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. 1987 Jun 15;244(3):669–674. doi: 10.1042/bj2440669

Mechanisms involved in intracellular calcium mobilization in isolated rat islets of Langerhans.

N G Morgan 1, G M Rumford 1, W Montague 1
PMCID: PMC1148048  PMID: 3128266

Abstract

1. The rate of 45Ca2+ efflux from prelabelled rat islets of Langerhans was stimulated by carbachol in a dose-dependent manner. 2. Significant stimulation occurred in the presence of 0.2 microM-carbachol; the response was half-maximal at 3-5 microM and was maximal at 20 microM. 3. Stimulation of 45Ca2+ efflux by carbachol was not dependent on the presence of extracellular Ca2+ and was enhanced in Ca2+-depleted medium. 4. Stimulation of 45Ca2+ efflux by 5 microM-carbachol occurred independently of any change in [3H]arachidonic acid release in prelabelled islets, and probably reflected generation of inositol trisphosphate in the cells. 5. The amphipathic peptide melittin failed to increase islet-cell 45Ca2+ efflux at a concentration of 1 microgram/ml, and caused only a modest increase at 10 micrograms/ml. 6. Despite its failure to increase 45Ca2+ efflux, melittin at 1 microgram/ml caused a marked enhancement of 3H release from islets that had been prelabelled with [3H]arachidonic acid. 7. The stimulation of 3H efflux caused by melittin correlated with a dose-dependent increase in the unesterified [3H]arachidonic acid content of prelabelled islets and with a corresponding decrease in the extent of labelling of islet phospholipids. 8. Combined addition of melittin (1 microgram/ml) and 5 microM-carbachol to perifused islets failed to augment 45Ca2+ efflux relative to that elicited by carbachol alone. 9. The data indicate that melittin promotes an increase in arachidonic acid availability in intact rat islets. They do not, however, support the proposal that this can either directly reproduce or subsequently modify the extent of intracellular Ca2+ mobilization induced by agents that cause an increase in inositol trisphosphate.

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