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Glucose Generates Coincident Insulin and Somatostatin Pulses and Antisynchronous Glucagon Pulses from Human Pancreatic Islets.

Hellman, Bo ; Salehi, S Albert LU orcid ; Gylfe, Erik ; Dansk, Heléne and Grapengiesser, Eva (2009) In Endocrinology 150. p.5334-5340
Abstract
The kinetics of insulin, glucagon and somatostatin release was studied in human pancreatic islets. Batches of 10-15 islets were perifused and the hormones measured with RIA in 30-sec fractions. Increase of glucose from 3 to 20 mM resulted in a brief pulse of glucagon coinciding with suppression of basal insulin and somatostatin release. There was a subsequent drop of glucagon release concomitant with the appearance of a pronounced pulse of insulin and a slightly delayed pulse of somatostatin. Continued exposure to 20 mM glucose generated pulsatile release of the three hormones with 7- to 8-min periods accounting for 60-70% of the secreted amounts. Glucose caused pronounced stimulation of average insulin and somatostatin release. However,... (More)
The kinetics of insulin, glucagon and somatostatin release was studied in human pancreatic islets. Batches of 10-15 islets were perifused and the hormones measured with RIA in 30-sec fractions. Increase of glucose from 3 to 20 mM resulted in a brief pulse of glucagon coinciding with suppression of basal insulin and somatostatin release. There was a subsequent drop of glucagon release concomitant with the appearance of a pronounced pulse of insulin and a slightly delayed pulse of somatostatin. Continued exposure to 20 mM glucose generated pulsatile release of the three hormones with 7- to 8-min periods accounting for 60-70% of the secreted amounts. Glucose caused pronounced stimulation of average insulin and somatostatin release. However, the nadirs between the glucagon pulses were lower than the secretion at 3 mM glucose, resulting in 18% suppression of average release. The repetitive glucagon pulses were antisynchronous to coincident pulses of insulin and somatostatin. The resulting greater than 20-fold variations of the insulin to glucagon ratio might be essential for minute-to-minute regulation of the hepatic glucose production. (Less)
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5334 - 5340
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0013-7227
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10.1210/en.2009-0600
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  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Endocrinology}},
  title        = {{Glucose Generates Coincident Insulin and Somatostatin Pulses and Antisynchronous Glucagon Pulses from Human Pancreatic Islets.}},
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