Feedback control of the ATP-sensitive K(+) current by cytosolic Ca(2+) contributes to oscillations of the membrane potential in pancreatic beta-cells
(2002) Diabetes — Vol. 51, n° 2, p. 376-384 (2002)
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- During glucose stimulation, pancreatic beta-cells display membrane potential oscillations that correspond to intermittent Ca(2+) influx, leading to oscillations of the cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](c)) and insulin secretion. The role of ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(+)-ATP) channels in the control of these oscillations was investigated by measuring the K(+)-ATP current (I(KATP)) with the perforated mode of the patch-clamp technique. No oscillations of I(KATP) were observed when glucose-stimulated beta-cells were kept hyperpolarized, thus with low and stable [Ca(2+)](c). However, increasing [Ca(2+)](c) by Ca(2+) influx (depolarizing pulses) or Ca(2+) mobilization (acetylcholine) transiently augmented I(KATP). This effect was abolished by tolbutamide, attenuated by increasing the glucose concentration in the medium, and prevented by abrogation of the [Ca(2+)](c) rise, which demonstrates that the current is really I(KATP) and that its increase is Ca(2+)-dependent. Injection of a current of a similar amplitude to that of the Ca(2+)-induced increase in I(KATP) was sufficient to repolarize glucose-stimulated beta-cells. These results suggest that, in the absence of [Ca(2+)](c) oscillations, no metabolic oscillations affect I(KATP) in pancreatic beta-cells. In contrast, [Ca(2+)](c) oscillations evoke I(KATP) oscillations. This mechanism may constitute the feedback loop controlling the glucose-induced oscillating electrical activity in beta-cells.
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Rolland, J.-F., Henquin, J.-C., & Gilon, P. (2002). Feedback control of the ATP-sensitive K(+) current by cytosolic Ca(2+) contributes to oscillations of the membrane potential in pancreatic beta-cells. Diabetes, 51(2), 376-384. https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.51.2.376 (Original work published 2002)