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R Bertram1, P Smolen, A Sherman, D Mears, I Atwater, F Martin, B Soria.
Abstract
S. Bordin and colleagues have proposed that the depolarizing effects of acetylcholine and other muscarinic agonists on pancreatic beta-cells are mediated by a calcium release-activated current (CRAC). We support this hypothesis with additional data, and present a theoretical model which accounts for most known data on muscarinic effects. Additional phenomena, such as the biphasic responses of beta-cells to changes in glucose concentration and the depolarizing effects of the sarco-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase pump poison thapsigargin, are also accounted for by our model. The ability of this single hypothesis, that CRAC is present in beta-cells, to explain so many phenomena motivates a more complete characterization of this current.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7647236 PMCID: PMC1282142 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(95)80414-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033