EFFECTS OF VALINOMYCIN ON Rb+ FLUXES, ATP CONTENT AND INSULIN RELEASE IN PANCREATIC ISLETS

1978 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars-Åke Idahl ◽  
Janove Sehlin ◽  
Inge-Bert Täljedal ◽  
Jorge Tamarit-Rodriguez

ABSTRACT Valinomycin, 0.5–500 nm, was tested for its effects on pancreatic islets microdissected from non-inbred ob/ob-mice. Valinomycin decreased the islet accumulation of Rb+ and the content of ATP in a dose-dependent manner; efflux of Rb+ from pre-loaded islets was not noticeably changed. Rb+ accumulation and ATP content correlated markedly; on the model of linear regression, less than 10% of the change of Rb+ accumulation in valinomycin-treated islets was statistically attributable to factors other than ATP. Valinomycin did not cause a prompt inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin release that could reflect hyperpolarization due to increased K+ permeability. The following conclusions are drawn: 1) The plasma membranes of β-cells resemble those of neurons in having such a high ion permeability as to be relatively little influenced by valinomycin; 2) Islet accumulation of Rb+ is due to a vectorial catalyst in the plasma membrane rather than to uptake by mitochondria; 3) Rb+ accumulation in islets is ATP-dependent.

1990 ◽  
Vol 272 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Payrastre ◽  
M Plantavid ◽  
M Breton ◽  
E Chambaz ◽  
H Chap

Production of PtdIns(4)P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 by plasma-membrane preparations from A431 cells was selectively stimulated in a dose-dependent manner by epidermal growth factor (EGF) in the presence of Na3VO4. Na3VO4 itself mimicked this effect, which was overcome after treatment by a specific phosphotyrosyl phosphatase isolated from A431 cells. PtdIns and PtdIns(4)P kinase activities were present in phosphotyrosyl-proteins isolated from EGF- and/or Na3VO4-stimulated A431 cells by immunoaffinity using an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody. These data suggest for the first time an EGF-dependent regulation of PtdIns 4-kinase and PtdIns(4)P 5-kinase activities by a mechanism involving a tyrosine-phosphorylation process.


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (6) ◽  
pp. E975-E984 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Z. Fadda ◽  
M. Akmal ◽  
L. G. Lipson ◽  
S. G. Massry

Indirect evidence indicates that parathyroid hormone (PTH) interacts with pancreatic islets and modulates their insulin secretion. This property of PTH has been implicated in the genesis of impaired insulin release in chronic renal failure. We examined the direct effect of PTH-(1-84) and PTH-(1-34) on insulin release using in vitro static incubation and dynamic perifusion of pancreatic islets from normal rats. Both moieties of the hormone stimulated in a dose-dependent manner glucose-induced insulin release but higher doses inhibited glucose-induced insulin release. This action of PTH was modulated by the calcium concentration in the media. The stimulatory effect of PTH was abolished by its inactivation and blocked by its antagonist [Tyr-34]bPTH-(7-34)NH2. PTH also augmented phorbol ester (TPA)-induced insulin release, stimulated adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) generation by pancreatic islets, and significantly increased (+50 +/- 2.7%, P less than 0.01) their cytosolic calcium. Verapamil inhibited the stimulatory effect of PTH on insulin release. The data show that 1) pancreatic islets are a PTH target and may have PTH receptors, 2) stimulation of glucose-induced insulin release by PTH is mediated by a rise in cytosolic calcium, 3) stimulation of cAMP production by PTH and a potential indirect activation of protein kinase C by PTH may also contribute to the stimulatory effect on glucose-induced insulin release, and 4) this action of PTH requires calcium in incubation or perifusion media.


1978 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 652-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
I B Täljedal

Pancreatic islets, or suspensions of islet cells, from noninbred ob/ob-mice were incubated with chlorotetracycline and analyzed for Ca2+-dependent fluorescence in a microscope. Unless logarithmically transformed, signals from islets were asymmetrically distributed with unstable variance. Signals from cells pelleted in glass capillaries were more homogeneous and depended linearly on the thickness of the sample. The effect of sample thickness and a significant enhancement of fluorescence by alloxan suggest that beta-cells were involved in producing the signal from whole islets. The signal from dispersed cells was probably diagnostic of Ca2+ in beta-cell plasma membranes because it was suppressed by La3+ and had a spectrum indicative of an apolar micromilieu; fluorescent staining of cell surfaces was directly seen at high magnification. Fluorescence from cells was enhanced by 0.5-10 mM Ca2+ in a dose-dependent manner, whereas less than 0.5 mM Ca2+ saturated the probe alone in methanol. The signal from islets or dispersed cells was suppressed by 5 mM theophylline; that from cells was also suppressed by 0.5 mM 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, 1.2 or 15 mM Mg2+, 3-20 mM D-glucose, and, to a lesser extent, 20 mM 3-O-methyl-D-glucose. D-glucose was more inhibitory in the absence than in the presence of Mg2+, as if Mg2+ and D-glucose influenced the same Ca2+ pool. L-glucose, D-mannopheptulose, or diazoxide had no noticeable effect and 20 mM bicarbonate was stimulatory. The results suggest that microscopy of chlorotetracycline-stained cells can aid in characterizing calcium pools of importance for secretion. Initiation of insulin release may be associated with an increas


