title: The coupling of metabolic to secretory events in pancreatic islets: does hexose transport affect cationic fluxes?
abstract: Poorly metabolized hexoses, such as 3-O-methyl-D-glucose, 2-deoxy-D-glucose and D-galactose failed to reproduce the inhibition of 86Rb outflow, the early inhibition and secondary rise in 45Ca efflux and the stimulation of insulin release evoked by D-glucose in perifused rat islets. Insulin release induced by either D-glucose or 2-ketoisocaproate was also unaffected by 3-O-methyl-D-glucose. It is concluded that hexose transport in islet cells does not represent in itself a significant determinant of the cationic and secretory response to D-glucose.
mesh_terms: D019325:3-O-Methylglucose; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005690:Galactose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006601:Hexoses / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008757:Methylglucosides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012413:Rubidium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006601:Hexoses; D007328:Insulin; D008757:Methylglucosides; D019325:3-O-Methylglucose; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose; D012413:Rubidium; D002118:Calcium; D005690:Galactose