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The effect of amiloride, an inhibitor of Na+-H+ exchange, on intracellular pH (pHi), 86Rb outflow, 45Ca outflow and insulin release from pancreatic rat islets was examined. In the 0.1-1 mM range, amiloride transiently reduced pHi of glucose-deprived islets and allowed glucose to induce a sustained decrease in pHi of the islet cells. Amiloride reproduced the effect of glucose to decrease 86Rb and 45Ca outflow. In the presence of glucose (5.6 mM or more), amiloride (100 microM) acted synergistically with the sugar to reduce K+ outflow, and to stimulate 40Ca inflow and insulin release from perifused islets. These results add strong support to the view that the generation of protons through the metabolism of glucose represents an important step in the process of glucose-induced release. The stimulation by glucose of Na+-H+ exchange apparently masks and even overcomes the glucose-induced decrease in pHi otherwise expected from the increase in catabolic fluxes.
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