Cholinergic regulation of fuel-induced hormone secretion and respiration of SUR1−/− mouse islets

2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (3) ◽  
pp. E525-E535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolai M. Doliba ◽  
Wei Qin ◽  
Marko Z. Vatamaniuk ◽  
Carol W. Buettger ◽  
Heather W. Collins ◽  
...  

Neural and endocrine factors (i.e., Ach and GLP-1) restore defective glucose-stimulated insulin release in pancreatic islets lacking sulfonylurea type 1 receptors (SUR1−/−) (Doliba NM, Qin W, Vatamaniuk MZ, Li C, Zelent D, Najafi H, Buettger CW, Collins HW, Carr RD, Magnuson MA, and Matschinsky FM. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 286: E834–E843, 2004). The goal of the present study was to assess fuel-induced respiration in SUR1−/− islets and to correlate it with changes in intracellular Ca2+, insulin, and glucagon secretion. By use of a method based on O2 quenching of phosphorescence, the O2 consumption rate (OCR) of isolated islets was measured online in a perifusion system. Basal insulin release (IR) was 7–10 times higher in SUR1−/− compared with control (CON) islets, but the OCR was comparable. The effect of high glucose (16.7 mM) on IR and OCR was markedly reduced in SUR1−/− islets compared with CON. Ach (0.5 μM) in the presence of 16.7 mM glucose caused a large burst of IR in CON and SUR1−/− islets with minor changes in OCR in both groups of islets. In SUR1−/− islets, high glucose failed to inhibit glucagon secretion during stimulation with amino acids or Ach. We conclude that 1) reduced glucose responsiveness of SUR1−/− islets may be in part due to impaired energetics, as evidenced by significant decrease in glucose-stimulated OCR; 2) elevated intracellular Ca2+ levels may contribute to altered insulin and glucagon secretion in SUR1−/− islets; and 3) The amplitudes of the changes in OCR during glucose and Ach stimulation do not correlate with IR in normal and SUR1−/− islets suggesting that the energy requirements for exocytosis are minor compared with other ATP-consuming reactions.

2004 ◽  
Vol 286 (5) ◽  
pp. E834-E843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolai M. Doliba ◽  
Wei Qin ◽  
Marko Z. Vatamaniuk ◽  
Changhong Li ◽  
Dorothy Zelent ◽  
...  

Inhibition of ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels by an increase in the ATP/ADP ratio and the resultant membrane depolarization are considered essential in the process leading to insulin release (IR) from pancreatic β-cells stimulated by glucose. It is therefore surprising that mice lacking the sulfonylurea type 1 receptor (SUR1−/−) in β-cells remain euglycemic even though the knockout is expected to cause hypoglycemia. To complicate matters, isolated islets of SUR1−/− mice secrete little insulin in response to high glucose, which extrapolates to hyperglycemia in the intact animal. It remains thus unexplained how euglycemia is maintained. In recognition of the essential role of neural and endocrine regulation of IR, we evaluated the effects of acetylcholine (ACh) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on IR and free intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) of freshly isolated or cultured islets of SUR1−/− mice and B6D2F1 controls (SUR1+/+). IBMX, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, was also used to explore cAMP-dependent signaling in IR. Most striking, and in contrast to controls, SUR1−/− islets are hypersensitive to ACh and IBMX, as demonstrated by a marked increase of IR even in the absence of glucose. The hypersensitivity to ACh was reproduced in control islets by depolarization with the SUR1 inhibitor glyburide. Pretreatment of perifused SUR1−/− islets with ACh or IBMX restored glucose stimulation of IR, an effect expectedly insensitive to diazoxide. The calcium channel blocker verapamil reduced but did not abolish ACh-stimulated IR, supporting a role for intracellular Ca2+ stores in stimulus-secretion coupling. The effect of ACh on IR was greatly potentiated by GLP-1 (10 nM). ACh caused a dose-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i at 0.1–1 μM or biphasic changes (an initial sharp increase in [Ca2+]i followed by a sustained phase of low [Ca2+]i) at 1–100 μM. The latter effects were observed in substrate-free medium or in the presence of 16.7 mM glucose. We conclude that SUR1 deletion depolarizes the β-cells and markedly elevates basal [Ca2+]i. Elevated [Ca2+]i in turn sensitizes the β-cells to the secretory effects of ACh and IBMX. Priming by the combination of high [Ca2+]i, ACh, and GLP-1 restores the defective glucose responsiveness, precluding the development of diabetes but not effectively enough to cause hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.


