title: The coupling of metabolic to secretory events in pancreatic islets. Glucose-induced changes in mitochondrial redox state.
abstract: Mitochondrial NAD+, NADH, NADP+ and NADPH were measured in dispersed pancreatic islet cells incubated in the absence or presence of D-glucose and then exposed for 20 s to 0.5 mg/ml digitonin. The latter treatment resulted in the full release of lactate dehydrogenase without any detectable loss of glutamate dehydrogenase. The permeabilized cells were separated from the incubation medium by centrifugation through an oil layer and their content in pyridine nucleotides measured by a radioisotopic procedure coupled to the classical cycling technique. Relative to basal value, D-glucose, in concentrations of 2.8 and 16.7 mM, caused a concentration-related increase in both the NADH/NAD+ and NADPH/NADP+ ratio. These findings provide the first direct evidence for the induction of a more reduced mitochondrial redox state in glucose-stimulated pancreatic islets.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Brussels Free University, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rasschaert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Malaisse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004072:Digitonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011865:Radioisotope Dilution Technique; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D009243:NAD; D014316:Tritium; D009249:NADP; D005947:Glucose; D004072:Digitonin