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SUBMITTER: Hoppa MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2814048 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hoppa Michael B MB Collins Stephan S Ramracheya Reshma R Hodson Leanne L Amisten Stefan S Zhang Quan Q Johnson Paul P Ashcroft Frances M FM Rorsman Patrik P
Cell metabolism 20091201 6
Long-term (72 hr) exposure of pancreatic islets to palmitate inhibited glucose-induced insulin secretion by >50% with first- and second-phase secretion being equally suppressed. This inhibition correlated with the selective impairment of exocytosis evoked by brief (action potential-like) depolarizations, whereas that evoked by long ( approximately 250 ms) stimuli was unaffected. Under normal conditions, Ca(2+) influx elicited by brief membrane depolarizations increases [Ca(2+)](i) to high levels ...[more]