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Stimulation of immunoreactive insulin release by glucose in rat brain synaptosomes
M S Santos1, E M Pereira, A P Carvaho
1Center for Neurosciences of Coimbra, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Abstract:
The effect of glucose on the release of immunoreactive insulin (IRI) in synaptosomes isolated from rat brain was studied. In the absence of glucose synaptosomes release about 4% (0.77 microIU/mg protein) of total content. Glucose increases significantly the IRI released by synaptosomes. Addition of the glycolytic inhibitor iodoacetic acid (IAA), decreased the glucose-induced release of IRI by about 50%, suggesting that glucose metabolism is involved. The observation that glucose provides a concentration related signal for IRI release indicates that this synaptosomal preparation may be useful as a model for research on the mechanism of insulin release in brain.