We have assessed the effect of somatostatin on glucose-, potassium-, forskolin-, and dibutyryl cAMP-induced changes in cytosolic free [Ca2+] in normal rat pancreatic islet cells with the new Ca2+ indicator fura 2. The cytosolic free [Ca2+] in islet cells incubated with nonstimulatory concentrations of glucose (30 mg/dl) ranged from 54 to 64 nM. In the presence of extracellular Ca2+ (1 mM), glucose (300 mg/dl) rapidly increased the cytosolic free [Ca2+] to a level of 90-110 nM. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, glucose failed to increase the cytosolic free [Ca2+], which remained at a level of 55-60 nM. Somatostatin inhibited glucose-induced increases in cytosolic free [Ca2+] in a dose-dependent manner (maximal inhibition was 34%). Half-maximal inhibition was observed at 10−9 M somatostatin, which correlated well with somatostatin binding to islet cells (Kd = 2.6 × 1010 M). Potassium (50 mM) rapidly increased the cytosolic free [Ca2+] to 110-120 nM, and its effect was not influenced by the presence of somatostatin. Forskolin (20 μM) and dibutyryl cAMP (1 mM) rapidly increased cytosolic free Ca2+ both in the presence and absence of extracellular Ca2+. More than 80% of the overall increase in cytosolic free-Ca2+ levels could be accounted for by the mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Somatostatin effectively blocked the forskolin effect (32% inhibition) but not the dibutyryl cAMPinduced effect. Somatostatin appears to inhibit secretagogue-induced increases in cytosolic free [Ca2+] by interfering with cAMP production and probably with Ca2+ transport across the cell membrane.
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May 01 1987
Cytosolic Free-Calcium Concentrations in Normal Pancreatic Islet Cells: Effect of Secretagogues and Somatostatin
Karl E Sussman;
Karl E Sussman
Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
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J Wayne Leitner;
J Wayne Leitner
Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
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Boris Draznin
Boris Draznin
Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, Colorado
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Karl E. Sussman, VA Medical Center, 1055 Clermont St., Denver, CO 80220.
Diabetes 1987;36(5):571–577
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Received:
September 25 1986
Accepted:
December 12 1986
PubMed:
2883056
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Karl E Sussman, J Wayne Leitner, Boris Draznin; Cytosolic Free-Calcium Concentrations in Normal Pancreatic Islet Cells: Effect of Secretagogues and Somatostatin. Diabetes 1 May 1987; 36 (5): 571–577. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.36.5.571
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