium. Unidirectional (15 s) and net (15-30 min) uptake of L-[3H]phenylalanine was measured relative to D-[14C]mannitol (extracellular marker) using a cell loading technique. The fractional rate of protein synthesis in the pancreas was also measured in vivo using a flooding dose technique and found to be 118 +/- 10% day-1 (corresponding to an absolute rate of incorporation of L-Phe into protein of 36.1 +/- 3 nmol min-1 g-1) in overnight fasted rats. Compared with the in vivo rate, the perfused pancreas exhibited a markedly lower rate of protein synthesis which increased significantly when amino acids were added to the perfusate (15.6 +/- 1.9 vs. 22.5 +/- 0.9% day-1 or 4.7 +/- 0.6 vs. 6.9 +/- 0.3 nmol L-Phe min-1 g-1). Carbachol (3 x 10(-7) M) stimulated protein synthesis provided amino acids were also supplied in the perfusate. Protein synthesis rates measured under all conditions in vivo and in vitro were at least an order of magnitude lower than the unidirectional influx (121 +/- 14 nmol min-1 g-1) of L-phenylalanine into the pancreatic epithelium. These results demonstrate that amino acid transport across the basolateral membrane of the epithelium is not rate-limiting for pancreatic protein synthesis.
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