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Characterization of voltage‐dependent sodium and calcium channels in mouse pancreatic A‐ and B‐cells

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Vignali, Sheila, Leiss, Veronika, Karl, Rosi, Hofmann, Franz, Welling, Andrea·2006·The Journal of Physiology

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Insulin and glucagon are the major hormones of the islets of Langerhans that are stored and released from the B- and A-cells, respectively. Both hormones are secreted when the intracellular cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) increases. The [Ca2+]i is modulated by mutual inhibition and activation of different voltage-gated ion channels. The precise interplay of these ion channels in either glucagon or insulin release is unknown, owing in part to the difficulties in distinguishing A- from B-cells in electrophysiological experiments. We have established a single-cell RT-PCR method to identify A- and B-cells from the mouse. A combination of PCR, RT-PCR, electrophysiology and pharmacology enabled us to characterize the different sodium and calcium channels in mouse islet cells. In both A- and B-cells, 60% of the inward calcium current (I(Ca)) is carried by L-type calcium channels. In B-cells, the predominant calcium channel is Ca(v)1.2, whereas Ca(v)1.2 and Ca(v)1.3 were identified in A-cells. These results were confirmed by using mice carrying A- or B-cell-specific inactivation of the Ca(v)1.2 gene. In B-cells, the remaining I(Ca) flows in equal amounts through Ca(v)2.1, Ca(v)2.2 and Ca(v)2.3. In A-cells, 30 and 15% of I(Ca) is due to Ca(v)2.3 and Ca(v)2.1 activity, respectively, whereas Ca(v)2.2 current was not found in these cells. Low-voltage-activated T-type calcium channels could not be identified in A- and B-cells. Instead, two TTX-sensitive sodium currents were found:…

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  • In ~30% of β-cells an additional Na+ current component is present, accounting for 15-25% of the total Na+ current (~150 pA), with inactivation half-complete at -40 mV, persisting at physiological membrane potentials and capable of contributing to the upstroke of the action potential.

    “Not all β-cells conform to this picture, however: in ~30% of β-cells an additional Na+ current component is present, which accounts for 15-25% of the total Na+ current (i.e. ~150 pA) (709, 761). As its inactivation is half-complete at -40 mV, this Na+ current component persists at physiological membrane potentials and is therefore capable of contributing to the upstroke of the action potential (76”

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Authors
Vignali, S., Leiss, V., Karl, R., Hofmann, F., & Welling, A.
Affiliations
Technical University of Munich (DE)
Venue
The Journal of Physiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-04-21
Volume
572
Issue
3
Pages
691-706
ISSN
  • 0022-3751 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7793
OpenAlex
W1574747114
Cited by
96
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FWCI
6.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • The Journal of Physiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Ion Channels and Receptors
Keywords
voltage-gated sodium channels, voltage-gated calcium channels, pancreatic A cells, pancreatic beta cells, pancreatic islets, insulin secretion, glucagon secretion, L-type calcium channels, Cav1.2, Cav1.3, Cav2.1, CaV2.2, Cav2.3, T-type calcium channels, Nav1.7, single-cell RT-PCR
MeSH terms
Animals, Cells, Cultured, Membrane Potentials, Tissue Distribution, Calcium Channels, Sodium Channels, Ion Channel Gating, Glucagon-Secreting Cells, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Mice

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