title: Increased intracellular calcium is required for spreading of rat islet beta-cells on extracellular matrix.
abstract: Rat islet beta-cells spread in response to glucose when attached on the matrix produced by a rat bladder carcinoma cell line (804G). Furthermore, in a mixed population of cells, it has been observed previously that spread cells secrete more insulin acutely in response to glucose, compared with cells that remain rounded. These results suggest bi-directional signaling between the islet beta-cell and the extracellular matrix. In the present study, the role of increased intracellular free Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]i as an intracellular step linking glucose stimulation and beta-cell spreading (inside-out signaling) was investigated. Purified rat beta-cells were attached to this matrix and incubated under various conditions known to affect [Ca2+]i. The effect of glucose on beta-cell spreading was mimicked by 25 mmol/l KCl (which induces calcium influx) and inhibited by diazoxide (which impairs depolarization and calcium entry) and by the L-type Ca2+ channel blocker SR-7037. When a 24-h incubation at 16.7 glucose was followed by 24 h at 2.8 mmol/l, beta-cells that had first spread regained a round phenotype. In the presence of thapsigargin, spreading progressed throughout the experiment, suggesting that capture of calcium by the endoplasmic reticulum is involved in the reversibility of spreading previously induced by glucose. Spreading was still observed in degranulated beta-cells and in botulinum neurotoxin E-expressing beta-cells when exocytosis was prevented. In summary, the results indicate that increased [Ca2+]i is required for the glucose-induced spreading of beta-cells on 804G matrix and that it is not a consequence of exocytotic processes that follow elevation of [Ca2+]i.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratories Louis-Jeantet, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonelle-Gispert
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Wollheim
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Halban
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Rouiller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D015550:Cell Degranulation / Q000187:drug effects; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D003981:Diazoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology*; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D004164:Diphosphonates; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007328:Insulin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C061154:belfosdil; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D019284:Thapsigargin; D005934:Glucagon; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D001905:Botulinum Toxins; D005947:Glucose; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D003981:Diazoxide; D002118:Calcium