Entry
Name
Salivary secretion - Miniopterus natalensis (Natal long-fingered bat)
Description
Saliva has manifold functions in maintaining the integrity of the oral tissues, in protecting teeth from caries, in the tasting and ingestion of food, in speech and in the tolerance of tenures, for example. Salivary secretion occurs in response to stimulation by neurotransmitters released from autonomic nerve endings. There are two secretory pathways: protein exocytosis and fluid secretion. Sympathetic stimulation leads to the activation of adenylate cyclase and accumulation of intracellular cAMP. The elevation of cAMP causes the secretion of proteins such as amylase and mucin. In contrast, parasympathetic stimulation activates phospholipase C and causes the elevation of intracellular Ca2+, which leads to fluid secretion; that is, water and ion transport. Ca2+ also induces amylase secretion, but the amount is smaller than that induced by cAMP.
Class
Organismal Systems; Digestive system
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Organism
Miniopterus natalensis (Natal long-fingered bat) [GN:
mna ]
Gene
107535434 ADRB3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: beta-3 adrenergic receptor [KO:K04143 ]
107529329 GNAS; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoforms short isoform X1 [KO:K04632 ]
107544926 GNAQ; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha [KO:K04634 ]
107536366 PLCB4; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
107534704 ATP1B3; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-3 [KO:K01540 ]
107534499 sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-3-like [KO:K01540 ]
107529056 ATP1B1; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-1 [KO:K01540 ]
107544529 ATP1B2; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-2 [KO:K01540 ]
107530783 FXYD2; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit gamma [KO:K01538 ]
107542255 KCNN4; intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel protein 4 [KO:K04945 ]
107545799 KCNMA1; calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1 [KO:K04936 ]
107523756 TRPV6; transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 6 [KO:K04975 ]
Compound
C01245 D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Ishikawa Y, Cho G, Yuan Z, Skowronski MT, Pan Y, Ishida H
Title
Water channels and zymogen granules in salivary glands.
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Authors
Ishikawa Y, Cho G, Yuan Z, Inoue N, Nakae Y
Title
Aquaporin-5 water channel in lipid rafts of rat parotid glands.
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Authors
Ambudkar IS
Title
Regulation of calcium in salivary gland secretion.
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Authors
Ishikawa Y, Ishida H
Title
Aquaporin water channel in salivary glands.
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Authors
Baum BJ
Title
Principles of saliva secretion.
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Authors
Fujita-Yoshigaki J
Title
Divergence and convergence in regulated exocytosis: the characteristics of cAMP-dependent enzyme secretion of parotid salivary acinar cells.
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Authors
Heitzmann D, Warth R
Title
Physiology and pathophysiology of potassium channels in gastrointestinal epithelia.
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Authors
Proctor GB, Carpenter GH
Title
Regulation of salivary gland function by autonomic nerves.
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Authors
Turner RJ, Sugiya H
Title
Understanding salivary fluid and protein secretion.
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Authors
Van Nieuw Amerongen A, Bolscher JG, Veerman EC
Title
Salivary proteins: protective and diagnostic value in cariology?
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Authors
Nakamoto T, Srivastava A, Romanenko VG, Ovitt CE, Perez-Cornejo P, Arreola J, Begenisich T, Melvin JE
Title
Functional and molecular characterization of the fluid secretion mechanism in human parotid acinar cells.
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Authors
Melvin JE, Yule D, Shuttleworth T, Begenisich T
Title
Regulation of fluid and electrolyte secretion in salivary gland acinar cells.
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Authors
Catalan MA, Nakamoto T, Melvin JE
Title
The salivary gland fluid secretion mechanism.
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Related pathway
mna04973 Carbohydrate digestion and absorption
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