1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (5) ◽  
pp. E619-E623
Author(s):  
T. Yoshimura ◽  
J. Ishizuka ◽  
G. H. Greeley ◽  
J. C. Thompson

We have examined the effect of galanin infusion on glucose-stimulated release of insulin from the isolated perfused pancreas of the rat to better characterize the effect of galanin on the first and second phases of insulin release. The effects of galanin on insulin release stimulated by L-arginine or high concentrations of potassium were also examined. When perfusion of galanin was started 4 min before the start of perfusion of high glucose (16.7 mM), galanin (10(-8)-10(-11) M) inhibited both the first and second phases of insulin release in a dose-dependent manner. When perfusion of galanin (10(-8) or 10(-9) M) was started simultaneously with high glucose (16.7 mM), only the second phase of insulin release was suppressed (P less than 0.05). Galanin (10(-9) M) failed to inhibit insulin release stimulated by L-arginine (10 and 5 mM) or potassium (25 and 20 mM). These findings suggest that the inhibitory action of galanin on glucose-stimulated insulin release is exerted on early intracellular events that occur during the stimulation of insulin release and that are common to both phases. Because galanin does not inhibit insulin release stimulated by L-arginine or potassium, galanin may inhibit glucose-stimulated closure of potassium channels.


1998 ◽  
Vol 274 (1) ◽  
pp. E38-E44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eri Mukai ◽  
Hitoshi Ishida ◽  
Seika Kato ◽  
Yoshiyuki Tsuura ◽  
Shimpei Fujimoto ◽  
...  

The effect of metabolic inhibition on the blocking of β-cell ATP-sensitive K+ channels (KATP channels) by glibenclamide was investigated using a patch-clamp technique. Inhibition of KATP channels by glibenclamide was attenuated in the cell-attached mode under metabolic inhibition induced by 2,4-dinitrophenol. Under a low concentration (0.1 μM) of ATP applied in the inside-out mode, KATP channel activity was not fully abolished, even when a high dose of glibenclamide was applied, in contrast to the dose-dependent and complete KATP channel inhibition under 10 μM ATP. On the other hand, cibenzoline, a class Ia antiarrhythmic agent, inhibits KATP channel activity in a dose-dependent manner and completely blocks it, even under metabolic inhibition. In sulfonylurea receptor (SUR1)- and inward rectifier K+ channel (Kir6.2)-expressed proteins, cibenzoline binds directly to Kir6.2, unlike glibenclamide. Thus, KATPchannel inhibition by glibenclamide is impaired under the condition of decreased intracellular ATP in pancreatic β-cells, probably because of a defect in signal transmission between SUR1 and Kir6.2 downstream of the site of sulfonylurea binding to SUR1.


2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gutemberg G. Alves ◽  
Luis Maurício T. R. Lima ◽  
Maely P. Fávero-Retto ◽  
Adriana P. Lemos ◽  
Carlos E. Peres-Sampaio ◽  
...  

The plasma membrane (Ca2++Mg2+)ATPase hydrolyzes pseudo-substrates such as p-nitrophenylphosphate. Except when calmodulin is present, Ca2+ ions inhibit the p-nitrophenylphosphatase activity. In this report it is shown that, in the presence of glycerol, Ca2+ strongly stimulates phosphatase activity in a dose-dependent manner. The glycerol- and Ca2+-induced increase in activity is correlated with modifications in the spectral center of mass (average emission wavenumber) of the intrinsic fluorescence of the enzyme. It is concluded that the synergistic effect of glycerol and Ca2+ is related to opposite long-term hydration effects on the substrate binding domain and the Ca2+ binding domain.


2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (3) ◽  
pp. F388-F394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Zelenina ◽  
Birgitte Mønster Christensen ◽  
Johan Palmér ◽  
Angus C. Nairn ◽  
Søren Nielsen ◽  
...  

Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) antagonizes the action of arginine vasopressin (AVP) on collecting duct water permeability. To investigate the mechanism of this antagonism, rat renal inner medulla (IM) was incubated with the two hormones, and the phosphorylation and subcellular distribution of the water channel, aquaporin-2 (AQP2) were studied. Using a phosphorylation state-specific AQP2 antibody, we demonstrated that AVP stimulates AQP2 phosphorylation at the Ser256 protein kinase A consensus site in a time- and dose-dependent manner. In parallel studies using a differential centrifugation technique, we demonstrated that AVP induced translocation of AQP2 from an intracellular vesicle-enriched fraction to a plasma membrane-enriched fraction. PGE2(10− 7 M) added after AVP (10− 8 M) did not decrease AQP2 phosphorylation but reversed AVP-induced translocation of AQP2 to the plasma membrane. Preincubation of IM with PGE2 did not prevent the effects of AVP on AQP2 phosphorylation and trafficking. PGE2 alone did not influence AQP2 phosphorylation and subcellular distribution. Our data indicate that 1) recruitment of AQP2 to the plasma membrane and its retrieval to a pool of intracellular vesicles may be regulated independently, 2) PGE2 may counteract AVP action by activation of AQP2 retrieval, 3) dephosphorylation of AQP2 is not a prerequisite for its internalization.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 495-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chakib El-Moatassim ◽  
Nicole Bernad ◽  
Jean-Claude Mani ◽  
Jacques Dornand

