“…Ionophore A23187 acts at the plasma membrane of cells to increase influx of extracellular Ca2+ (Foreman, Mongar & Gomperts, 1973;Cochrane & Douglas, 1974; Charles, Lawecki, Pictet & Grodsky, 1975; Cochrane, Douglas, Mouri & Nakazato, 1975;Garcia, Kirpekar & Prat, 1975) and has been used to study the role of Ca2+ and cyclic nucleotides in stimulus-secretion coupling in pancreatic acinar cells (Eimerl, Savion, Heichal & Selinger, 1974;Christophe et al 1976;Fast & Tenenhouse, 1976;Heisler, 1976;Schreurs et al 1976;Williams et al 1977;Heisler & Lambert, 1978;Singh, 1979). Introduction of Ca2+ into acinar cells by ionophore A23187 stimulates amylase secretion (Eimerl et al 1974;Williams & Lee, 1974;Christophe et al 1976;Schreurs et al 1976; Singh, 1979) indicating that a rise in intracellular Ca2+ is of critical importance in digestive enzyme secretion.…”