title: Distinct intracellular Ca2+ response to extracellular adenosine triphosphate in pancreatic beta-cells in rats and mice.
abstract: Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) has distinct effects on insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells between rats and mice. Using a confocal microscope, we compared changes between rats and mice in cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]c) in pancreatic beta-cells stimulated by extracellular ATP. Extracellular ATP (50 microM) induced calcium release from intracellular calcium stores by activating P2Y receptors in both rat and mouse beta-cells. The intracellular calcium release stimulated by extracellular ATP is significantly smaller in amplitude and longer in duration in rat beta-cells than in mouse. In response to extracellular ATP, rat beta-cells activate store-operated calcium entry following intracellular calcium release. This response is lacking in mouse beta-cells. Rat and mouse beta-cells both responded to 9 mM glucose by increasing [Ca2+]c. This increase, however, was pronounced only in the rat beta-cells. In 9 mM glucose, extracellular ATP induced a pronounced calcium release above the increased level of [Ca2+]c in rat beta-cells. In mouse beta-cells, however, extracellular ATP did not exhibit calcium release on top of the increased level of [Ca2+]c in 9 mM glucose. These results demonstrate distinct responses between rat and mouse beta-cells to extracellular ATP under the condition of low and high glucose. Considering that extracellular ATP inhibits insulin secretion from mouse beta-cells but stimulates insulin secretion from rat beta-cells, we suggest that store-operated Ca2+ entry may be related to exocytosis in pancreatic rat beta-cells.
authors.affiliation: Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Yu-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ruwei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Yunlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D005947:Glucose / Q000502:physiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000502:physiology*; D007783:Lactones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2 / Q000502:physiology; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014227:Triazines / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007783:Lactones; D018048:Receptors, Purinergic P2; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D014227:Triazines; C012842:Cibacron Blue F 3GA; C046319:thapsigargicin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005947:Glucose; D002118:Calcium