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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0022-1295/1997//217/ $5.00
Journal of General Physiology, Volume 110, Number 3, 1997


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Adrenaline Stimulates Glucagon Secretion in Pancreatic A-Cells by Increasing the Ca2+ Current and the Number of Granules Close to the L-Type Ca2+ Channels

Jesper Gromada*, Krister Bokvist*, Wei-Guang Ding*, Sebastian Barg*, Karsten Buschard{ddagger}, Erik Renström*, and Patrik Rorsman*

From the * Department of Islet Cell Physiology, Novo Nordisk A/S, The Symbion Science Park, DK-2100 Copenhagen; and {ddagger} Bartholin Instituttet, Kommunehospitalet, DK-1399 Copenhagen, Denmark

We have monitored electrical activity, voltage-gated Ca2+ currents, and exocytosis in single rat glucagon-secreting pancreatic A-cells. The A-cells were electrically excitable and generated spontaneous Na+- and Ca2+-dependent action potentials. Under basal conditions, exocytosis was tightly linked to Ca2+ influx through {omega}-conotoxin-GVIA–sensitive (N-type) Ca2+ channels. Stimulation of the A-cells with adrenaline (via β-adrenergic receptors) or forskolin produced a greater than fourfold PKA-dependent potentiation of depolarization-evoked exocytosis. This enhancement of exocytosis was due to a 50% enhancement of Ca2+ influx through L-type Ca2+ channels, an effect that accounted for <30% of the total stimulatory action. The remaining 70% of the stimulation was attributable to an acceleration of granule mobilization resulting in a fivefold increase in the number of readily releasable granules near the L-type Ca2+ channels.

Key Words: glucagon • Ca2+ • secretion


Address correspondence to Dr. Jesper Gromada, Department of Islet Cell Physiology, Novo Nordisk A/S, The Symbion Science Park, Fruebjergvej 3, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. FAX: 45-39179762; E-mail: JLG{at}novo.dk


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