title: Epac-selective cAMP analog 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP as a stimulus for Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release and exocytosis in pancreatic beta-cells.
abstract: The second messenger cAMP exerts powerful stimulatory effects on Ca(2+) signaling and insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells. Previous studies of beta-cells focused on protein kinase A (PKA) as a downstream effector of cAMP action. However, it is now apparent that cAMP also exerts its effects by binding to cAMP-regulated guanine nucleotide exchange factors (Epac). Although one effector of Epac is the Ras-related G protein Rap1, it is not fully understood what the functional consequences of Epac-mediated signal transduction are at the cellular level. 8-(4-chloro-phenylthio)-2'-O-methyladenosine-3'-5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP) is a newly described cAMP analog, and it activates Epac but not PKA. Here we demonstrate that 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP acts in human pancreatic beta-cells and INS-1 insulin-secreting cells to mobilize Ca(2+) from intracellular Ca(2+) stores via Epac-mediated Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release (CICR). The cAMP-dependent increase of [Ca(2+)](i) that accompanies CICR is shown to be coupled to exocytosis. We propose that the interaction of cAMP and Epac to trigger CICR explains, at least in part, the blood glucose-lowering properties of an insulinotropic hormone (glucagon-like peptide-1, also known as GLP-1) now under investigation for use in the treatment of type-2 diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Guoxin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jamie W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Oleg G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Chepurny
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: Johannes L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bos
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schwede
authors.forename: Hans-G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Genieser
authors.forename: George G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Holz
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C473217:8-(4-chloro-phenylthio)-2'-O-methyladenosine-3'-5'-cyclic monophosphate; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; C116122:RAPGEF3 protein, human; C054562:yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium