title: Comparison of the inhibition of insulin release by activation of adenosine and alpha 2-adrenergic receptors in rat beta-cells.
abstract: Rat islets were used to compare the mechanisms whereby adenosine and adrenaline inhibit insulin release. Adenosine (1 microM-2.5 mM) and its analogue N6(-)-phenylisopropyladenosine (L-PIA) (1 nM-10 microM) caused a concentration-dependent but incomplete (45-60%) inhibition of glucose-stimulated release. L-PIA was more potent than D-PIA [the N6(+) analogue], but much less than adrenaline, which caused nearly complete inhibition (85% at 0.1 microM). 8-Phenyltheophylline prevented the inhibitory effect of L-PIA and 50 microM-adenosine, but not that of 500 microM-adenosine or of adrenaline. In contrast, yohimbine selectively prevented the inhibition by adrenaline. Adenosine and L-PIA thus appear to exert their effects by activating membrane A1 receptors, whereas adrenaline acts on alpha 2-adrenergic receptors. Adenosine, L-PIA and adrenaline slightly inhibited 45Ca2+ efflux, 86Rb+ efflux and 45Ca2+ influx in glucose-stimulated islets. The inhibition of insulin release by adenosine or L-PIA was totally prevented by dibutyryl cyclic AMP, but was only attenuated when adenylate cyclase was activated by forskolin or when protein kinase C was stimulated by a phorbol ester. Adrenaline, on the other hand, inhibited release under these conditions. It is concluded that inhibition of adenylate cyclase, rather than direct changes in membrane K+ and Ca2+ permeabilities, underlies the inhibition of insulin release induced by activation of A1-receptors. The more complete inhibition mediated by alpha 2-adrenergic receptors appears to result from a second mechanism not triggered by adenosine.
authors: Unité de Diabétologie et Nutrition, University of Louvain Faculty of Medicine, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Bertrand
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nenquin
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Henquin
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*; D010660:Phenylisopropyladenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
chemical_list: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D007328:Insulin; D007473:Ion Channels; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D005576:Colforsin; D010660:Phenylisopropyladenosine; D003994:Bucladesine; D000241:Adenosine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D004837:Epinephrine