ISSN:
1432-1424
Keywords:
KATP channel
;
Patch clamp
;
G protein
;
Mg2+
;
Theoretical model
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract The G-protein-mediated coupling of a glucagon receptor to ATP-dependent K channels—KATP—has been studied in insulin-secreting cells using the patch clamp technique. In excised outside-out patches, KATP channel activity was inhibited by low concentrations of glucagon (IC50 = 2.4 nm); the inhibitory effect vanished at concentrations greater than 50 nm. In cell-attached patches, inhibition by bath-applied glucagon was seen most often, although stimulation was observed in a few cases. A dual action of the hormone is proposed to resolve these apparently divergent results. In excised inside-out patches, KATP channel activity was inhibited by addition of βγ subunits purified from either erythrocyte or retina (IC50 = 50 pm and 1 nm, respectively). Subsequent exposure of the patch to α i or α o reversed this effect. In excised inside-out patches, increasing Mg2+ in the bath stimulated the channel activity between 0 and 0.5 mm, but blocked it at higher concentrations (IC50 = 2.55 mm). In most cases (70%), GTP had a stimulatory effect at concentrations up to 100 μm. However, in three cases, similar GTP levels had clear inhibitory effects. In excised inside-out patches, cholera toxin (CTX) caused channel inhibition. Although the effect could not be reversed by removal of the toxin, the activity was restored by subsequent addition of purified α i or α o . These results are compatible with a model whereby channel inhibition by activated G S -coupled receptors occurs, at least in part, via association of the βγ subunits of G S with α i /α o subunits and deactivation of the α i /α o -dependent stimulatory pathway. On the basis of this hypothesis, a model is developed to describe the effects of G proteins on the KATP channel, as well as to account for the concentration-dependent stimulation and inhibition of KATP channel by Mg2+. An interpretation of the ability of glucagon to potentiate, but not initiate, insulin release is also given in terms of this model and the effects of ATP on KATP channels. This work was supported by grant DCB-89 19368 from the National Science Foundation and a research grant (W-P 880513) from the American Diabetes Association to B.R.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00233444
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