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Micellar electrokinetic chromatography method for measuring amino acid secretions from islets of Langerhans.


ABSTRACT: Islets of Langerhans are responsible for maintaining glucose homeostasis through regulated secretion of hormones and other factors. It is hypothesized that amino acids secreted from islets play a critical role in cell functionality and viability. For example, glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid have been proposed to work as paracrine signaling molecules within islets to coordinate the release of hormone secretion; other amino acids, such as glutamine, leucine, alanine, and arginine, have been shown to stimulate or potentiate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. To characterize the potential roles that these small molecules may play in islet physiology, derivatization of amino acids in high-salt buffers commonly used in islet experiments with naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde and MEKC separation conditions were optimized. The optimized conditions used d-norvaline as the internal standard and allowed quantification of 14 amino acids with LODs ranging from 0.2 to 7 nM. The RSDs of the migration times were 0.04-0.54% and the RSDs of the peak areas were 0.2-5.8% for the various amino acids. The effects of glucose and 2,4-dinitrophenol on amino acid secretions from islets were tested and a suppressive effect of glucose on gamma-aminobutyric acid release was observed, likely acting through adenosine triphosphate inactivation of glutamate decarboxylase.

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4433432 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Micellar electrokinetic chromatography method for measuring amino acid secretions from islets of Langerhans.

Wang Xue X   Yi Lian L   Guillo Christelle C   Roper Michael G MG  

Electrophoresis 20150421 9-10


Islets of Langerhans are responsible for maintaining glucose homeostasis through regulated secretion of hormones and other factors. It is hypothesized that amino acids secreted from islets play a critical role in cell functionality and viability. For example, glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid have been proposed to work as paracrine signaling molecules within islets to coordinate the release of hormone secretion; other amino acids, such as glutamine, leucine, alanine, and arginine, have been  ...[more]

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