title: GLP-I(7-36) amide augments Ba2+ current through L-type Ca2+ channel of rat pancreatic beta-cell in a cAMP-dependent manner.
abstract: The whole-cell patch-clamp method was used to examine the effect of glucagon-like peptide I (GLP-I)(7-36) amide on the activation process of L-type Ca2+ channels of rat pancreatic beta-cells. After depolarization, GLP-I (1-100 nmol/l) caused action potentials in cells exposed to a glucose-free solution for 10 min. The percentage of cells producing action potential depended on the concentration of GLP-I. In some cells, GLP-I caused action potentials without the prior depolarization of the membrane. In cells exposed to the glucose-free solution for longer than 30 min, or in cells that were deprived of ATP by a means of the conventional whole-cell configuration, GLP-I (20 nmol/l) did not cause the electrical excitation. Application of GLP-I augmented the maximum Ba2+ current (IBa) through L-type Ca2+ channels and shifted the current voltage curve to the left. Values of changes in the maximum IBa depended on GLP-I concentration. Application of dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP, 1 mmol/l) also augmented IBa. In cells pretreated with Rp-cAMP, dbcAMP did not change the magnitude of IBa. Also in cells pretreated with Rp-cAMP, GLP-I failed to augment IBa. These results suggest that in pancreatic beta-cells, GLP-I, by a cAMP-dependent mechanism, increases opening of L-type Ca2+ channels. cAMP-dependent augmentation of Ca2+ entry as well as cAMP production itself by GLP-I plays a crucial role in controlling insulin secretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dobashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wakui
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001464:Barium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005934:Glucagon; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014044:Tolbutamide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D013873:Thionucleotides; C061970:glucagon-like peptide 1 (7-36); C016957:adenosine-3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate; D001464:Barium; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; D003994:Bucladesine; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005934:Glucagon; D014044:Tolbutamide; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005947:Glucose