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Mitochondrial NAD+, NADH, NADP+ and NADPH were measured in dispersed pancreatic islet cells incubated in the absence or presence of D-glucose and then exposed for 20 s to 0.5 mg/ml digitonin. The latter treatment resulted in the full release of lactate dehydrogenase without any detectable loss of glutamate dehydrogenase. The permeabilized cells were separated from the incubation medium by centrifugation through an oil layer and their content in pyridine nucleotides measured by a radioisotopic procedure coupled to the classical cycling technique. Relative to basal value, D-glucose, in concentrations of 2.8 and 16.7 mM, caused a concentration-related increase in both the NADH/NAD+ and NADPH/NADP+ ratio. These findings provide the first direct evidence for the induction of a more reduced mitochondrial redox state in glucose-stimulated pancreatic islets.
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