title: Effects of calcium channel blockers on insulin secretion and 45Ca(2+)-uptake of rat islets stimulated by glucose or K(+)-depolarization.
abstract: Two calcium channel antagonists, verapamil and nifedipine, have been used to explore the dependence of secretion on voltage-gated influx of calcium. Both antagonists were able to suppress the secretory response to K(+)-depolarization as well as the stimulation of 45Ca(2+)-uptake. However, they inhibited only partially the stimulation of both secretion and 45Ca(2+)-uptake. However, they inhibited only partially the stimulation of both secretion and 45Ca(2+)-uptake induced by glucose, alone or with palmitate. The stimulation of 45Ca(2+)-uptake by K(+)-depolarization, unlike that induced by glucose, was not sensitive to norepinephrine, starvation or fatty acid oxidation inhibitors. Therefore, it is suggested that glucose either modifies the properties of the voltage-dependent calcium channel and/or accelerates the exchange of a particular intracellular pool of calcium.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamarit-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D007328:Insulin; D014700:Verapamil; D009543:Nifedipine; D005947:Glucose; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium; D009638:Norepinephrine