The stimulatory action of tolbutamide on Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in pancreatic β cells is mediated by a 65-kDa mdr-like P-glycoprotein
S Barg, E Renström, PO Berggren… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999•National Acad Sciences
Intracellular application of the sulfonylurea tolbutamide during whole-cell patch-clamp
recordings stimulated exocytosis> 5-fold when applied at a cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration
of 0.17 μM. This effect was not detectable in the complete absence of cytoplasmic Ca2+ and
when exocytosis was elicited by guanosine 5′-O-(3-thiotriphosphate)(GTPγS). The
stimulatory action could be antagonized by the sulfonamide diazoxide, by the Cl−-channel
blocker 4, 4′-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2, 2′-disulfonic acid (DIDS), by intracellular …
recordings stimulated exocytosis> 5-fold when applied at a cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration
of 0.17 μM. This effect was not detectable in the complete absence of cytoplasmic Ca2+ and
when exocytosis was elicited by guanosine 5′-O-(3-thiotriphosphate)(GTPγS). The
stimulatory action could be antagonized by the sulfonamide diazoxide, by the Cl−-channel
blocker 4, 4′-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2, 2′-disulfonic acid (DIDS), by intracellular …
Intracellular application of the sulfonylurea tolbutamide during whole-cell patch-clamp recordings stimulated exocytosis >5-fold when applied at a cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration of 0.17 μM. This effect was not detectable in the complete absence of cytoplasmic Ca2+ and when exocytosis was elicited by guanosine 5′-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTPγS). The stimulatory action could be antagonized by the sulfonamide diazoxide, by the Cl−-channel blocker 4,4′-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid (DIDS), by intracellular application of the antibody JSB1 [originally raised against a 170-kDa multidrug resistance (mdr) protein], and by tamoxifen (an inhibitor of the mdr- and volume-regulated Cl− channels). Immunocytochemistry and Western blot analyses revealed that JSB1 recognizes a 65-kDa protein in the secretory granules. This protein exhibited no detectable binding of sulfonylureas and is distinct from the 140-kDa sulfonylurea high-affinity sulfonylurea receptors also present in the granules. We conclude that (i) tolbutamide stimulates Ca2+-dependent exocytosis secondary to its binding to a 140-kDa high-affinity sulfonylurea receptor in the secretory granules; and (ii) a granular 65-kDa mdr-like protein mediates the action. The processes thus initiated culminate in the activation of a granular Cl− conductance. We speculate that the activation of granular Cl− fluxes promotes exocytosis (possibly by providing the energy required for membrane fusion) by inducing water uptake and an increased intragranular hydrostatic pressure.
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