title: Modulation of beta-cell ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ influx (Na+/K+ pump) by D-glucose, glibenclamide or diazoxide.
abstract: The activity of the beta-cell Na+/K+ pump was studied by using ouabain-sensitive (1mM ouabain) 86Rb+ influx in beta-cell-rich islets of Umeå-ob/ob mice as an indicator of the pump function. The present results show that the stimulatory effect of glucose on ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ influx reached its approximate maximum at 5mM glucose. Pre-treatment of the islets with 20mM glucose for 60 min strongly reduced the glucose-induced stimulation of the Na+/K+ pump. Pre-treatment (60 or 180 min) of islets at 0 mM glucose, on the other hand, did not affect the magnitude of the glucose-induced stimulation of 86Rb+ influx during the subsequent 5-min incubation. Glibenclamide stimulated the ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake in the same manner as glucose. The stimulatory effect showed its apparent maximum at 0.5 microM. Pre-treatment (60 min) of islets with 1 microM glibenclamide did not reduce the subsequent stimulation of the ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ influx. The stimulatory effect of glibenclamide and D-glucose were not additive, suggesting that they may have the same mechanism of action. No direct effect of glibenclamide (0.01-1 microM) was observed on the Na+/K+ ATPase activity in homogenates of islets. Diazoxide (0.4mM) inhibited the Na+/K+ pump. This effect was sustained even after 60 min of pre-treatment of islets with 0.4mM diazoxide. The stimulatory effect of glibenclamide and D-glucose were abolished by diazoxide. It is concluded that nutrient as well as non-nutrient insulin secretagogues activate the Na+/K+ pump, probably as part of the membrane repolarisation process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elmi
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Idahl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sehlin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003981:Diazoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008820:Mice, Obese; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012414:Rubidium Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D012414:Rubidium Radioisotopes; D010042:Ouabain; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D005947:Glucose; D003981:Diazoxide; D005905:Glyburide