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Ethanol influence on calcium uptake and insulin release by rat islets

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Effect of acute ethanol treatment on simultaneous 45Ca++ uptake and insulin response to glucose was measured in isolated rat pancreatic islets. Ethanol, given ip 1 gm/Kg 1 h prior to sacrifice of the animal, decreased significantly 45Ca++ uptake and insulin response to 8.3 and 16.7 mM glucose. Addition of ethanol to the incubation media inhibited 45Ca++ uptake and insulin release in a dose-related matter. Inophore A23187, which is known to enhance 45Ca++ efflux, decreased 45Ca++ uptake without affecting insulin release. Inhibitory effects of ethanol and ionophore A23187 were not additive when islets were exposed to both test substances simultaneously. Forskolin, an activator of the adenylate cyclase system potentiated the glucose mediated insulin response in rat islets. However, ethanol decreased the insulin response of islets exposed to glucose and forskolin. The data show that ethanol inhibits 45Ca++ uptake response to glucose and that ethanol influence on insulin release may involve a site beyond the formation of cyclic AMP in the process of excitation-secretion coupling.

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    G. L. Pullen, Sant P. Singh M.D. (Associate Chief of Staff for Research), A. K. Snyder, R. Sethi & V. Wahby

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Pullen, G.L., Singh, S.P., Snyder, A.K. et al. Ethanol influence on calcium uptake and insulin release by rat islets. J Endocrinol Invest 10, 9–14 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03347141

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