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标题：Bursting electrical activity in pancreatic beta cells caused by Ca(2+)- and voltage-inactivated Ca2+ channels.
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作者：J Keizer ; P Smolen
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1991
卷号：88
期号：9
页码：3897-3901
DOI：10.1073/pnas.88.9.3897
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：We investigate the hypothesis that two classes of Ca2+ currents, one quickly inactivated by Ca2+ and one slowly inactivated by voltage, contribute to bursting electrical activity in pancreatic islets. A mathematical model of these currents is fit to the experimental whole-cell current-voltage and inactivation profiles, thereby fixing the Ca2+ conductance and all activation and inactivation parameters. Incorporating these currents into a model that includes delayed rectifier K+ channels and ATP-sensitive K+ channels, we show that only abnormal bursting is obtained. Modification of activation parameters to increase Ca2+ channel open times, as suggested by experiment, yields a more robust bursting similar to that observed in intact islets. This reinforces the suggestion that in addition to ATP-sensitive K+ channels, Ca2+ channels may serve as glucose sensors in the beta cell.