FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SODIUM CHANNELS IN PANCREATIC BETA-CELL MEMBRANES
FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SODIUM CHANNELS IN PANCREATIC BETA-CELL MEMBRANES
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.1977.sp011817
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
TAYLOR, P
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作者:
DONATSCH, P;LOWE, DA;TAYLOR, P
The existence and functional significance of Na channels in pancreatic .beta.-cell membranes were investigated by studying the effects of the plant alkaloid veratridine on the temporal release of insulin from perfused isolated rat islets of Langerhans. Veratridine (100 .mu.M) evoked a sustained 3-fold increase in insulin release which was almost completely inhibited by 3 .mu.M tetrodotoxin (TTX). TTX action was rapidly reversible. The simultaneous presence of 100 .mu.M propranolol, 100 .mu.M phenoxybenzamine and 10 .mu.M atropine did not alter the magnitude of the response to 100 .mu.M veratridine, indicating that the action of veratridine on the .beta.-cells was direct and was not mediated via the release of neurotransmitters from nerve endings within the islets. 45Ca uptake by isolated islets in static incubation was increased almost 3-fold by 100 .mu.M veratridine. This increase was completely inhibited by the simultaneous presence of 3 .mu.M TTX. Replacement of Nao [outside Na] by choline caused a transient 4-fold increase in insulin release which was associated with an increase in the uptake of 45Ca from the extracellular space of similar magnitude. Subsequent exposure of islets to 100 .mu.M veratridine still evoked some insulin release but this only achieved 32% of that secreted by islets exposed to veratridine in medium of normal [Na]o. Addition of 2.5 mM CoCl2 to the medium caused a 62.5% inhibition of veratridine-mediated insulin release. In Ca-free medium supplemented with 1 mM EGTA [ethylene glycol bis (.beta.-aminoethyl ether N,N,N'',N''- tetraacetic acid] 100 .mu.M veratridine evoked insulin release of equal magnitude and of similar temporal relationship to that obtained in the presence of normal [Ca]o. A 2-fold increase in insulin release that occurred in the 15 min period immediately following exposure to 1 mM ouabain was completely independent of [Ca]o. Subsequent ouabain-evoked release became increasingly dependent on [Ca]o. Tetrodotoxin (3 .mu.M) inhibited the 1st phase of insulin release evoked by 16.7 mM D-glucose by 37% and the 2nd phase by 20%. Both Na and Ca appear capable of entering through Na channels opened in the .beta.-cell membrane by veratridine. The increase in [Na]i [inside Na], resulting from the veratridine mediated increase in PNa+ [Na permeability], depolarizes the .beta.-cell membrane with a consequent opening of voltage-sensitive, Co2+-blockable channels for additional Ca entry. An increase in [Na]i also increases [Ca]i by altering the equilibria of intracellular Ca-sequestering mechanisms. The small but significant reduction of glucose-mediated insulin release by TTX indicates that glucose has a rather weak action on the Na channel and a more pronounced effect on the voltage-dependent Co2+-blockable Ca channel.