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. 1991 Aug 15;278(Pt 1):243–248. doi: 10.1042/bj2780243

Does cyclic guanosine monophosphate mediate noradrenaline-induced inhibition of islet insulin secretion stimulated by glucose and palmitate?

E Vara 1, J Tamarit-Rodriguez 1
PMCID: PMC1151474  PMID: 1652940

Abstract

Noradrenaline inhibits in rat islets the stimulation of insulin secretion induced by glucose and its potentiation by palmitate, but the signalling system responsible remains unknown. We have tested the hypothesis that noradrenaline-induced inhibition is mediated by an elevation of cyclic GMP (cGMP) levels. The analogue 8-Br-cGMP decreases dose-dependently the potentiation by palmitate of glucose-induced insulin secretion, whereas it only slightly affects the proper effect of glucose. Similarly, it abolishes palmitate acceleration of glucose-induced 45Ca2+ uptake without modifying the sugar effect. Finally, 8-Br-cGMP completely inhibits the stimulation of the lipid synthesis de novo induced by palmitate, but not that caused by glucose alone. On the other hand, noradrenaline increases dose-dependently islet cGMP content, with alpha 2-adrenergic specificity. As noradrenaline-induced elevation of cGMP is sensitive to pertussis toxin, it probably results from alpha 2-adrenoceptor activation of islet guanylate cyclase through a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein. It is concluded that the elevated cGMP levels mediate noradrenaline inhibition of lipid synthesis de novo, and hence of acceleration by palmitate of 45Ca2+ uptake and insulin secretion in the presence of glucose.

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