Glucose, Sulfonylureas, and Neurotransmitter Release: Role of ATP-Sensitive K + Channels
- 16 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 247 (4944) , 852-854
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.2305257
Abstract
Sulfonylurea-sensitive adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-regulated potassium (KATP) channels are present in brain cells and play a role in neurosecretion at nerve terminals. KATP channels in substantia nigra, a brain region that shows high sulfonylurea binding, are inactivated by high glucose concentrations and by antidiabetic sulfonylureas and are activated by ATP depletion and anoxia. KATP channel inhibition leads to activation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release, whereas KATP channel activation leads to inhibition of GABA release. These channels may be involved in the response of the brain to hyper- and hypoglycemia (in diabetes) and ischemia or anoxia.Keywords
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