Tiopental bloqueia preferencialmente os canais de potassio modulados pelo ATP, nas celulas beta pancreaticas

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1990

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We investigated here the effects of tiopental on the K+-permeability in isolated islets of Langerhans. Islets-obtained from adult rats by collagenase digestion were prelabeled with 86RbCl during 90 min (86Rb was used as a substitute for k +) and perifused in a Krebs-bicarbonate solution. The results indicate that: Tiopental (0.2 and 2.0 mM) significantly reduced the 86Rb efflux from islets perfused in a medium containing or not 2.8 mM glucose. In the presence of 20 or 100 µg/ml of tolbutamide, a blocker of the ATP-modulated K+ channels, the effect of tiopental in reducing the 86Rb efflux is still present. On the presence of the hiperglicemiant sulfonilureia Diazoxide the effects of tiopental were much more marked. On the other hand, tiopental did not affect the increase in the 86Rb efflux provoked by teophylline that mobilises Ca2+ from internal stores and hence stimulates the Ca2+-dependent K+ permeability. Tiopental reduced the 86Rb efflux from islets perifused in the presence of TEA that blocks the Ca2+-dependent K+ permeability. This effect was noticeable even in the presence of tolbutamide. The reduction in the 86Rb efflux provoked by tiopental was only Marginal when the islets were perifused in the presence of high K+ concentration (50 mM). These results suggest that tiopental reduces the K+ permeability from pancreatic islets (in a dose-dependent manner) on the ATP-modulated K+ channels. As a provocative idea, we suggest that the delay in the response may be due to the low lipossolubility of the barbiturate in the plasma Membrane

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celulas beta pancreaticas fisiologia

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