to LA-induced Increase in i in b-cells In Ca2+-free bath solution, both LA and GW9508 induced the transient first phase increase in i in b-cells. The following minor plateau increase in i induced by 2 min LA and GW9508 was totally eliminated by removal of extracellular Ca2+. In contrast, the 
strong and long-lasting increase in i induced by 10 min LA stimulation was not affected by removal of extracellular Ca2+. The mean i changes in the first phase after LA stimulation were not affected by removal of extracellular Ca2+. The mean i changes in the second phase were eliminated by removal of extracellular Ca2+ in GW9508 and 2 min LA stimulations. MedChemExpress LY-411575 Thapsigargin is able to deplete intracellular IP3-sensitive Ca2+ pools. It induced increase in i in b-cells, which was returned to the basal level after 20 min incubation. Depletion of intracellular IP3-sensitive Ca2+ pools with thapsigargin pretreatment blocked the first and second phase increases in i induced by 2 min LA and GW9508 in b-cells. Although the transient peak increase in i induced by 10 min LA stimulation was blocked by thapsigargin pretreatment, the strong 17358052 and long-lasting second phase increase was not significantly affected. The mean i changes in the LA Increases i in Beta-Cells first and second phases are shown in Fig. 6D and E, respectively. Neither thapsigargin pretreatment nor Ca2+-free bath solution totally blocked the strong and long-lasting second phase increase in i in b-cells induced by 10 min LA stimulation. It is indicated that the thapsigargin-insensitive Ca2+ pool may be involved in this second phase increase in i. This was further confirmed in Fig. 7A. LA for 10 min induced the strong and longlasting second phase increase in i under the condition of combination of thapsigargin pretreatment and removal of extracellular calcium. Under the same condition, triphenyltin, which was reported to induce Ca2+ efflux from mitochondria, induced an increase in i similar to that induced by 10 min LA treatment. On the basis of triphenyltin pretreatment under the condition of thapsigargin pretreatment and removal of extracellular calcium, 10 min LA-induced second phase increase in i was completely blocked. The mean i changes after LA stimulation in different conditions were shown in Fig. 7D. Discussion In this report, we demonstrate that linoleic acid stimulated increase in i in rat b-cells via both FFA receptor mediated pathway and intracellular metabolite mediated pathway. FFA receptor signaling pathway mediates the transient peak first phase increase and the following minor second phase plateau increase in i in b-cells, and the intracellular metabolite signaling pathway mediates the strong and long-lasting second phase increase in i in b-cells. The transient peak first phase increase in i stimulated by LA is due to FFA receptor-mediated Ca2+ release from endoplasmic reticulum. This is supported by the 11121575 observation that the first phase increase in i was induced by GW9508, a non-FFA agonist of FFA receptors. This increase in i was not LA Increases i in Beta-Cells blocked by the inhibition of LA metabolism using long-chain acylCoA inhibitor, Triacsin C. FFA receptor GPR40 is highly expressed in pancreatic islets, and particularly in insulin-secreting b-cells. Activation of GPR40 leads to an increase in i in b-cells, with a signaling pathway including Gq/11, PLC, and InsP3, triggering Ca2+ release from intracellular Ca2+ stores. In regard to the down-stream signaling for FFA receptor, t
