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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
With an SV40-transformed hamster beta-cell line (HIT cells) as a model system, we tested the hypothesis that a rise in cAMP levels potentiates insulin release by an effect on the cytosolic free-Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Intracellular cAMP levels were measured by radioimmunoassay, and [Ca2+]i was monitored with the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator quin 2. Insulin secretion was followed in static incubations or perifusion of the cells. In perifusion, both high glucose and depolarization of the beta-cell with 40 mM K+ trigger a monophasic pattern of insulin release without altering the HIT cell cAMP content. Addition of either the phosphodiesterase inhibitor isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX) or the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin dramatically increased the cellular cAMP content, potentiated the burst phase of insulin release, and coupled the immediate phase of insulin secretion to a sustained secretory response. However, increases in cellular cAMP content were not associated with a change in [Ca2+]i. Thus, the potentiation of insulin secretion by a rise in cAMP in the HIT cell is not mediated by a release of stored Ca2+. Either a glucose-generated signal or a rise in [Ca2+]i triggered by high K+ can synergize with a rise in cAMP to couple the burst or immediate release of insulin evoked by either secretagogue to the sustained release of insulin.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0012-1797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
440-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Increase in cAMP levels in beta-cell line potentiates insulin secretion without altering cytosolic free-calcium concentration.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.