1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Salehi ◽  
Fariborz Parandeh ◽  
Ingmar Lundquist

The nature of the action of the nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on hormone release from isolated islets was investigated. We found that glucose-induced insulin release was potentiated by L-NAME in the absence or presence of diazoxide, a potent K+ATP channel opener, as well as in the presence of diazoxide plus a depolarizing concentration of K+. At a low, physiological glucose concentration L-NAME did not influence insulin secretion induced by K+ but inhibited glucagon secretion. L-arginine-induced insulin release was potentiated by L-NAME. This potentiation was observed also in the presence of K+ plus diazoxide. Further, glucagon release induced by L-arginine as well as by L-arginine plus K+ and diazoxide was suppressed by L-NAME. The results strongly suggest that the L-NAME-induced potentiation of insulin secretion in response to glucose or L-arginine as well as the inhibitory effects on glucagon secretion are largely mediated by L-NAME directly suppressing islet NOS activity. Hence NO apparently affects insulin and glucagon secretion independently of membrane depolarization events.


1996 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 2528-2533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fethi Trabelsi ◽  
Jean-Marc Lavoie

Trabelsi, Fethi, and Jean-Marc Lavoie. Arginine-induced pancreatic hormone secretion during exercise in rats. J. Appl. Physiol. 81(6): 2528–2533, 1996.—The aim of the present investigation was to 1) determine whether arginine-induced pancreatic hormone secretion can be modified during an exercise bout, and 2) verify whether the sectioning of the hepatic branch of the vagus nerve can alter the arginine-induced insulin and glucagon secretion during exercise in rats. To this end, we studied the effects of an intraperitoneal injection of arginine (1 g/kg body mass) during an exercise bout (30 min, 26 m/min, 0% grade) on the pancreatic hormone responses. These effects were determined in one group of sham-operated exercising rats and compared with three control groups: one group of resting rats, one group of saline-injected exercising rats, and one group of hepatic-vagotomized exercising rats. Five minutes after the injection of arginine, significant ( P < 0.05) increases in insulin, glucagon, and C-peptide concentrations were observed in exercising as well as in resting rats. These responses were not, however, altered by the hepatic vagotomy and/or by the exercise bout. It is concluded that arginine is a potent stimulus of pancreatic hormone secretion during exercise, even though the sympathoadrenal system is activated. These results also indicate that a hepatic vagotomy does not seem to influence arginine-induced hormonal pancreatic responses and question the role of the putative hepatic arginoreceptors in the control of the pancreatic hormone secretion during exercise.


Diabetologia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
pp. 2003-2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Swali ◽  
E. A. Walker ◽  
G. G Lavery ◽  
J. W. Tomlinson ◽  
P. M. Stewart

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijayalakshmi Deivasikamani ◽  
Savitha Dhayalan ◽  
Yilizila Abudushalamu ◽  
Romana Mughal ◽  
Asjad Visnagri ◽  
...  

AbstractGlucose and hypotonicity induced cell swelling stimulate insulin release from pancreatic β-cells but the mechanisms are poorly understood. Recently, Piezo1 was identified as a mechanically-activated nonselective Ca2+ permeable cationic channel in a range of mammalian cells. As cell swelling induced insulin release could be through stimulation of Ca2+ permeable stretch activated channels, we hypothesised a role for Piezo1 in cell swelling induced insulin release. Two rat β-cell lines (INS-1 and BRIN-BD11) and freshly-isolated mouse pancreatic islets were studied. Intracellular Ca2+ measurements were performed using the fura-2 Ca2+ indicator dye and ionic current was recorded by whole cell patch-clamp. Piezo1 agonist Yoda1, a competitive antagonist of Yoda1 (Dooku1) and an inactive analogue of Yoda1 (2e) were used as chemical probes. Piezo1 mRNA and insulin secretion were measured by RT-PCR and ELISA respectively. Piezo1 mRNA was detected in both β-cell lines and mouse islets. Yoda1 evoked Ca2+ entry was inhibited by Yoda1 antagonist Dooku1 as well as other Piezo1 inhibitors gadolinium and ruthenium red, and not mimicked by 2e. Yoda1, but not 2e, stimulated Dooku1-sensitive insulin release from β-cells and pancreatic islets. Hypotonicity and high glucose increased intracellular Ca2+ and enhanced Yoda1 Ca2+ influx responses. Yoda1 and hypotonicity induced insulin release were significantly inhibited by Piezo1 specific siRNA. Pancreatic islets from mice with haploinsufficiency of Piezo1 released less insulin upon exposure to Yoda1. The data show that Piezo1 channel agonist induces insulin release from β-cell lines and mouse pancreatic islets suggesting a role for Piezo1 in cell swelling induced insulin release. Hence Piezo1 agonists have the potential to be used as enhancers of insulin release.


