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Mechanisms of inhibition of insulin release

G. W. Sharp
Department of Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.

Several agonists including norepinephrine, somatostatin, galanin, and prostaglandins inhibit insulin release. The inhibition is sensitive to pertussis toxin, indicating the involvement of heterotrimeric Gi and/or Go proteins. Receptors for the different agonists have different selectivity for these G proteins. After G protein activation, the alpha- and beta gamma-subunits dissociate and interact with multiple targets to inhibit release. These include 1) the ATP-sensitive K+ channel and perhaps other K+ channels, 2) L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, 3) adenylyl cyclase, and 4) a "distal" site late in stimulus-secretion coupling. The latter effect, which may be exerted close to the final stage of exocytosis, is the most powerful of the individual inhibitory mechanisms. G protein action on the target molecules is determined by the individual G proteins activated and their specificity for the targets. The L-type Ca2+ channel is inhibited by G(o)-1. Adenylyl cyclase is inhibited by Gi-2 and Gi-3. The distal inhibition can be exerted by Gi-1, Gi-2, Gi-3, and G(o)-2. Thus there is both selectivity and promiscuity in G protein action in the beta-cell. These characteristics allow an inhibitory ligand to be effective at multiple targets and to act differentially from other inhibitory ligands.

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