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Biphasic insulin secretion from perifused rat islets of Langerhans was enhanced if islets had previously been stimulated with glucose 16.6 mmol/l. The priming effect of glucose was reduced if mannoheptulose (16.6 mmol/l), deuterium oxide (D2O; 98% v/v) or adrenaline (10μmol/l) was included in the medium during the initial stimulation period, or if Calcium was omitted. Glyceraldehyde (16.6 mmol/l) but not theophylline (5 mmol/l) could substitute for glucose during the initial stimulation and make islets more responsive to subsequent stimulation. The results suggest that the priming effect of glucose on insulin secretion may be related to 1) glucose metabolism and 2) Ca fluxes in the B cell and the consequent activation of the microtubular system. Neither the generation of intracellular cyclic AMP nor the release of insulin per se appears to be involved in the priming process.
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Ashby, J.P., Shirling, D. The priming effect of glucose on insulin secretion from isolated islets of Langerhans. Diabetologia 21, 230–234 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00252659
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