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. 1995 Mar 15;306(Pt 3):679–686. doi: 10.1042/bj3060679

Effects of caffeine on cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration in pancreatic beta-cells are mediated by interaction with ATP-sensitive K+ channels and L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels but not the ryanodine receptor.

M S Islam 1, O Larsson 1, T Nilsson 1, P O Berggren 1
PMCID: PMC1136574  PMID: 7702559

Abstract

In the pancreatic beta-cell, an increase in the cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) by caffeine is believed to indicate mobilization of Ca2+ from intracellular stores, through activation of a ryanodine receptor-like channel. It is not known whether other mechanisms, as well, underlie caffeine-induced changes in [Ca2+]i. We studied the effects of caffeine on [Ca2+]i by using dual-wavelength excitation microfluorimetry in fura-2-loaded beta-cells. In the presence of a non-stimulatory concentration of glucose, caffeine (10-50 mM) consistently increased [Ca2+]i. The effect was completely blocked by omission of extracellular Ca2+ and by blockers of the L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel, such as D-600 or nifedipine. Depletion of agonist-sensitive intracellular Ca2+ pools by thapsigargin did not inhibit the stimulatory effect of caffeine on [Ca2+]i. Moreover, this effect of caffeine was not due to an increase in cyclic AMP, since forskolin and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) failed to raise [Ca2+]i in unstimulated beta-cells. In beta-cells, glucose and sulphonylureas increase [Ca2+]i by causing closure of ATP-sensitive K+ channels (KATP channels). Caffeine also caused inhibition of KATP channel activity, as measured in excised inside-out patches. Accordingly, caffeine (> 10 mM) induced insulin release from beta-cells in the presence of a non-stimulatory concentration of glucose (3 mM). Hence, membrane depolarization and opening of voltage-gated L-type Ca2+ channels were the underlying mechanisms whereby the xanthine drug increased [Ca2+]i and induced insulin release. Paradoxically, in glucose-stimulated beta-cells, caffeine (> 10 mM) lowered [Ca2+]i. This effect was due to the fact that caffeine reduced depolarization-induced whole-cell Ca2+ current through the L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel in a dose-dependent manner. Lower concentrations of caffeine (2.5-5.0 mM), when added after glucose-stimulated increase in [Ca2+]i, induced fast oscillations in [Ca2+]i. The latter effect was likely to be attributable to the cyclic AMP-elevating action of caffeine, leading to phosphorylation of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. Hence, in beta-cells, caffeine-induced changes in [Ca2+]i are not due to any interaction with intracellular Ca2+ pools. In these cells, a direct interference with KATP channel- and L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+)-channel activity is the underlying mechanism by which caffeine increases or decreases [Ca2+]i.

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