title: The significance of calcium for glucose stimulation of insulin release.
abstract: The significance of Ca++ for glucose stimulation of insulin release was studied in an in vitro system with beta-cell-rich pancreatic islets microdissected from oh/ob-mice. There was only a slight depression of cAMP in islets exposed to the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine after withdrawal of Ca++ from the incubation medium. The lack of a stimulatory effect of glucose noted in the absence of extracellular Ca++ is therefore probably accounted for by factors other than impaired adenylate cyclase activity. A rise of extracellular Ca++ above the concentration necessary for obtaining the optimal secretagogic effect of glucose resulted in inhibition of the glucose-stimulated insulin release, leaving basal secretions and islet contents of cAMP unaffected. Evidence was provided in support of the idea that H+ completes for Ca++ in glucose stimulation of insulin release. Both the rate of basal insulin release and that seen after stimulation with glucose were diminished by about 50% after introducing 0.2 mM La+++ in the incubation medium. These observations emphasize the significant role of Ca++ in the regulation of insulin secretion, suggesting that not only a decrease but also an increase of the functionally important intracellular pool(s) of Ca++ can result in a diminished response to glucose.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008820:Mice, Obese; D013997:Time Factors; D014970:Xanthines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D014970:Xanthines; D003994:Bucladesine; D007811:Lanthanum; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005947:Glucose; D002118:Calcium