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The mechanisms by which glucagon-like peptide 1(7–36)amide (GLP-1[7–36]amide) potentiates insulin secretion were investigated by measurements of whole-cell K+ and Ca2+ currents, membrane potential, the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and exocytosis in mouse pancreatic B-cells. GLP-1(7–36)amide (10 nM) stimulated glucose-induced (10 mM) electrical activity in intact pancreatic islets. The effect was manifested as a 34% increase in the duration of the bursts of action potentials and a corresponding 28% shortening of the silent intervals. GLP-1(7–36)amide had no effect on the electrical activity at subthreshold glucose con- centrations (≤6.5 mM). In cultured B-cells, GLP-1(7–36)amide produced a decrease of the whole-cell ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) conductance remaining at 5 mM glucose by ≈30%. This effect was associated with membrane depolarization and the initiation of electrical activity. GLP-1(7–36)amide produced a protein-kinase-A- (PKA-) and glucose-dependent fourfold potentiation of Ca2+-induced exocytosis whilst only increasing the Ca2+ current marginally. The stimulatory action of GLP-1(7–36)amide on exocytosis was mimicked by the pancreatic hormone glucagon and exendin-4, a GLP-1 receptor agonist. Whereas the stimulatory action of GLP-1(7–36)amide could be antagonized by exendin-(9–39), this peptide did not interfere with the ability of glucagon to stimulate exocytosis. We suggest that GLP-1(7–36)amide and glucagon stimulate insulin secretion by binding to distinct receptors. The GLP-1(7–36)amide-induced stimulation of electrical activity and Ca2+ influx can account for (maximally) a doubling of insulin secretion. The remainder of its stimulatory action results from a cAMP/PKA-dependent potentiation of Ca2+-dependent exocytosis exerted at a stage distal to the elevation of [Ca2+]i.
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Received: 3 March 1997 / Received after revision and accepted: 23 May 1997
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Gromada, J., Ding, WG., Barg, S. et al. Multisite regulation of insulin secretion by cAMP-increasing agonists: evidence that glucagon-like peptide 1 and glucagon act via distinct receptors. Pflügers Arch 434, 515–524 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004240050431
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004240050431