Effects of Gastrin on 3′,5′-CycIic Adenosine Monophosphate, Intracellular Calcium, and Phosphatidylinositol Hydrolysis in Human Colon Cancer Cells

Jin Ishizuka, Courtney M. Townsend, Richard J. Bold, Jean Martinez, Marc Rodriguez, James C. Thompson

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Abstract

Gastrin is a trophic factor for some human colon cancer cells. However, the signal-transduction pathways by which gastrin regulates growth are still unknown. We examined the effect of synthetic human gastrin-17 (G-17) on signal-transduction pathways and cell growth using 4 different human colon cancer cell lines (LoVo, COLO 320, HT-29, and HCT116). G-17 stimulated the production of cyclic AMP in LoVo, COLO 320, and HCT116 cells, while G-17 stimulated phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis and mobilization of intracellular calcium in HT-29 cells. The growth-regulatory effect of G-17 on these colon cancer cells (stimulatory on LoVo, COLO 320, and HT-29 cells; inhibitory on HCT116 cells) was weU correlated with the effect of G-17 on the signal-transduction pathway in each cell line. We further examined the effect of a selective cholecystokinin-B type receptor antagonist, JMV 320, on G-17-induced signal-transduction pathways and G-17-regulated growth. In each cell line, the effect of JMV 320 on G-17-induced signal-transduction pathways was well correlated with that on G-17-regulated growth. G-17 appears to regulate, at least to some extent, growth of human colon cancer cells through gastrin receptor-linked signal-transduction pathways that are cell-specific.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2129-2135
Number of pages7
JournalCancer Research
Volume54
Issue number8
StatePublished - Apr 1994
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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