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C Erlanson-Albertsson

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Differential inhibition of fat intake in two strains of rat by the peptide enterostatin.

The effect of enterostatin, the amino-terminal pentapeptide of pancreatic procolipase, on food intake was investigated in two strains of rat, the dietary fat-sensitive Osborne-Mendel (OM) rat and the dietary fat-resistant S5B/Pl rat. After an overnight fast, enterostatin inhibited intake of high-fat (HF) but not low-fat (LF) diets in OM rats, but had no effect in S5B/Pl rats. When fed a macronutrient three-choice diet, OM rats selected fat preferentially, whereas S5B/Pl rats selected carbohydrate. Enterostatin specifically inhibited the intake of fat in OM rats but not S5B/Pl rats fed a three-choice macronutrient diet. The activity of pancreatic colipase was increased in S5B/Pl rats on both HF and LF diets compared with OM rats. Pancreatic colipase activities were negatively related to the voluntary intake of fat on three-choice macronutrient diets. The data support the hypothesis that enterostatin may control the intake of dietary fat.

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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.

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Enzyme substitution in pancreatic disease: is colipase activity sufficient?

The aim of the present study was to determine colipase activity in various pancreatic enzyme tablets to ascertain whether these contained sufficient amounts of colipase to activate lipase during fat digestion. Colipase activity in all preparations tested exceeded that of lipase activity by a factor of 1.4-1.9 on a molar activity basis. Since optimal activity of lipase is obtained with colipase being present in a colipase to lipase molar activity ratio of 1.0, it is concluded that these preparations contain a sufficient amount of colipase to activate lipase.

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The effect of pancreatic procolipase and colipase on pancreatic lipase activation.

Intestinal fat digestion is carried out by the concerted action of pancreatic lipase and its protein cofactor colipase. Colipase is secreted from pancreas as a procolipase and is transformed into colipase by the trypsin cleavage of the Arg5-Gly6 bond during liberation of an N-terminal pentapeptide. The kinetic parameters for the lipase-colipase system compared to the lipase-procolipase system has been compared using trioctanoin and Intralipid as substrates. It was found that at pH 7.0 the Kmapp using Intralipid as substrate was the same for procolipase and colipase, 0.06 mM and 0.05 mM, respectively. At pH 8.0, however, the Kmapp were different-0.23 mM for procolipase and 0.08 mM for colipase. In a similar way the binding between colipase and lipase had a dissociation constant of 2.4 x 10(-6) M at pH 7.0, while for procolipase--lipase binding the dissociation constant was 4.1 x 10(-6) M with no significant difference. At pH 8.0 the binding between colipase and lipase was stronger, Kd being 2.0 x 10(-7) M, while weaker for procolipase and lipase, Kd being 1.0 x 10(-5) M. It is concluded that at the physiological pH value as is found in the intestine, the activation of procolipase to colipase has no influence on the hydrolysis of trioctanoin or Intralipid in the presence of bile salt.

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Enterostatin suppresses food intake following injection into the third ventricle of rats.

The effect on food intake of an activation peptide from pancreatic pro-colipase, called enterostatin, has been studied after parenteral or third ventricular administration. The activation peptide (enterostatin = Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg = VPDPR) reduced food intake when given intraperitoneally. Low doses of this peptide also reduced food intake when given into the third ventricle, but high doses were ineffective. Enterostatin did not modify the stimulatory effects on food intake of clonidine, an alpha 2-adrenergic agonist, suggesting that its anorectic effects are not mediated via the alpha 2-adrenergic system. These data suggest that enterostatin, an activation peptide from pro-colipase, may play a role in producing satiety.

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Enterostatin (Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg), the activation peptide of procolipase, selectively reduces fat intake.

Valine-proline-aspartate-proline-arginine (VPDPR), the amino terminal pentapeptide of pancreatic procolipase, produced a dose-dependent reduction in food intake when injected intraperitoneally into Osborne-Mendel rats that had been starved overnight. This inhibition of feeding was observed when the rats were fed a high-fat diet but not in rats fed a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. At higher doses of VPDPR, the inhibition of feeding was maintained for over 6 hours. An equimolar mixture of the free amino acids had no effect on food intake. In rats adapted to a three-choice macronutrient diet, VPDPR inhibited fat intake but had no effect on carbohydrate or protein intake. This selective inhibition of fat intake was observed in both overnight-fasted rats presented with food and in ad-lib-fed rats at the beginning of the dark-onset feeding period. It is suggested that this peptide may be a feedback signal to regulate the intake of dietary fat.

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Pancreatic procolipase propeptide, enterostatin, specifically inhibits fat intake.

