Linoleic Acid Stimulates [Ca2+]i Increase in Rat Pancreatic Beta-Cells through Both Membrane Receptor- and Intracellular Metabolite-Mediated Pathways |
| |
Authors: | Yufeng Zhao Li Wang Jianhua Qiu Dingjun Zha Qiang Sun Chen Chen |
| |
Institution: | 1. School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.; 2. Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China.; 3. The Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, China.; Indiana University School of Medicine, United States of America, |
| |
Abstract: | The role of the free fatty acid (FFA) receptor and the intracellular metabolites of linoleic acid (LA) in LA-stimulated increase in cytosolic free calcium concentration (Ca2+]i) was investigated. Ca2+]i was measured using Fura-2 as indicator in rat pancreatic β-cells in primary culture. LA (20 µM for 2 min) stimulated a transient peak increase followed by a minor plateau increase in Ca2+]i. Elongation of LA stimulation up to 10 min induced a strong and long-lasting elevation in Ca2+]i. Activation of FFA receptors by the non-metabolic agonist GW9508 (40 µM for 10 min) resulted in an increase in Ca2+]i similar to that of 2-min LA treatment. Inhibition of acyl-CoA synthetases by Triacsin C suppressed the strong and long-lasting increase in Ca2+]i. The increase in Ca2+]i induced by 2 min LA or GW9508 were fully eliminated by exhaustion of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ stores or by inhibition of phospholipase C (PLC). Removal of extracellular Ca2+ did not influence the transient peak increase in Ca2+]i stimulated by 2 min LA or GW9508. The strong and long-lasting increase in Ca2+]i induced by 10 min LA was only partially suppressed by extracellular Ca2+ removal or thapsigargin pretreatment, whereas remaining elevation in Ca2+]i was eliminated after exhaustion of mitochondrial Ca2+ using triphenyltin. In conclusion, LA stimulates Ca2+ release from ER through activation of the FFA receptor coupled to PLC and mobilizes mitochondrial Ca2+ by intracellular metabolites in β-cells. |
| |
Keywords: | |
|
|