title: Tolbutamide-sensitivity of the adenosine 5'-triphosphate-dependent K+ channel in mouse pancreatic B-cells.
abstract: The patch-clamp technique was used to examine the tolbutamide-sensitivity of the adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-dependent K+ channel in mouse pancreatic B-cells. When studied at 37 degrees C in cell-attached membrane patches, this channel had a single-channel conductance of 88 pS and was half-maximally inhibited by 2.2 mumol/l tolbutamide in the presence of 3 mmol/l D-glucose and 10 mumol/l nifedipine. The tolbutamide-induced decrease in the amplitude of the single-channel currents indicated that the membrane potential was sufficiently depolarized for initiation of insulin release by 30 but not by 10 mumol/l of tolbutamide. Using 300 mumol/l diazoxide to open the ATP-dependent K+ channels already closed by 3 mmol/l D-glucose alone, it was demonstrated that initiation of insulin release requires closure of more than 98% of all ATP-dependent K+ channels. In excised inside-out membrane patches, the K+ channel-blocking potency of tolbutamide was maximally enhanced by 0.3 mmol/l adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) at the cytoplasmic side. This ADP effect required the presence of Mg2+. Inhibition of K+ channel activity by ATP, ADP (Mg2(+)-free) or their non-hydrolyzable analogues adenylyl-imidodiphosphate (AMP-PNP) and alpha, beta methylene adenosine 5'-diphosphate (AMP-CP) was not accompanied by enhancement of tolbutamide-sensitivity. The results suggest that cytosolic MgADP controls tolbutamide-sensitivity by interaction with a receptor site not identical with the site mediating channel closure and that this control plays a role in the intact B-cell.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Panten
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heipel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosenberger
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scheffer
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Zünkler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwanstecher
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D014044:Tolbutamide / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D015221:Potassium Channels; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D014044:Tolbutamide