Involvement of Ca2+ in the impaired glucose-induced insulin release from islets cultured at low glucose.
Diabetes
; 32(11): 993-1000, 1983 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
Islet culture at a low glucose concentration results in a progressive impairment of glucose-induced insulin release. The role of Ca2+ in this defect was studied by comparing rat islets cultured for 6 days either at 8.3 mM (control) or 2.8 mM glucose. For measurement of 45Ca content and 45Ca2+ efflux, islets were kept in the presence of 45Ca2+ throughout. In islets cultured at 8.3 mM glucose, stimulation with 16.7 mM glucose during perifusion caused a typical biphasic pattern of insulin release paralleled by an increase in the rate of 45Ca2+ efflux. Both effects of glucose were markedly reduced in islets kept at 2.8 mM glucose, despite a similar insulin content. Islet 45Ca content was reduced. Both 45Ca content and insulin release were restored when islets were kept for an additional 24 h at 8.3 mM glucose. Insulin release induced by 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) or alpha-ketoisocaproic acid was not impaired, demonstrating that there is no generalized release defect. In contrast, glyceraldehyde- or K+-induced release was decreased. In islets maintained at 2.8 mM glucose, the stimulatory effect of glucose on Ca2+ uptake and the inhibitory effect on Ca2+ efflux (in the absence of Ca2+) were found to be operative. A defect may therefore lie distal to the Ca2+ uptake step involving either the mechanism by which glucose uses cellular Ca or another step yet to be identified.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cálcio
/
Ilhotas Pancreáticas
/
Glucose
/
Insulina
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1983
Tipo de documento:
Article