CA2+ OSCILLATIONS IN PANCREATIC-ISLET CELLS SECRETING GLUCAGON AND SOMATOSTATIN
CA2+ OSCILLATIONS IN PANCREATIC-ISLET CELLS SECRETING GLUCAGON AND SOMATOSTATIN
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DOI:
10.1006/bbrc.1995.1387
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发表时间:
1995-03-17
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
HELLMAN, B
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作者:
BERTS, A;GYLFE, E;HELLMAN, B
Immunohistochemically identified glucagon-releasing alpha(2)-cells from mouse pancreatic islets exhibited large amplitude oscillations of the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration in 3 mM glucose. Other small islet cells with similar oscillations in the presence of 20 mM glucose were identified as somatostatin-releasing alpha(1)-cells. The oscillations in both cell types resembled those induced by glucose in the surrounding larger beta-cells in starting from the basal level and disappearing after addition of the voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel blocker methoxyverapamil. The discovery that the alpha(1)- and alpha(2)-cells have intrinsic abilities to generate oscillatory Ca2+ signals indicates that pulsatile release of somatostatin and glucagon do not require functional coupling to the beta-cells. (C) 1995 Academic Press. Inc.