1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (6) ◽  
pp. E669-E676 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. I. Edwards ◽  
R. J. Howland

Arginine-stimulated insulin and glucagon outputs from isolated perfused pancreata of warm-acclimated and 2-, 4-, and 6-wk cold-acclimated rats (4 degrees C) were determined to assess whether observed changes in these parameters were a result of cold exposure per se or a part of the adaptive process of cold acclimation. Progressive and sequential changes were seen in both insulin and glucagon outputs. At 2 wk cold acclimation, glucagon rose and insulin output tended to fall, at 4 wk, glucagon output remained elevated and insulin output was further reduced, and at 6 wk, glucagon output had returned to control levels, whereas insulin output was substantially further reduced. These changes resulted in reduction of the insulin-to-glucagon molar ratio of the total arginine-induced output from 7.27 +/- 1.76 (SE) in the warm acclimate to 2.31 +/- 0.79 (SE) at 2 wk, 1.42 +/- 0.29 (SE) at 4 wk, and 1.26 +/- 0.21 (SE) at 6 wk cold acclimation. The data do not provide in vitro support for the hypothesis that changes in pancreatic hormone secretion in vivo are a consequence of cold exposure and not cold acclimation.


1975 ◽  
Vol 150 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
J P Ashby ◽  
R N Speake

The role of Ca2+ in the secretion of insulin and glucagon was investigated by studying the effects of Ca2+ ionophores on hormone secretion from isolated perifused islets of Langerhans. Ionophore X537A (100 μM), which binds alkaline earth cations and also complexes some univalent cations, caused a rapid transient increase in insulin and glucagon secretion which was not dependent on the presence of Ca2+ in the perifusion medium. Ionophore A23187 (100 μM), which specifically binds bivalent cations at neutral pH values, similarly increased insulin secretion in complete and Ca2+-free medium, but only stimulated glucagon release in the presence of extracellular Ca2+. Since the stimulatory effects of both ionophores were associated with an increased Ca2+ flux in the islets, these experiments support the hypothesis that Ca2+ may trigger the release of insulin and suggest that it is also involved in the secretion of glucagon. The basal rate of both insulin and glucagon release was significantly increased when Ca2+ was omitted from the perifusion medium, but it is proposed that this finding may be due to adverse effects on cell-membrane function under these conditions.


2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
LC Bollheimer ◽  
S Troll ◽  
H Landauer ◽  
CE Wrede ◽  
J Scholmerich ◽  
...  

Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) have been suggested to act beneficially on pancreatic islet function and on beta-cell viability but data concerning direct effects on isolated islets are controversial. Therefore, we have examined parameters of pancreatic insulin and glucagon secretion and biosynthesis in TZD-exposed rat pancreatic islets under physiological glucose level conditions and under conditions of glucolipotoxicity. Primary rat islets were incubated for 2.5 h with or without troglitazone (10 microM) in 5.6 mM glucose (standard glucose levels) and 16.7 mM glucose (high glucose levels); a subgroup was additionally treated with oleate (200 microM) to simulate acute glucolipotoxicity. Insulin and glucagon secretion, intracellular content and their respective mRNAs were quantified. Newly synthesized insulin was determined by pulse-labeling experiments. Troglitazone reduced insulin secretion at standard and high glucose levels by about one-third (P<or=0.05). Insulin content was decreased at 5.6 mM glucose but increased at 16.7 mM glucose by the presence of troglitazone (P<or=0.05). Newly synthesized insulin mRNA and preproinsulin mRNA decreased by about 20% at standard glucose levels (P<or=0.05). Glucagon secretion was augmented by troglitazone in islets under high glucose conditions by an additional 50% (P<or=0.05). No clear beneficial troglitazone effects were observed under glucolipotoxic conditions. The reduced insulin secretion and biosynthesis at standard glucose levels can be interpreted as an insulin-sparing effect. Troglitazone effects were less pronounced at high glucose alone or in combination with oleate. From a clinical point of view, these results indicate a greater benefit of troglitazone for beta-cell function in hyperinsulinemic, but normoglycemic patients with insulin resistance or early type 2 diabetes without major insulin secretion deficits and/or pronounced hyperglycemia.


