Effect of substance P and neurokinin A on rat parietal cell function

In enzymatically dispersed enriched (76%) rat parietal cells we studied the effect of substance P on acid sequestration as indirectly measured by [14C]aminopyrine accumulation. Substance P (10(-8)-10(-5) M) had no effect on basal [14C]aminopyrine accumulation. Yet, the peptide reduced the response to histamine and to the postreceptor agonists forskolin and dibutyryl adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (DBcAMP). Inhibition by substance P followed noncompetitive kinetics and reduced stimulated parietal cell function by up to 45% at 10(-5) M. The antagonist [D-Pro2, D-Trp7,9]-substance P at 10(-5) M partly reversed the inhibitory effect of substance P. Cholinergic stimulation of [14C]aminopyrine accumulation was not reduced by substance P. Neurokinin A, another tachykinin that is structurally related to substance P, was of comparable potency and efficacy in reducing [14C]aminopyrine accumulation in response to histamine, forskolin, and DBcAMP. Inhibition of forskolin- or DBcAMP-induced [14C]aminopyrine accumulation persisted in the presence of 10(-5) M ranitidine. Inhibition by substance P and neurokinin A of the response to histamine was not sensitive to pertussis toxin. Both tachykinins failed to reduce histamine- and forskolin-stimulated cAMP production. Our data suggest that substance P and neurokinin A exert a direct effect on rat parietal cells. They attenuate histamine-stimulated acid sequestration at an intracellular step that is distal to the adenylate cyclase and that does not involve pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding proteins.