DOI

https://doi.org/10.25772/0D50-VM04

Defense Date

1998

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Pharmacology & Toxicology

First Advisor

Leslie S. Satin

Abstract

The objective of this thesis was to understand the regulation of islet Cl⁻ current by cAMP. This current, known as Icl,islet flew is the first Cl⁻ channel current characterized in pancreatic �� cells. Icl,islet has been hypothesized to modulate insulin secretion through changes in islet electrical activity. Both 5 ��M forskolin and 100 ��M IBMX (3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine), agents that increase intracellular cAMP, were shown to activate an outwardly-rectifying ionic current in HIT cells that closely resembled Icl,islet. The current was blocked when iodide was substituted for external Cl⁻ or when the Cl⁻ channel blocker niflumic acid was applied to cells. In contrast, removal of [Na⁺]O did not inhibit the current. In many cells, Cl⁻ current activated and then spontaneously deactivated following cAMP stimulation, suggesting the possibility that the channel desensitizes to [cAMP]i. Exposing cells to multiple cAMP activators revealed that Cl⁻ current declined because it became refractory to increased [cAMP]i. The implication of these results to islet physiology is discussed.

Comments

Scanned, with permission from the author, from the original print version, which resides in University Archives.

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Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

10-17-2018

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