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Intact pancreatic islets and dispersed beta-cells both generate intracellular calcium oscillations but differ in their responsiveness to glucose.

Abstract：

:Pancreatic islets produce pulses of insulin and other hormones that maintain normal glucose homeostasis. These micro-organs possess exquisite glucose-sensing capabilities, allowing for precise changes in pulsatile insulin secretion in response to small changes in glucose. When communication among these cells is disrupted, precision glucose sensing falters. We measured intracellular calcium patterns in 6-mM-steps between 0 and 16 mM glucose, and also more finely in 2-mM-steps from 8 to 12 mM glucose, to compare glucose sensing systematically among intact islets and dispersed islet cells derived from the same mouse pancreas in vitro. The calcium activity of intact islets was uniformly low (quiescent) below 4 mM glucose and active above 8 mM glucose, whereas dispersed beta-cells displayed a broader activation range (2-to-10 mM). Intact islets exhibited calcium oscillations with 2-to-5-min periods, yet beta-cells exhibited longer 7-10 min periods. In every case, intact islets showed changes in activity with each 6-mM-glucose step, whereas dispersed islet cells displayed a continuum of calcium responses ranging from islet-like patterns to stable oscillations unaffected by changes in glucose concentration. These differences were also observed for 2-mM-glucose steps. Despite the diversity of dispersed beta-cell responses to glucose, the sum of all activity produced a glucose dose-response curve that was surprisingly similar to the curve for intact islets, arguing against the importance of "hub cells" for function. Beta-cells thus retain many of the features of islets, but some are more islet-like than others. Determining the molecular underpinnings of these variations could be valuable for future studies of stem-cell-derived beta-cell therapies.

journal_name

Cell Calcium

journal_title

Cell calcium

authors

Scarl RT,Corbin KL,Vann NW,Smith HM,Satin LS,Sherman A,Nunemaker CS

doi

10.1016/j.ceca.2019.102081

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-11-01 00:00:00

pages

102081

eissn

0143-4160

issn

1532-1991

pii

S0143-4160(19)30148-4

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Intact pancreatic islets and dispersed beta-cells both generate intracellular calcium oscillations but differ in their responsiveness to glucose.