Insulin induces Ca2+ influx into isolated rat hepatocyte couplets
Insulin induces Ca2+ influx into isolated rat hepatocyte couplets
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.6.g1425
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发表时间:
1997-06-01
影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Haddad, P
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作者:
Benzeroual, K;VandeWerve, G;Haddad, P
Isolated rat hepatocyte couplets were used to study the direct effect of insulin on intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis. Insulin induced a dose-dependent increase in hepatocellular Ca2+ that was gradual, generally monophasic, and reversible. Chelation of extracellular Ca2+ abolished the insulin-induced Ca2+ response, and this suppression was not related to an effect on insulin binding, as indicated by displacement studies. We thus tested the effect of several Ca2+ channel inhibitors on insulin-induced Ca2+ influx. Verapamil at 20 or 200 mu M was without effect, whereas 500 mu M nickel and 50 mu M gadolinium strongly inhibited insulin-induced Ca2+ entry. Finally, we tested whether insulin-induced Ca2+ movements were implicated in the stimulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity, which we measured with the use of an immune-complex assay. Verapamil was without effect on the insulin-dependent stimulation of p44(mapk) activity, whereas addition of ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid, nickel, or gadolinium strongly inhibited the effect of the peptide hormone. Our results indicate that insulin triggers Ca2+ influx into hepatocytes, possibly through the opening of channels on the plasma membrane, and that this effect is important for insulin activation of MAPK.