1978 ◽  
Vol 235 (4) ◽  
pp. E387 ◽  
Author(s):  
S L Jensen ◽  
J Fahrenkrug ◽  
J J Holst ◽  
O V Nielsen ◽  
O B Schaffalitzky de Muckadell

We studied the secretion of insulin, glucagon, and the exocrine secretion of the isolated perfused porcine pancreas in response to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in concentrations ranging from 30 to 18,750 pmol/liter at various concentrations of glucose in the perfusion medium. VIP stimulated the insulin and glucagon secretion in a dose-dependent manner. The response pattern was critically dependent on the glucose concentration. In the presence of a glucose concentration of 7.5 mmol/liter, VIP enhanced insulin release without affecting glucagon release. Maximal insulin release was obtained at a VIP concentration of 3,750 pmol/liter. At a glucose concentration of 5.0 or 3.5 mmol/liter, VIP enhanced glucagon release but not insulin release. VIP stimulated the exocrine secretion in a secretin-like manner. The lowest concentration of VIP observed to increase pancreatic exocrine secretion was 30 pmol/liter, whereas the maximal pancreatic exocrine responses were not obtained.


Author(s):  
Marine L. Croze ◽  
Marcus F. Flisher ◽  
Arthur Guillaume ◽  
Caroline Tremblay ◽  
Glyn M. Noguchi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTObjectiveMaintenance of glucose homeostasis requires the precise regulation of hormone secretion from the endocrine pancreas. Free-fatty acid receptor 4 (FFAR4/GPR120) is a G protein-coupled receptor whose activation in islets of Langerhans promotes insulin and glucagon secretion and inhibits somatostatin secretion. However, the contribution of individual islet cell types (α, β, and δ cells) to the insulinotropic and glucagonotropic effects of GPR120 remains unclear. As gpr120 mRNA is enriched in somatostatin-secreting δ cells, we hypothesized that GPR120 activation stimulates insulin and glucagon secretion via inhibition of somatostatin release.MethodsGlucose tolerance tests were performed in mice after administration of the selective GPR120 agonist Compound A. Insulin, glucagon and somatostatin secretion were measured in static incubations of isolated mouse islets in response to endogenous (ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) and/or pharmacological (Compound A and AZ-13581837) GPR120 agonists. The effect of Compound A on hormone secretion was tested further in islets isolated from mice with global or somatostatin cell-specific knockout of gpr120. Gpr120 expression was assessed in pancreatic section by RNA in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Cyclic AMP (cAMP) and calcium dynamics in response to pharmacological GPR120 agonists were measured specifically in α, β and δ cells in intact islets using cAMPER and GCaMP6 reporter mice, respectively.ResultsAcute exposure to Compound A increased glucose tolerance and circulating insulin and glucagon levels in vivo. Endogenous and/or pharmacological and GPR120 agonists reduced somatostatin secretion in isolated islets and concomitantly demonstrated dose-dependent potentiation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and arginine-stimulated glucagon secretion. GPR120 was enriched in δ cells and pharmacological GPR120 agonists reduced cAMP and calcium levels in δ cells, but increased these signals in α and β cells. Compound A-mediated inhibition of somatostatin secretion was insensitive to pertussis toxin. The effect of Compound A on hormone secretion was completely absent in islets from mice with either global or somatostatin cell-specific deletion of gpr120 and was partially reduced upon blockade of somatostatin receptor signaling by cyclosomatostatin.ConclusionsInhibitory GPR120 signaling in δ cells contributes to both insulin and glucagon secretion in part via mitigating somatostatin release.


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