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Endocrinology, Vol 120, 517-524, Copyright © 1987 by Endocrine Society

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Effects of guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate on glucose utilization in isolated islets of Langerhans

SG Laychock

Dynamic changes in total glucose utilization in isolated islets of Langerhans of the rat were determined by quantitation of the formation of 3H2O from D-[5-3H]glucose. The addition of 8-bromo-cGMP (8-Br-cGMP) or monobutyryl cGMP to the islets during a linear phase of glucose utilization resulted in concentration- and time-dependent increases in glucose utilization. Effects of the analogs of cGMP on glucose utilization were noted as early as 5 min after the onset of stimulation in the presence of 10 mM glucose. 8-Br-cGMP also increased the utilization of 1 mM glucose within 20 min. Stimulatory effects of 8-Br- cGMP were observed in the presence of cycloheximide or N- acetylglucosamine. Neither 8-bromo-cAMP (8-Br-cAMP) nor monobutyryl cAMP induced significant changes in glucose utilization at 1 or 10 mM glucose. In the presence of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), 8-Br- cGMP, but not 8-Br-cAMP, induced a rapid change in glucose utilization. N-Methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, which activates guanylate cyclase, also stimulated glucose utilization in the presence of IBMX by 3-fold. IBMX alone did not change glucose utilization. In contrast, 8- Br-5'-GMP reduced glucose utilization, whereas 8-bromoinosine 3',5'- monophosphate and 8-bromoguanosine did not change glucose utilization. Sodium bromide did not affect glucose utilization. Glucose-stimulated insulin release was potentiated by 8-Br-cGMP, whereas insulin release from islets incubated in the absence of glucose or the presence of glyceraldehyde or 2-ketoisocaproic acid was not altered by 8-Br-cGMP. Thus, glucose utilization in pancreatic islets is modulated by cGMP, and the secretory response to 8-Br-cGMP is glucose dependent.


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