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ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic beta cells express ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels that are needed for normal insulin secretion and are targets for drugs that modulate insulin secretion. The K(ATP )channel is composed of two subunits: a sulfonylurea receptor (SUR 1) and an inward rectifying potassi...

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Autores principales: Donley, Vicky R, Hiskett, Erin K, Kidder, Aimee C, Schermerhorn, Thomas
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1291378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16266437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-1-8
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author Donley, Vicky R
Hiskett, Erin K
Kidder, Aimee C
Schermerhorn, Thomas
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Hiskett, Erin K
Kidder, Aimee C
Schermerhorn, Thomas
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description BACKGROUND: Pancreatic beta cells express ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels that are needed for normal insulin secretion and are targets for drugs that modulate insulin secretion. The K(ATP )channel is composed of two subunits: a sulfonylurea receptor (SUR 1) and an inward rectifying potassium channel (Kir(6.2)). K(ATP )channel activity is influenced by the metabolic state of the cell and initiates the ionic events that precede insulin exocytosis. Although drugs that target the K(ATP )channel have the expected effects on insulin secretion in dogs, little is known about molecular aspects of this potassium channel. To learn more about canine beta cell K(ATP )channels, we studied K(ATP )channel expression by the normal canine pancreas and by insulin-secreting tumors of dogs. RESULTS: Pancreatic tissue from normal dogs and tumor tissue from three dogs with histologically-confirmed insulinomas was examined for expression of K(ATP )channel subunits (SUR1 and Kir(6.2)) using RT-PCR. Normal canine pancreas expressed SUR1 and Kir(6.2 )subunits of the K(ATP )channel. The partial nucleotide sequences for SUR1 and Kir(6.2 )obtained from the normal pancreas showed a high degree of homology to published sequences for other mammalian species. SUR1 and Kir(6.2 )expression was observed in each of the three canine insulinomas examined. Comparison of short sequences from insulinomas with those obtained from normal pancreas did not reveal any mutations in either SUR1 or Kir(6.2 )in any of the insulinomas. CONCLUSION: Canine pancreatic K(ATP )channels have the same subunit composition as those found in the endocrine pancreases of humans, rats, and mice, suggesting that the canine channel is regulated in a similar fashion as in other species. SUR1 and Kir(6.2 )expression was found in the three insulinomas examined indicating that unregulated insulin secretion by these tumors does not result from failure to express one or both K(ATP )channel subunits.
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spelling pubmed-12913782005-11-26 ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas Donley, Vicky R Hiskett, Erin K Kidder, Aimee C Schermerhorn, Thomas BMC Vet Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Pancreatic beta cells express ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels that are needed for normal insulin secretion and are targets for drugs that modulate insulin secretion. The K(ATP )channel is composed of two subunits: a sulfonylurea receptor (SUR 1) and an inward rectifying potassium channel (Kir(6.2)). K(ATP )channel activity is influenced by the metabolic state of the cell and initiates the ionic events that precede insulin exocytosis. Although drugs that target the K(ATP )channel have the expected effects on insulin secretion in dogs, little is known about molecular aspects of this potassium channel. To learn more about canine beta cell K(ATP )channels, we studied K(ATP )channel expression by the normal canine pancreas and by insulin-secreting tumors of dogs. RESULTS: Pancreatic tissue from normal dogs and tumor tissue from three dogs with histologically-confirmed insulinomas was examined for expression of K(ATP )channel subunits (SUR1 and Kir(6.2)) using RT-PCR. Normal canine pancreas expressed SUR1 and Kir(6.2 )subunits of the K(ATP )channel. The partial nucleotide sequences for SUR1 and Kir(6.2 )obtained from the normal pancreas showed a high degree of homology to published sequences for other mammalian species. SUR1 and Kir(6.2 )expression was observed in each of the three canine insulinomas examined. Comparison of short sequences from insulinomas with those obtained from normal pancreas did not reveal any mutations in either SUR1 or Kir(6.2 )in any of the insulinomas. CONCLUSION: Canine pancreatic K(ATP )channels have the same subunit composition as those found in the endocrine pancreases of humans, rats, and mice, suggesting that the canine channel is regulated in a similar fashion as in other species. SUR1 and Kir(6.2 )expression was found in the three insulinomas examined indicating that unregulated insulin secretion by these tumors does not result from failure to express one or both K(ATP )channel subunits. BioMed Central 2005-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC1291378/ /pubmed/16266437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-1-8 Text en Copyright © 2005 Donley et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Donley, Vicky R
Hiskett, Erin K
Kidder, Aimee C
Schermerhorn, Thomas
ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas
title ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas
title_full ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas
title_fullStr ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas
title_full_unstemmed ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas
title_short ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas
title_sort atp-sensitive potassium channel (k(atp )channel) expression in the normal canine pancreas and in canine insulinomas
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1291378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16266437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-1-8
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