a-cell electrophysiology and the regulation of glucagon secretion

Glucagon is the principal glucose-elevating hormone that forms the first-line defence against hypoglycaemia. Along with insulin, glucagon also plays a key role in maintaining systemic glucose homeostasis. The cells that secrete glucagon, pancreatic a-cells, are electrically excitable cells and use electrical activity to couple its hormone secretion to changes in ambient glucose levels. Exactly how glucose regulates a-cells has been a topic of debate for decades but it is clear that electrical signals generated by the cells play an important role in glucagon secretory response. Decades of studies have already revealed the key players involved in the generation of these electrical signals and possible mechanisms controlling them to tune glucagon release. This has offered the opportunity to fully understand the enigmatic a-cell physiology. In this review, we describe the current knowledge on cellular electrophysiology and factors regulating excitability, glucose sensing, and glucagon secretion. We also discuss a-cell pathophysiology and the perspective of addressing glucagon secretory defects in diabetes for developing better diabetes treatment, which bears the hope of eliminating hypoglycaemia as a clinical problem in diabetes care.

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP Klinisk medicin Endokrinologi och diabetes hsv//swe
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Clinical Medicine Endocrinology and Diabetes hsv//eng
& alpha
-cell
electrophysiology
glucagon
diabetes
pancreatic alpha-cells
k-atp channels
synaptic-like microvesicles
gated ion channels
human beta-cells
somatostatin receptor
insulin-secretion
human islets
counterregulatory responses
postprandial hyperglycemia
Endocrinology & Metabolism

Acreman, SamuelGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för fysiologi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Physiology(Swepub:gu)xacres (författare)
Ma, J. F. (författare)
Abdulkader, F. (författare)
Wendt, A. (författare)
Zhang, Q. (författare)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för fysiologi (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Gao, R.; Acreman, Samuel; Ma, J. F.; Abdulkader, F.; Wendt, A.; Zhang, Q.

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