Delayed rectifier K+ channel overexpression in transgenic islets and beta-cells associated with impaired glucose responsiveness.
Glucose stimulation of pancreatic beta-cell insulin secretion is closely coupled to alterations in ion channel conductances and intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i). To further examine this relationship after augmentation of voltage-dependent K+ channel expression, transgenic mice were produced which specifically overexpress a human insulinoma-derived, tetraethylammonium (TEA)-insensitive delayed rectifier K+ channel in their pancreatic beta-cells as shown by immunoblot of isolated islets and immunohistochemical analysis of pancreas sections. Whole-cell current recordings confirmed the presence of high amplitude TEA-resistant K+ currents in transgenic islet cells, whose expression correlated with hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia. Stable overexpression of the channel in insulinoma cells attenuated glucose-activated increases in [Ca2+]i and prevented the induction of TEA-dependent [Ca2+]i oscillations. These results, employing the first ion channel transgenic mouse, demonstrate the importance of membrane potential regulation in excitation-secretion coupling in the pancreatic beta-cell.
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
L H
LH
Philipson
M P
MP
Rosenberg
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A
Kuznetsov
M E
ME
Lancaster
J F
JF
Worley
M W
MW
Roe
I D
ID
Dukes
D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D016466:CHO Cells; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000378:metabolism; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D014162:Transfection
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D015221:Potassium Channels; D013757:Tetraethylammonium Compounds; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D005947:Glucose; D002118:Calcium