Galanin inhibits a dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ current in the RINm5f cell line.
AUTOR(ES)
Homaidan, F R
RESUMO
Mechanisms of action of the neuropeptide galanin, a putative neuromodulator in the central and peripheral nervous systems, have been evaluated extensively in insulin-secreting cells isolated from pancreas and cell lines derived from pancreatic tumors. Galanin inhibits insulin secretion from these cells through several mechanisms, including activation of ATP-dependent K+ channels and inhibition of adenylyl cyclase leading to a decrease in cAMP. Here we report that galanin also inhibits a dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ current. Both electrophysiological actions by galanin would result in less Ca2+ entry, as the action to increase K+ current would hyperpolarize the cells and the decrease in voltage-gated Ca2+ current would decrease Ca2+ influx at depolarized potentials where these channels are activated. These galanin actions would directly counter the two opposing electrophysiological responses to carbohydrate stimulation in RINm5f cells, which are to inhibit K+ current and to stimulate Ca2+ current. Given that stimulation of presynaptic nerve terminals in pancreas releases galanin, these results suggest that Ca(2+)-dependent insulin release from native pancreatic beta cells may also be regulated by similar neuropeptide effects.
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