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First published online 29 November 2005
doi: 10.1242/jcs.02685

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Calcium increases endocytotic vesicle size and accelerates membrane fission in insulin-secreting INS-1 cells

¹ Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden
² Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: pmacdonald{at}bcell.org)

Accepted 9 September 2005

In many cells, endocytotic membrane retrieval is accelerated by Ca²⁺. The effect of Ca²⁺ on single endocytotic vesicles and fission pore kinetics was examined by measuring capacitance and conductance changes in small membrane patches of insulin-secreting INS-1 cells. In intact cells, elevation of Ca²⁺ by glucose stimulation induced a 1.8-fold increase in membrane internalisation. This surprisingly resulted from an increased unitary capacitance of endocytotic vesicles whereas the frequency of endocytosis was unaltered. This effect of glucose was prevented by inhibition of L- or R-type Ca²⁺ channels. Extracellular (pipette) Ca²⁺ was found to regulate endocytotic vesicle capacitance in a bimodal manner. Vesicle capacitance was increased at intermediate Ca²⁺ (2.6 mM), but not at high Ca²⁺ (10 mM). Similar results were obtained upon direct application of 100 nM and 0.5 mM Ca²⁺ to the intracellular surface of inside-out excised membrane patches, and in these experiments the increase in vesicle capacitance was prevented by the calcineurin inhibitor deltamethrin. Endocytotic fission pore kinetics were accelerated by Ca²⁺ in both the intact cells and isolated membrane patches; however, the effect in this case was neither bimodal nor deltamethrin sensitive. Membrane retrieval can therefore be upregulated by a Ca²⁺-dependent increase in endocytotic vesicle size and acceleration of membrane fission in insulin-secreting INS-1 cells.

Key words: Insulin, INS-1, Calcium, Endocytic vesicle, Membrane fission

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