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Experimental Biology and Medicine 228:850-854 (2003)
© 2003 Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Casein Binds to the Cell Membrane and Induces Intracellular Calcium Signals in the Enteroendocrine Cell: A Brief Communication

Tohru Hira, Hiroshi Hara1,, Fusao Tomita and Yoritaka Aoyama

Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan

Dietary protein but not amino acids stimulates cholecystokinin (CCK) secretion in rat mucosal cells. However, the dietary protein sensory mechanisms and the intracellular signal pathway in the enteroendocrine cells have not yet been clarified. The relationship between dietary protein binding to cell membrane and intracellular calcium responses were examined in the CCK-producing enteroendocrine cell line STC-1. The binding of solubilized STC-1 cell membrane to proteins was analyzed using a surface plasmon resonance sensor. Intracellular calcium concentrations of STC-1 cell suspensions loaded with Fura-2 AM were measured using a spectrafluorophotometer system with continuous stirring. Intracellular calcium concentrations in STC-1 cells were increased by exposure to {alpha}-casein or casein sodium, but not to bovine serum albumin. Solubilized STC-1 membranes bound to {alpha}-casein and casein sodium but did not bind to bovine serum albumin. {alpha}-Casein demonstrated higher membrane binding and intracellular calcium stimulating activities than casein sodium. Thus, protein binding to the STC-1 cell membrane and intracellular calcium responses were correlated. Intracellular calcium responses to {alpha}-casein were suppressed by an L-type calcium channel blocker. These results suggest that casein, a dietary protein, binds to a putative receptor on the CCK-producing enteroendocrine cell membrane and elicits the subsequent intracellular calcium response via an L-type calcium channel.

Key Words: dietary protein • casein • enteroendocrine cell • calcium




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