Abstract
The weak base acridine orange (AO) has been shown to be accumulated by the insulin-containing secretory granules of cultured beta-cells in response to high glucose. Various lines of evidence indicate that this accumulation is due to a pH gradient. Thus ionophores such as monensin and nigericin abolish the glucose-induced accumulation, and a high concentration of the weak base, benzylamine, results in swelling of the granules. In the absence of glucose, ATP addition to digitonin-permeabilized cells also results in dye uptake. These data also suggest that a primary or secondary active accumulation mechanism for hydrogen ions exists across the granule membrane.
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Created | 7 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 24, 2017, 6:07 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 2 months ago (June 17, 2024, 3:56 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 2 months ago (June 17, 2024, 8:07 p.m.) |
Issued | 43 years, 3 months ago (May 1, 1982) |
Published | 43 years, 3 months ago (May 1, 1982) |
Published Print | 43 years, 3 months ago (May 1, 1982) |
@article{Pace_1982, title={Glucose-induced proton uptake in secretory granules of beta-cells in monolayer culture}, volume={242}, ISSN={1522-1563}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1982.242.5.c382}, DOI={10.1152/ajpcell.1982.242.5.c382}, number={5}, journal={American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology}, publisher={American Physiological Society}, author={Pace, C. S. and Sachs, G.}, year={1982}, month=may, pages={C382–C387} }