title: Difference in calcium dependency of insulin, glucagon and somatostatin secretion in response to glibenclamide in perfused rat pancreas.
abstract: The extracellular calcium requirements for insulin, glucagon and somatostatin release induced by 1 microgram/ml of glibenclamide have been compared in the perfused, isolated rat pancreas. In the absence of glucose, the drug evoked insulin release equally well at physiological (2.6 mmol/l) and low (0.25 mmol/l) levels of total calcium. In contrast, glibenclamide evoked somatostatin release at 2.6 but not at 0.25 mmol/l of calcium. At 2.6 mmol/l of calcium, glibenclamide evoked bimodal effects (stimulation followed by inhibition) on glucagon secretion. At 0.25 mmol/l of calcium, basal secretory rates of glucagon were elevated and a small stimulatory effect of glibenclamide was seen. Addition of 0.5 mmol/l of EGTA to media with low calcium concentrations uniformly abolished the A, B and D cell secretory responses to glibenclamide. The possible modulation of calcium dependency by a non-stimulatory concentration of glucose was tested by its addition at 3.3 mmol/l to the perfusion media. Glucose enhanced glibenclamide-induced insulin secretion, both at 0.25 and 2.6 mmol/l of calcium. However, at 0.25 mmol/l of calcium, the enhancing effect of glucose was more pronounced than at 2.6 mmol/l. At 2.6 mmol/l of calcium, glucose diminished the somatostatin and abolished the glucagon response to glibenclamide. At 0.25 mmol/l of calcium, glucose did not influence somatostatin release while the presence of the sugar diminished basal and glibenclamide-induced glucagon secretion. The present data confirm the requirement of extracellular calcium for A, B and D cell secretion, demonstrating different calcium dependencies for the cell types and indicate that this dependency can, in part, be modulated by glucose.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D005934:Glucagon; D005947:Glucose; D005905:Glyburide; D002118:Calcium