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Calcium And Glycolysis Mediate Multiple Bursting Modes In Pancreatic Islets, Richard Bertram, Leslie S. Satin, Min Zhang, Paul Smolen, Arthur Sherman
Calcium And Glycolysis Mediate Multiple Bursting Modes In Pancreatic Islets, Richard Bertram, Leslie S. Satin, Min Zhang, Paul Smolen, Arthur Sherman
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Abstract
Pancreatic islets of Langerhans produce bursts of electrical activity when exposed to stimulatory glucose levels. These bursts often have a regular repeating pattern, with a period of 10–60 s. In some cases, however, the bursts are episodic, clustered into bursts of bursts, which we call compound bursting. Consistent with this are recordings of free Ca2+ concentration, oxygen consumption, mitochondrial membrane potential, and intraislet glucose levels that exhibit very slow oscillations, with faster oscillations superimposed. We describe a new mathematical model of the pancreatic β-cell that can account for these multimodal patterns. The model includes the feedback of …