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- Bjorklund, A., et al.
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Glucose-induced Ca2+ (i) abnormalities in human pancreatic islets - Important role of overstimulation
- 2000
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Ingår i: Diabetes. - : American Diabetes Association. - 0012-1797 .- 1939-327X. ; 49:11, s. 1840-1848
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Chronic hyperglycemia desensitizes beta -cells to glucose. To further define the mechanisms behind desensitization and the role of overstimulation, we tested human pancreatic islets for the effects of long-term elevated glucose levels on cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)) and its relationship to overstimulation. Islets were cultured for 48 h with 5.5 or 27 mmol/l glucose. Culture with 27 mmol/l glucose obliterated postculture insulin responses to 27 mmol/l glucose. This desensitization was specific for glucose versus arginine, Desensitization was accompanied by three major [Ca2+](i) abnormalities: 1) elevated basal [Ca2+](i),) loss of a glucose-induced rise in [Ca2+](i) and 3) perturbations of oscillatory activity with a decrease in glucose-induced slow oscillations (0.2-0.5 min(-1)). Coculture with 0.3 mmol/l diazoxide was performed to probe the role of overstimulation. Neither glucose nor diazoxide affected islet glucose utilization or oxidation, Coculture with diazoxide and 27 mmol/l glucose significantly (P < 0.05) restored postculture insulin responses to glucose and lowered basal [Ca2+](i) and normalized glucose-induced oscillatory activity. However, diazoxide completely failed to revive an increase in [Ca2+](i) during postculture glucose stimulation. In conclusion, desensitization of glucose-induced insulin secretion in human pancreatic islets is induced in parallel with major glucose-specific [Ca2+](i) abnormalities. Overstimulation is an important but not exclusive factor behind [Ca2+](i) abnormalities.
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- Grill, V, et al.
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Overstimulation and beta-cell function
- 2001
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Ingår i: Diabetes. - : American Diabetes Association. - 0012-1797 .- 1939-327X. ; 5050 Suppl 1, s. S122-S124
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous and present evidence ascribes an important role to overstimulation of beta-cells for the secretory abnormalities associated with type 2 diabetes. The abnormality most clearly linked to overstimulation is the elevated ratio of circulating proinsulin to insulin. Evidence obtained in human pancreatic islets suggests that aberrations in insulin oscillations that occur in type 2 diabetes could at least in part be linked to abnormalities in cytoplasmic Ca2+ oscillations induced by overstimulation. Furthermore, in a transplantation model, we have obtained evidence for long-lasting, perhaps irreversible, effects of overstimulation, implying that this is a causative factor for the well-recognized deterioration of insulin secretion with increasing duration of type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms behind the effects of overstimulation are only partly clarified, but it is clear that reduced insulin secretion after overstimulation is only partly explained by decreased insulin stores. In cultured human pancreatic islets, overstimulation by high glucose leads to a rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ levels, which persists after normalization of the glucose levels. Persistent elevation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ may trigger apoptosis, thus participating in long-term irreversible deterioration of beta-cell function. These data provide sufficient rationale for clinical studies to test the beneficial effects of relative beta-cell rest in type 2 diabetic patients.
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