title: Inhibition of calcium uptake by somatostatin in isolated rat islets of Langerhans.
abstract: Somatostatin (1 mug/ml) inhibited glucose (16.7 mM)-stimulated 45Ca uptake by isolated rat islets incubated in media containing no added calcium or calcium at a low concentration (0.2mM). Epinephrine (50 mug/ml) and mannoheptulose (20mM) also inhibited 45Ca uptake by islets incubated in the  presence of calcium (0.2mM). Addition of glucose (16.7 mM) caused a small but significant increase in insulin release from islets incubated in media containing no added calcium. In the presence of a low concentration of calcium (0.2 mM), glucose caused a much greater increase in insulin secretion which was inhibited by addition of somatostatin, epinephrine or mannoheptulose.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008356:Mannoheptulose / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013004:Somatostatin; D008356:Mannoheptulose; D005947:Glucose; D002118:Calcium; D004837:Epinephrine