title: Physiology, pathology and pharmacology of insulin secretion: recent acquisitions.
abstract: Recent acquisitions concerning the physiology, pathology and pharmacology of insulin secretion are reviewed. In terms of physiology, emphasis is placed on new information concerning the role of glucokinase and the identity of coupling factors in the process of glucose-stimulated insulin release. Pathological considerations concern mainly the possible participation of an inherited or acquired defect of FAD-linked mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase in the impairment of insulin release in non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Although experimental approaches to correct such a site-specific defect have so far been unsuccessful, new therapeutic tools, especially the esters of certain nutrients, may soon be available for stimulation of proinsulin biosynthesis as well as insulin release in the diseased B cell.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Brussels Free University, Belgium.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Malaisse
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005941:Glucokinase / Q000502:physiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D005941:Glucokinase; D005947:Glucose