title: Increased glucose sensitivity of stimulus-secretion coupling in islets from Psammomys obesus after diet induction of diabetes.
abstract: When fed a high-energy (HE) diet, diabetes-prone (DP) Psammomys obesus develop type 2 diabetes with altered glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). Beta-cell stimulus-secretion coupling was investigated in islets isolated from DP P. obesus fed a low-energy (LE) diet (DP-LE) and after 5 days on a HE diet (DP-HE). DP-LE islets cultured overnight in 5 mmol/l glucose displayed glucose dose-dependent increases in NAD(P)H, mitochondrial membrane potential, ATP/(ATP + ADP) ratio, cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](c)), and insulin secretion. In comparison, DP-HE islets cultured overnight in 10 mmol/l glucose were 80% degranulated and displayed an increased sensitivity to glucose at the level of glucose metabolism, [Ca(2+)](c), and insulin secretion. These changes in DP-HE islets were only marginally reversed after culture in 5 mmol/l glucose and were not reproduced in DP-LE islets cultured overnight in 10 mmol/l glucose, except for the 75% degranulation. Diabetes-resistant P. obesus remain normoglycemic on HE diet. Their beta-cell stimulus-secretion coupling was similar to that of DP-LE islets, irrespective of the type of diet. Thus, islets from diabetic P. obesus display an increased sensitivity to glucose at the level of glucose metabolism and a profound beta-cell degranulation, both of which may affect their in vivo GSIS.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jose A G
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pertusa
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nesher
authors.forename: Nurit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cerasi
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Henquin
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jonas
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004032:Diet; D005849:Gerbillinae; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D009243:NAD; D009249:NADP; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005947:Glucose