We have previously demonstrated that extracellular ATP can give medullary thymocytes the calcium message required for the induction of their blastogenesis, without mobilization of intracellular calcium. We describe here the effects of extracellular nucleotides on membrane permeability to monovalent and divalent cations in mouse thymocytes. Among all nucleotides tested, under physiological conditions, only ATP and, to a lesser extent, 2-methylthio-ATP, adenosine 5′-O-(3-thio-triphosphate), and ADP were able to depolarize thymocyte plasma membranes and to induce Na+ and Ca2+ influxes into thymocytes; other nonhydrolysable ATP analogs were only effective in the absence of Mg2+. The ATP-induced effects were inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by Mg2+ and greatly potentiated in its absence, which suggests that the tetrabasic ATP4− is probably the active species and that a phosphotransferase activity is not involved in its effects. These ATP-mediated changes in ion fluxes result from an increase in nonspecific permeability of thymocyte membranes, probably by pore formation. These ion flux changes might be responsible for the mitogenic induction of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate treated medullary thymocytes. The potency order for the adenine derivatives to affect these fluxes (ATP>ADP> >AMP>adenosine) suggests the presence of ATP specific receptors (P2 purinergic receptors) on thymocyte plasma membranes.Key words: purinergic receptors, extracellular ATP, membrane potential, cation fluxes, thymocytes.


1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerd Larsson-Nyrén ◽  
Janove Sehlin

In order to elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the stimulatory effect of perchlorate (ClO4−) on insulin secretion, we have investigated the interaction between this chaotropic anion and the organic calcium antagonist nifedipine. This drug, known as a blocker of L-type calcium channels, was chosen as a tool to test the idea that ClO4− acts on insulin secretion by stimulating the gating of voltage-controlled Ca2+ channels. ClO4− amplified the stimulatory effect of D-glucose on insulin release from perfused pancreas (first and second phases) as well as from isolated islets incubated in static incubations for 60 min. This indicates that ClO4− amplifies physiologically regulated insulin secretion. Nifedipine reduced D-glucose-induced (20 mM) insulin release in a dose-dependent manner with half-maximum effect at about 0.8 μM and apparent maximum effect at 5 μM nifedipine. In the presence of 20 mM D-glucose, the inhibitory effects of 0.5, 1 or 5 μM nifedipine were only slightly, if at all, counteracted by perchlorate. When 12 mM ClO4− and 20 mM D-glucose were combined, calculation of the specific effect of ClO4− revealed that nifedipine produced almost maximum inhibition already at 0.05 μM. Thus, the perchlorate-induced amplification of D-glucose-stimulated insulin release shows higher sensitivity to nifedipine than the D-glucose-effect as such. This supports the hypothesis that perchlorate primarily affects the voltage-sensitive L-type calcium channel in the β-cell.


1995 ◽  
Vol 312 (3) ◽  
pp. 763-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Robles-Flores ◽  
G Allende ◽  
E Piña ◽  
J A García-Sáinz

The effect of adenosine analogues on glucagon-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation in rat hepatocytes was explored. N6-Cyclopentyladenosine (CPA), 5′-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine and N6-(R-phenylisopropyl)adenosine inhibited in a dose-dependent manner the cyclic AMP accumulation induced by glucagon. This effect seems to be mediated through A1 adenosine receptors. Pertussis toxin completely abolished the effect of CPA on glucagon-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation in whole cells which suggested that a pertussis-toxin-sensitive G-protein was involved. On the other hand, this action of adenosine analogues on glucagon-induced cyclic AMP accumulation was reverted by the selective low-Km cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase inhibitor Ro 20-1724. Analysis of cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase activity in purified hepatocyte plasma membranes showed that glucagon in the presence of GTP inhibited basal PDE activity by 45% and that CPA reverted this inhibition in dose-dependent manner. In membranes derived from pertussis-toxin-treated rats, we observed no inhibition of cyclic AMP-phosphodiesterase activity by glucagon in the absence or presence of CPA. Our results indicate that in hepatocyte plasma membranes, stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity and inhibition of a low-Km cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity are co-ordinately regulated by glucagon, and that A1 adenosine receptors can inhibit glucagon-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation by blocking glucagon's effect on phosphodiesterase activity.


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