Abstract
The effects of extracellular inositol and LiCl on intra-islet inositol cycling were investigated in isolated rat islets. Islets were cultured for 7 days in inositol-free RPMI 1640 containing 11.1 mM glucose and labeled with 3.7 MBq myo-[2-3H] inositol for the final 3 days. The labeled islets were then perifused under various conditions. There was a persistent increase in [3H] efflux from labeled islets stimulated with 16.7 mM glucose for 60 min. Addition of 5 mM inositol resulted in marked release of [3H] from islets and a decrease in radioactive inositol-lipid. When islets were perifused with 5 mM LiCl, the glucose-induced efflux of [3H] was greatly inhibited. The inhibitory effect of LiCl on [3H] efflux was partially corrected by the addition of 5 mM inositol. A prominent effect of LiCl was an increase in inositol monophosphate, indicating increased phospholipase C activity. This was detected within 5 min after glucose stimulation. The present data suggest that there is always very active intra-islet inositol cycling and that glucose can augument inositol-lipid metabolism.
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