Entry
Name
Salivary secretion - Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil)
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
Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil) [GN:
shr ]
Gene
100913495 SLC12A2; solute carrier family 12 member 2 isoform X1 [KO:K10951 ]
100915426 ATP1B2; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-2 [KO:K01540 ]
100915602 ATP1B1; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-1 [KO:K01540 ]
100916183 GNAQ; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04634 ]
100916996 ITPR3; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3 isoform X2 [KO:K04960 ]
100918532 ITPR1; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 isoform X7 [KO:K04958 ]
100918545 KCNN4; intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel protein 4 isoform X1 [KO:K04945 ]
100922504 KCNMA1; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1 [KO:K04936 ]
100929015 PLCB2; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-2 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
100929307 FXYD2; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit gamma isoform X2 [KO:K01538 ]
100930666 GNAS; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha [KO:K04632 ]
100934049 PLCB4; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
100934311 PLCB1; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-1 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
100935132 ATP1B3; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-3 isoform X1 [KO:K01540 ]
105750836 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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Reference
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
shr04973 Carbohydrate digestion and absorption
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