title: Pharmacological and molecular characterization of glutamate receptors in the MIN6 pancreatic beta-cell line.
abstract: The MIN6 pancreatic beta-cell line responds to glutamate, alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) and kainate, but not N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) or 1S,3R-trans-ACPD, with increases in [Ca2+]i. This correlates with MIN6 expression of AMPA receptor subunits (GluR1-4) but only weak expression of NMDA NR2 receptor subunits, as determined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Pharmacological characterization of the MIN6 AMPA receptors showed that AMPA-triggered [Ca2+]i responses were blocked by GYKI 52466, 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) and pentobarbital. AMPA-triggered [Ca2+]i responses were also blocked in Na(+)-free medium and by the voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channel antagonist La3+. Unlike cortical neuronal cultures, which show a loss of membrane-associated protein kinase C (PKC) activity and die in response to excitatory amino acid exposure, glutamate was not toxic to MIN6 cells and it did not decrease PKC activity. These studies indicate that MIN6 cells possess Ca(2+)-impermeable AMPA receptors that secondarily allow Ca2+ influx following AMPA-induced depolarization and that, despite elevating [Ca2+]i, AMPA is not toxic to these cells. The effects of glutamate and glutamate receptor antagonists on pancreatic cells needs to be better understood if these compounds are to be used as therapeutic agents to treat stroke.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. paul.morley@nrc.ca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Gendron
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tremblay
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Durkin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mealing
mesh_terms: D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D001581:Benzothiadiazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017931:DNA Primers; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000633:toxicity; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013111:Spider Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018750:6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D001581:Benzothiadiazines; D002118:Calcium; D017931:DNA Primers; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D007608:Kainic Acid; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011810:Quinoxalines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D013111:Spider Venoms; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; C044936:JSTX spider toxin; C409466:NR1 NMDA receptor; C120997:NR2A NMDA receptor; C121001:NR2B NMDA receptor; C104723:glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 3; C104724:glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 4; C061950:GYKI 52466; C056723:FG 9041; C104722:glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 2; C004639:cyclothiazide