Pancreatic procolipase is activated by trypsin forming colipase, a cofactor for pancreatic lipase involved in intestinal fat digestion and a pentapeptide named enterostatin. Enterostatin with the sequence Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg (VPDPR) was previously shown to decrease food intake in rats both after peripheral and central injection. In this work enterostatin has been shown to reduce specifically the consumption of a high-fat diet as opposed to a low-fat diet after central injection of Sprague-Dawley rats. After starvation for 18 hours the rats were given a free choice of a low-fat diet (5.2% fat by weight; 14.1% by energy) and a high-fat diet (17.8% fat by weight; 32.8% by energy) in separate containers. After injection of 200 ng of VPDPR into the lateral ventricle, the rats selectively decreased the intake of the high-fat diet by 45% (p less than 0.005), while the intake of the low-fat diet was unaffected compared to saline injection. VPDP after intracerebroventricular injection had totally lost the selective effect on the consumption of a high- fat and a low-fat diet. It is suggested that enterostatin formed during fat digestion from pancreatic procolipase may provide a feed-back signal for the intake of lipid.

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Effect of insulin administration on contents, secretion, and synthesis of pancreatic lipase and colipase in rats.

After insulin administration in vivo, changes in pancreatic lipase, colipase and amylase contents and outputs were assayed and quantitatively compared. The incorporation of [35S]cysteine into individual enzymes was measured. The mRNA coding for lipase and amylase were determined by dot-blot hybridization. It was found that insulin dose-dependently decreased lipase and colipase contents, but only slightly decreased amylase content. Four hours after insulin administration (0.5 U/100 g), the contents of lipase and colipase decreased 80 and 72%, respectively, while amylase content decreased only about 25%. The decrease in amylase content was accompanied by a 21% increase in its output. The outputs of lipase and colipase only increased transiently and then sharply decreased to a level much lower than control. Total outputs of lipase and colipase could not quantitatively explain the great loss of lipase and colipase contents caused by insulin administration. After insulin injection, the incorporation of [35S]cysteine into amylase increased by 21%, whereas incorporation into lipase and colipase decreased by 18 and 25%, respectively. Dot-blot hybridization with cDNA probes revealed that lipase mRNA decreased by 50% 4 h after insulin administration, whereas mRNA for amylase did not significantly change. The results indicate an inhibitory effect of insulin administration on synthesis of pancreatic lipase and colipase, with the inhibition of lipase synthesis being at pretranslational level.

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Pancreatic procolipase activation peptide-enterostatin-inhibits pancreatic enzyme secretion in the pig.

Pancreatic procolipase, a protein cofactor for lipase, is activated by trypsin, with a simultaneous formation of colipase and a pentapeptide with the sequence Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg (VPDPR). This peptide was found to significantly inhibit pancreatic protein secretion after intraduodenal infusion in pigs (2 mg/kg/h). The inhibition, amounting to 60%, occurred under base-line conditions as well as after stimulation with cholecystokinin (CCK)/secretin (1 U of each peptide/h/kg body wt). In contrast, intravenous infusion of VPDPR (0.2 mg/h/kg) did not affect pancreatic secretion. There was no significant change in the plasma levels of pancreatic polypeptide, insulin, glucagon, or glucose following intraduodenal infusion of VPDPR. It is concluded that the procolipase activation peptide might have an inhibitory function in pancreatic enzyme secretion mediated indirectly through a gut action. Therefore, the lipolytic enzymes of pancreas may also take part in the feed-back regulation of the pancreatic function. We suggest the name enterostatin for this novel regulatory peptide.

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The anticoordinate changes of pancreatic lipase and colipase activity to amylase activity induced by adrenalectomy in normal and diabetic rats.

The effect of adrenalectomy (Adx) on pancreatic lipase and colipase activities in normal, streptozotocin-induced diabetic, and obese Zucker rats was studied. It was found that Adx induced a rapid decrease in amylase activity, a rapid increase in lipase activity, and a slow increase in colipase activity in normal rats. Twenty days after Adx, the levels of amylase activity were 70% lower than control, whereas the activities of lipase and colipase were 55 and 25% higher than control, respectively. The replacement of hydrocortisone normalized the changes in the three enzyme activities. Injection of insulin partially corrected the amylase activity, but had no significant effect on the activities of lipase and colipase. In streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and obese Zucker rats, amylase activity was decreased, and lipase and colipase activities increased, compared to normal rats. These changes of enzyme activity were further enhanced by Adx. It is concluded that Adx results in an anticoordinate change in pancreatic lipase, colipase, and amylase activities, suggesting that glucocorticoid also influences the synthesis of the pancreatic lipolytic enzymes.

