title: Insulin release from pancreatic islets of fetal rats mediated by leucine b-BCH, tolbutamide, glibenclamide, arginine, potassium chloride, and theophylline does not require stimulation of Ca2+ net uptake.
abstract: In pancreatic islets of fetal rats the effect of glucose (3 and 16.7 mM), glyceraldehyde (10 mM), leucine (20 mM), b-BCH (20 mM), tolbutamide (100 micrograms/ml), glibenclamide (0.5 and 5.0 micrograms/ml) arginine (20 mM), KCl (20 mM) and theophylline (2.5 mM) on 45Ca2+ net uptake and secretion of insulin was studied. All compounds tested failed to stimulate 45Ca2+ net uptake. However, in contrast to glucose and glyceraldehyde, leucine, b-BCH, tolbutamide, glibenclamide, arginine, KCl and theophylline significantly stimulated release of insulin. This effect could not be inhibited by the calcium antagonist verapamil (20 microM). Elevation of the glucose concentration from 3 to 5.6 mM did not alter 86Rb+ efflux of fetal rat islets but inhibited 86Rb+ efflux of adult rat islets. Stimulation of 86Rb+ efflux with tolbutamide (100 micrograms/ml), leucine (20 mM) or b-BCH (20 mM) in the presence of 3 mM glucose was also ineffective in fetal rat islets. Our data suggest that stimulation of calcium uptake via the voltage dependent calcium channel is not possible in the fetal state. They also provide evidence that stimulators of insulin release which are thought not to act through their metabolism, initiate insulin secretion from fetal islets by a mechanism which is different from stimulation of calcium influx.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Ammon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glocker
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Waldner
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wahl
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000598:Amino Acids, Cyclic; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007930:Leucine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012413:Rubidium / Q000378:metabolism; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology; D014044:Tolbutamide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000598:Amino Acids, Cyclic; D007328:Insulin; C006504:2-aminobicyclo(2,2,1)heptane-2-carboxylic acid; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D001120:Arginine; D014044:Tolbutamide; D013806:Theophylline; D007930:Leucine; D005947:Glucose; D012413:Rubidium; D005905:Glyburide; D002118:Calcium