Expressão gênica e protéica do canal de cálcio do tipo L e seu envolvimento com o mecanismo de secreção de insulina em ilhotas de langerhans de ratos submetidos à restrição protéica e suplementados com leucina / Gene and protein expression of L type calcium channel and your involvement in the mechanism of insulin secretion in islets of Langerhans of rats submitted to protein restriction and supplementation with leucine

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2010

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Voltage-dependent calcium channels (CaV) are plasma membrane proteins that lead calcium, and are activated by depolarization of the same by promoting the influx of this ion, which serves as an intracellular second messenger, turning electrical signals into chemical. This process controls several intracellular events such as exocytosis, endocytosis, muscle contraction, synaptic transmission and metabolism. In beta cells (B), insulin secretion stimulated by glucose and/or leucine occurs by several signs that lead to membrane depolarization and calcium influx, which acts on the coupling process stimulus/secretion of granules containing insulin. It is possible that there are synergistic effects between the metabolism of glucose and leucine, allowing fine control of gene expression, production and insulin secretion in B cells. We have shown that animals which have undergone a process of protein restriction alter the mechanism of insulin secretion by altering the secretory response to different secretagogues (glucose, amino acids, etc.). In this paper we elucidate the involvement of calcium ions in the process of insulin secretion, as well assess the gene and protein expression of alpha1 and beta2 subunits of the channel in different groups. Observed a decrease in gene expression of two subunits of CaV in islets of malnourished animals and a recovery trend in protein expression of α1 subunit in malnourished animals supplemented with leucine. The areas under the curve (AUC) for calcium of islets did not differ between groups when stimulated with high (16.7 mM) glucose and 40 mM K +, however, there is an increase in area under the curve when stimulated with tolbutamide in undernourished group supplemented with leucine (LPL). The secretions of insulin compared to calcium channel inhibitors showed similar results compared to high glucose and tolbutadima, although a smaller absolute values. Islets from LPL animals showed recovery of the rate of insulin release when stimulated with ketoisocaproic acid (KIC), reaching values similar to controls. This recovery was not observed when we stimulate the islets with potassium chloride. We also observed a reduction in the area of the islets of malnourished animals, with recovery to similar values for controls when supplementation with leucine. Our data suggest that the management of calcium ions can not be directly involved the improvement of insulin secretion by islets of malnourished animals supplemented with leucine, even with an improvement in protein expression of the alpha1 subunit of the Cav in islets of animals LPL, through a possible post-transcriptional modulation.

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dieta com restrição de proteínas canais de cálcio sinalização do cálcio insulina - secreção expressão genica expressão proteíca protein-restricted diet calcium channels calcium signaling insulin gene expression protein expression

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