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Science 22 September 1978:
Vol. 201. no. 4361, pp. 1124 - 1126
DOI: 10.1126/science.356269
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Science, Vol 201, Issue 4361, 1124-1126
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Localization of inorganic phosphate in the pancreatic B cell and its loss on glucose stimulation

N Freinkel, KC Pedley, P Wooding, and RM Dawson

Perifusion experiments have shown that there is a discharge of inorganic phosphate into the medium when insulin secretion from isolated islets is stimulated by glucose. Histochemical and microprobe examination of resting pancreatic islets in the electron microscope shows a specific accumulation of inorganic phosphate adjacent to the plasmalemma and nucleolus of the B (beta) cells. This phossphate is lost from the cells during secretory stimulation of islets with high concentrations of glucose.




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