title: On the biochemical nature of triose- and hexose-stimulated insulin secretion.
abstract: The differential effects of several specific inhibitors of intermediary metabolism, mannoheptulose, 2-deoxylucose, and iodoacetate, were studied with isolated perifused pancreatic islets stimulated with glucose, mannose, glyceraldehyde, dihydroxyacetone, or alpha-ketoisocaproate. Insulin release rates and/or capacities to metabolize these caloric stimuli served as indicators of the inhibitors' actions. Mannoheptulose and 2-deoxyglucose blocked hexose-stimulated hormone release and hexose metabolism concomitantly, but left the functional and metabolic actions of trioses unaltered. Iodoacetate blocked hexose- and triose-stimulated hormone release as well as their metabolism in a parallel fashion. The action of alpha-ketoisocaproate was not affected by any of these three inhibitory agents. The data are most easily explained by a theory that incorporates metabolic signals, arising during the degradation of insulin-releasing fuel molecules, as an integral component in the process of beta-cell stimulation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D005985:Glyceraldehyde / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006601:Hexoses / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D014306:Trioses / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D006601:Hexoses; D007328:Insulin; D014306:Trioses; D005985:Glyceraldehyde; D005947:Glucose