title: Effect of the hypoglycaemic drug (-)-AZ-DF-265 on ATP-sensitive potassium channels in rat pancreatic beta-cells.
abstract: 1. It has previously been shown that the hypoglycaemic drug (-)-AZ-DF-265 stimulates insulin release from mouse islets; in the presence of 3 mM glucose it also inhibits 86Rb-efflux from 86Rb-loaded islets. Based on these data we tested the hypothesis that (-)-AZ-DF-265 inhibits ATP-sensitive potassium channels. 2. We voltage-clamped the plasma membrane of single rat pancreatic beta-cells in the whole-cell configuration and measured the current flowing through ATP-sensitive potassium channels. (-)-AZ-DF-265 was applied to the outside of the cell; it inhibited the current half-maximally at a concentration of 1.2 +/- 0.2 nM with a Hill coefficient of 0.7 +/- 0.1. The inhibition was reversible on washing. 3. In intact RINm5F cells, the sulphonylurea [3H]-glibenclamide bound with an affinity of 0.24 +/- 0.01 nM and a Hill coefficient of 2.1 +/- 0.4. Treatment with (-)-AZ-DF-265 led to the displacement of [3H]-glibenclamide; this effect was half-maximal at 8.6 +/- 1.7 nM and displayed a Hill coefficient of 0.53 +/- 0.01. Meglitinide and tolbutamide, which represent, respectively, the benzamido and sulphonylurea moieties of glibenclamide, showed Hill coefficients of 0.8 +/- 0.1 and 0.9 +/- 0.1, respectively. 4. At pH 7.4 and with phosphate/borate buffer, (-)-AZ-DF-265 had an apparent octanol/water partition coefficient of about 53, which is intermediate between the partition coefficients of glibenclamide and glipizide. Nevertheless, (-)-AZ-DF-265 bound only to a minor degree to glass and plastic.5. In conclusion, (-)-AZ-DF-265 inhibits ATP-sensitive potassium channels and displaces [3H]-glibenclamide from the sulphonylurea receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ronner
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hang
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kraebber
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000378:metabolism; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010880:Piperidines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012414:Rubidium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010880:Piperidines; D015221:Potassium Channels; D012414:Rubidium Radioisotopes; C055301:AZ-DF 265; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005905:Glyburide