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Altered synthesis of some secretory proteins in pancreatic lobules isolated from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

The in vitro incorporation of [35S]cysteine into lipase, colipase, amylase, procarboxypeptidase A and B, and the serine proteases and total proteins was studied in pancreatic lobules isolated from normal and diabetic rats with or without insulin treatment. The incorporation of [35S]cysteine into total proteins was 65% greater in pancreatic lobules from diabetic animals than from normal rats. The increased incorporation was partly reversed by insulin treatment (2 U/100 g/day for 5 days) of diabetic rats. The relative rates of biosynthesis for amylase and the procarboxypeptidases in diabetic pancreatic lobules were decreased by 75 and 25%, respectively, after 1 h of incubation, while those for lipase, colipase, and the serine proteases were increased by 90, 85, and 35%, respectively. The absolute rates of synthesis for these enzymes changed in the same direction as the relative rates in diabetic lobules, except that for the procarboxypeptidases, which did not change. The changed rates of biosynthesis for the pancreatic enzymes were reversed by insulin treatment of the diabetic rats. Kinetic studies showed that the incorporation of [35S]cysteine into amylase, lipase, and colipase was linear until up to 2 h of incubation in normal pancreatic lobules, while in the diabetic lobules the incorporation into lipase and colipase was accelerated, reaching a plateau level already after 1 h of incubation. It is concluded that the biosynthesis of pancreatic secretory proteins in diabetic rats is greatly changed both in terms of quantity and kinetics.

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Increase in pancreatic lipase and trypsin activity and their mRNA levels in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

The pancreatic lipase and trypsin activities in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were determined as well as the relative levels of mRNA coding for these proteins. It was found that after development of diabetes, the activities of pancreatic lipase and trypsin were significantly increased by 105% and 52%, respectively, accompanied by an increase in the levels of lipase and trypsinogen mRNA by 98% and 49%, respectively, while amylase activity and its mRNA were significantly decreased. The alteration of lipase, trypsin, and amylase activities and their mRNA in diabetic rats were all normalized by replacement of insulin. It is concluded that in the diabetic situation, the pretranslational control for pancreatic lipase and trypsinogen is stimulated, resulting in high levels of these enzymes in the diabetic rat.

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Pancreatic lipase and colipase activity increase in pancreatic acinar tissue of diabetic rats.

We studied the lipase and colipase activity in pancreatic acinar tissue of insulin-deficiency and insulin-resistance obese Zucker rats (fa/fa). After injection of streptozotocin (STX 75 mg/kg) in normal Sprague-Dawley rats, the activity of lipase and colipase in pancreatic acinar tissue was increased by approximately 100%, the increase in colipase occurring 3 days later than that of lipase. At the same time, the amylase activity was decreased by 98%. Injection of alloxan (125 mg/kg) induced a similar change of pancreatic enzyme pattern, with amylase activity strongly reduced by 79% and activity of lipase and colipase increased 20.5 and 18.6%, respectively. Correction of the diabetic state with insulin (1 U/100 g/day) reversed the activity of these enzymes to their prediabetic levels. Administration of insulin (6 U/100 g/day) to normal Sprague-Dawley rats increased the activity of amylase as well as lipase and colipase, whereas injection of glucagon (0.3 mg/100 g/day) decreased the activity of amylase and colipase but had no significant effect on lipase activity. In the obese Zucker rats (fa/fa), the activity of lipase and colipase at onset of obesity (5 weeks of age) was lower than that in their lean littermates (fa/o). Thereafter the activity of the two proteins increased with age, being 40% higher in the fa/fa rat than in the fa/o rat at age 7 weeks. During the same period, amylase activity decreased. These results indicate that pancreatic lipase and colipase activity are increased following either insulin deficiency or insulin resistance in rats by a mechanism related to the changed levels of insulin.

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The activation peptide of pancreatic procolipase decreases food intake in rats.

Pancreatic procolipase is a cofactor for lipase and necessary for optimal fat digestion in the intestine during a meal. It is activated by trypsin in the intestine during release of an activation peptide, with the sequence Val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg in rat. This peptide, in the following termed VPDPR, was found to decrease food intake in rats. The human procolipase activation peptide with the sequence Ala-Pro-Gly-Pro-Arg (APGPR) had no effect on food intake in rats, nor the trypsinogen activation peptide with the sequence Phe-Pro-Val-Asp-Asp-Asp-Asp-Lys (FPVDDDDK). Procolipase added to standard pellets decreased the daily food intake in rats, whereas colipase added to pellets had no effect.

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A possible physiological function of pancreatic pro-colipase activation peptide in appetite regulation.

Pancreatic pro-colipase activation peptide, a pentapeptide with the sequence VPDPR was found to significantly suppress food intake of 20 h fasted Sprague-Dawley rats in a dose-dependent way. A rat treated with pro-colipase-enriched pellets for 26 days showed decreased daily food intake and retarded growth, which were restored during a following period of regular feeding. Genetically obese Zucker rats (fa/fa) were found to contain a reduced content of pancreatic pro-colipase (60% reduction), whereas the pancreatic lipase content was normal. A physiological function of pancreatic pro-colipase activation peptide as an endogenous satiety signal is suggested.

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