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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1988-6-1
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pubmed:abstractText |
Mouse pancreatic islets were used to investigate the mechanisms and functional significance of the B cell membrane depolarization by acetylcholine (ACh). At low glucose (3mM), ACh (20 microM) increased 22Na+ influx, and slightly depolarized the B cell membrane but did not induce electrical activity or stimulate 45Ca2+ influx. ACh also accelerated 86Rb+ and 45Ca2+ efflux and barely affected basal insulin release. At a stimulatory concentration of glucose (10 mM), ACh stimulated 22Na+ influx, depolarized the B cell membrane, increased glucose-induced electrical activity, and stimulated 45Ca2+ influx. ACh also accelerated 86Rb+ and 45Ca2+ efflux and strongly potentiated insulin release. Omission of extracellular Ca2+ did not impair ACh stimulation of 22Na+ influx or 86Rb+ efflux, slightly modified the acceleration of 45Ca2+ efflux, and almost completely suppressed the increase in insulin release. Na+ omission (with N-methyl-D-glucamine as substitute) prevented the B cell membrane depolarization and the stimulation of 45Ca2+ influx, largely inhibited the acceleration of 86Rb+ efflux and insulin release, and suppressed the late phase of 45Ca2+ efflux otherwise produced by ACh. On the other hand, ACh stimulation of 3H efflux from islets prelabeled with myo-[2-3H]inositol was not affected by Na+ omission. All effects of ACh were blocked by atropine and unaffected by nicotinic antagonists. It is concluded that activation of muscarinic receptors depolarized the B cell membrane by increasing its permeability to Na+. When the membrane is already depolarized by glucose, this further depolarization augments Ca2+ influx and, hence, potentiates insulin release.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0013-7227
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
122
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
2134-42
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Acetylcholine,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Calcium,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Glucose,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Islets of Langerhans,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Kinetics,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Membrane Potentials,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Mice, Inbred Strains,
pubmed-meshheading:3282876-Sodium
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pubmed:year |
1988
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Muscarinic control of pancreatic B cell function involves sodium-dependent depolarization and calcium influx.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Unité de Diabétologie et Nutrition, University of Louvain Faculty of Medicine, Brussels, Belgium.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
In Vitro,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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